The reapproval comes despite federal court decisions in 2020 and again in 2024 striking down the agency’s previous approvals of the weedkiller as unlawful.
Read ArticleThe reapproval comes despite federal court decisions in 2020 and again in 2024 striking down the agency’s previous approvals of the weedkiller as unlawful.
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Despite the fact that dicamba drift has damaged millions of acres of soybeans and caused devastating damage to farms, home gardens, native plants and wildlife refuges throughout the Midwest and South, this chemical is set to be re-approved.
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With no new dicamba approved for the 2024 season, dicamba use on GE soybeans and cotton may well remain prohibited for the 2025 crop season as well.
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A sweeping victory for family farmers and dozens of endangered plants and animals.
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The toxic drift from the super-toxic dicamba continues to harm millions of farmland acres, wild places and endangered species.
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Another incredibly disturbing move by the EPA to prioritize corporate profits over human and environmental health.
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Even though dicamba has drifted rampantly to cause unprecedented levels of damage to neighbors’ crops and wild plants over the past five years, the EPA will not take appropriate action to stop this.
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While glyphosate gets most of the headlines, the super-toxic dicamba is causing massive problems as well.
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Family-owned vineyards have reported losses of more than 90% since Bayer-Monsanto and BASF began selling their dicamba-based, genetically-modified seed system to cotton growers.
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The Office of the Inspector General found that “senior-level” EPA staffers “changed” and “omitted” research-based evidence of the drift risks of the pesticide that has already damaged millions of acres of crops. Surprised?
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EPA’s past 2018 dicamba registration decision was tainted by political interference and ignored important science on the herbicide’s very serious risks, according to an internal EPA email. Is anyone surprised?
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Internal company records show the companies knew crop damage from their weed killer would be extensive. They sold it anyway.
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Dicamba, a volatile weedkiller, has been blamed for damage to millions of acres of crops since Monsanto introduced new GE-soybean and cotton seeds resistant to the herbicide beginning in 2015.
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This ruling means that millions of pounds of the super-toxic dicamba could still be used this year.
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The supertoxic herbicide is causing widespread damage to trees, native plants and natural areas across the Midwest and South.
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The day after last week’s Organic Insider story on dicamba, the Center for Food Safety formally asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the EPA in contempt for refusing to abide by a federal court order for suspending use of the pesticide.
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The ninth circuit court of appeals is being asked to overturn the EPA’s approval of a Monsanto herbicide that is allegedly a threat to farm crops across the U.S.
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Internal documents describe how to profit from farmer losses and the desire to oppose some independent testing.
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A massive victory for farmers and this verdict could be just the tip of the iceberg.
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Farmers and conservationists have filed a lawsuit against the EPA and Monsanto, challenging the approval of Monsanto’s crop-damaging dicamba pesticide.
30 environmental and farm advocacy groups have urged the EPA to deny Monsanto’s request to increase the spraying of dicamba.
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Over the past two years, dicamba has been widely sprayed on Monsanto’s GMO soybeans and cotton, causing damage unprecedented in the history of modern agriculture.
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The super-toxic herbicide dicamba, which the EPA just re-approved for another two years, is not only destroying millions of nearby crops but is causing a serious divide among neighbors across the U.S.
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Even though glyphosate is currently grabbing all of the headlines, dicamba – the super-toxic chemical sold by Monsanto and BASF – is causing a tremendous amount of problems.
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