EPA Brings Back Twice-Banned Pesticide

EPA brings back twice-banned pesticide

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a herbicide that was twice banned by two different federal courts.

EPA Reapproves Use Of Controversial Herbicide, With Restrictions * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the use of the controversial herbicide dicamba on genetically modified soybeans and […]

Dicamba Drift Turned Neighbors Into Enemies. EPA Just Brought It Back.

Farmers have been boxed into a system in which one neighbor’s weed control can become another neighbor’s loss.

Dicamba back for cotton: EPA approval arrives "just in time"

The National Cotton Council says it’s pleased the U.S. EPA will allow the use of over-the-top dicamba herbicides for the next two years.  “They did get it out just in time.” Chad Brewer, the vice president of technical services, tells Brownfield if the agency would have waited any longer to issue its approval, there could have […] The post Dicamba back for cotton: EPA approval arrives “just in time” appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

US EPA reapproves the controversial herbicide dicamba

The EPA has reapproved dicamba, a drift-prone herbicide used on GMO corn, cotton and soybeans, despite links to widespread crop damage and certain types of cancer.