Pesticide maker Bayer Crop Science has asked EPA to again let farmers use the weedkiller dicamba, which the agency partly banned after a lawsuit earlier this year.
WASHINGTON— Pesticide-maker Bayer has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to re-approve the dangerous pesticide dicamba for use on genetically engineered cotton and soybeans.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s timeline for reviewing a new dicamba label submitted by Bayer could mean growers won’t be able to use the herbicide next year.
The agency cited evidence that acephate harms workers who apply the chemical and others through contaminated water.
Against the guidance of scientists, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate ...
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to cancel the use of the pesticide acephate, for all but one use case, according to a Tuesday news release.
S tung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three ...
On April 2, the Iowa Senate passed Senate File 2412, a bill that would grant immunity to pesticide companies from ... should be able to trust the EPA label as enough protection, and second ...
The fertilizer maker says its products are safe, and that the government supports using it as a valuable practice that ...
Bayer purchased Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018 ... or the label is consistent with the EPA’s carcinogenicity classification for the pesticide. Iowa Sen. Jeff Edler, a Republican and farmer ...
And in March, the EPA released a draft assessment of another pesticide in the same class, malathion, that also proposes loosening restrictions based on similar tests. The proposed relaxing of ...