EPA to Revisit Bayer Dicamba Herbicide Risks After 3,500 Reports of Crop Damage December 22, 2021 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the herbicide dicamba can be sprayed on soybean and cotton plants genetically...
Inspector General Finds Trump EPA Officials Improperly Influenced Dicamba Approval May 28, 2021 By Jim Salter Environmental Protection Agency officials improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in...
Court Rebuffs EPA, Blocks U.S. Sale of Dicamba-Based Herbicide by Bayer, Rivals June 4, 2020 By Sabahatjahan Contractor, Ludwig Burger and Tom Polansek A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest...
Jury Awards $265M to Farmer Claiming Drifting Herbicides Damaged His Orchard February 17, 2020 By Patricia Weiss A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF...
Court Asked to Force EPA Reversal of Monsanto Weedkiller Approval August 31, 2018 By Tina Bellon Environmental groups argued in federal appeals court on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to analyze the risks Bayer...
How Herbicide Dicamba Was Approved Without Independent Testing: Reuters August 9, 2017 By Emily Flitter As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of...