WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the reapproval of the herbicide dicamba for use on Monsanto’s genetically engineered, dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. Details will be forthcoming when the EPA announcement is made.
The following is a statement from George Kimbrell, Legal Director at Center for Food Safety:
“Rather than evaluating the significant costs of dicamba drift as the 9th Circuit told them the law required, EPA rushed re-approval as a political prop just before the election, sentencing farmers and the environment to another five years of unacceptable damage.”
“Center for Food Safety will most certainly challenge these unlawful approvals.”
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Common Dreams | Radio Free (2020-10-27T21:36:04+00:00) EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticides Recently Banned by Federal Court for Causing Widespread Economic Harm to Farmers. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2020/10/27/epa-reapproves-dangerous-drift-prone-dicamba-pesticides-recently-banned-by-federal-court-for-causing-widespread-economic-harm-to-farmers/
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