Federal Court Holds Dicamba Pesticide Unlawful, Citing Unprecedented Drift Damage to Millions of Acres
Federal Court Holds Dicamba Pesticide Unlawful, Citing Unprecedented Drift Damage to Millions of Acres: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today ruled that the Trump administration wrongly approved Monsanto’s pesticide dicamba for use on genetically engineered soy and cotton – a decision that makes the sale and use of the pesticide illegal.
The 56-page opinion held the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 registration of the dicamba formulas unlawful because it “substantially understated risks that it acknowledged and failed entirely to acknowledge other risks.”
(Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity; June 4, 2020)
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The 56-page opinion held the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 registration of the dicamba formulas unlawful because it “substantially understated risks that it acknowledged and failed entirely to acknowledge other risks.”
(Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity; June 4, 2020)
UPDATED - Court overturns EPA approval of Bayer dicamba herbicide; say "understated the risks"
(Carey GILLAM, U. S. Right to Know; June 3, 2020)
Spraying field near Smith River School, California
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