#dicamba

· 2w ago

EPA allows Bayer to choose the dicamba regulations that it prefers. Besides posing dangers to human health, dicamba tends to drift away from targeted fields. It affects crops and trees and its "drift" has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to crops and forestry. Despite this crisis, EPA is allowing Bayer to regulate itself. #dicamba #epa #deregulation #agriculture https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba

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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org

· 2w ago

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Update. "The #EPA allowed pesticide giant #Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller #dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba #Medicine #USLaw #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 3w ago

Documents: Trump EPA Encouraged Dicamba-Maker Bayer to Recommend How Its Controversial, Drift-Prone Pesticide Should Be Regulated https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/documents-trump-epa-encouraged-dicamba-maker-bayer-to-recommend-how-its-controversial-drift-prone-pesticide-should-be-regulated-2026-09-10/ #environment #farming #agriculture #pesticides #Dicamba #Bayer

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Documents: Trump EPA Encouraged Dicamba-Maker Bayer to Recommend How Its Controversial, Drift-Prone Pesticide Should Be Regulated

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency presented pesticide giant Bayer with multiple options on how to proceed with a dicamba approval months before the agency proposed to allow the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide to be sprayed on genetically engineered cotton and soybeans, according to government documents made public today by two conservation groups. The company’s input was solicited on the level of restrictions needed to effectively mitigate dicamba volatility and runoff, ranging from mor

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