DragofixFeb 21

Trump EPA Sued for Reapproving Dicamba, Volatile Herbicide Responsible for Massive Drift Damage to Crops, Trees, Wild Areas https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-epa-sued-for-reapproving-dicamba-volatile-herbicide-responsible-for-massive-drift-damage-to-crops-trees-wild-areas-2026-02-20/

#environment #pesticides #herbicide #Dicamba #Trump

Trump EPA Sued for Reapproving Dicamba, Volatile Herbicide Responsible for Massive Drift Damage to Crops, Trees, Wild Areas

Farmers and conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s reapproval of the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide dicamba sprayed on genetically engineered cotton and soybeans. Federal court decisions in 2020 and in 2024 struck down the agency’s previous approvals of the weedkiller as unlawful. But despite assurances from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin that new restrictions would prevent the pesticide’s damaging drift, the new approval is in many ways more permissive than past approvals. It eliminates the June cutoff date of prior approvals, meaning it can be sprayed in July and August. And it drops a previously required 100-foot buffer to protect endangered species and their habitat.

Center for Biological Diversity
DragofixFeb 16

Dicamba: Concerns about cancer and crop damage https://usrtk.org/pesticides/dicamba/

#environment #Dicamba #health #PublicHealth #cancer #crops

Dicamba: Concerns about cancer and crop damage

Dicamba is a broad-spectrum herbicide that scientific studies link to cancer. It has caused serious crop damage to millions of acres of American farmland.

U.S. Right to Know
DragofixFeb 10

EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-Prone Pesticide Dicamba https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/epa-reapproves-dangerous-drift-prone-pesticide-dicamba-2026-02-06/

#environment #pesticides #Dicamba #EPA

EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-Prone Pesticide Dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has reapproved products containing the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide dicamba to be sprayed on genetically engineered cotton and soybeans. The reapproval comes despite federal court decisions in 2020 and again in 2024 striking down the agency’s previous approvals of the weedkiller as unlawful. Since its first approval in 2016, dicamba drift has damaged millions of acres of farmland and caused devastating damage to orchards, vegetable farms, home gardens, native plants, trees, and wildlife refuges across the country. Experts have found dicamba drift damage to be the worst of any herbicide in the history of U.S. agriculture. Yet the current approval provides even fewer protections from dicamba drift and damage than past approvals.

Center for Biological Diversity
GMWatchFeb 1
EPA set to reapprove #dicamba — previously banned by courts. The EPA has approved dicamba twice before (for over-the-top use on #GMO dicamba-tolerant crops), and both times federal courts vacated those approvals, saying the risk of drift and harm to neighboring farms and gardens was too great. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/30/dicamba-registration-epa-pesticides/
EPA set to reapprove dicamba, an herbicide previously banned by courts

A draft EPA statement obtained by The Post acknowledges concerns from some growers and environmentalists.

The Washington Post
GMWatchOct 30
From Industry to EPA: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules! Kyle Kunkler was the top lobbyist for the US soybean industry, boasting of helping to keep the controversial herbicide #dicamba in use on #GMO crops. Now he's helping keep it in use at the EPA! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html
From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.

The New York Times
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Oct 21
From Industry to #EPA: #Lobbyist Now Oversees #Pesticide Rules
#KyleKunkler fought for a restricted #weedkiller that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land.
Until recently, Kyle Kunkler was the top lobbyist for America’s #soybean industry. In that job he once boasted of helping to keep a controversial weedkiller called #dicamba in use.
He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html
https://archive.ph/dQXiM
From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.

The New York Times
GREUBE HUMAINESep 5, 2025
ALERT: EPA plans to re-approve #dicamba, a #pesticide so bad it was banned 2x by courts thanks to @CFSTrueFood & allies. It's caused the worst crop & wild plant damage in the history of US agriculture. Take action now & tell EPA not to approve dicamba! https://nation.centerforfoodsafety.org/dicamba25?recruiter_id=184349
Paul HouleAug 20, 2025

🤬 EPA’s move to greenlight controversial dicamba herbicide sparks outrage

https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/epa-move-dicamba/

#pollution #poison #epa #politics #dicamba #herbicides #agriculture #farming

EPA's move to greenlight controversial dicamba herbicide sparks outrage

By Carey Gillam In the latest reversal of American environmental protections, US regulators said this week that they plan to approve a trio of new herbicide products made with dicamba, a controversial chemical that has wreaked havoc across farm country and sparked years of litigation, and twice drawn court-ordered bans.

The New Lede
GMWatchJul 29, 2025
EPA’s move to greenlight controversial #dicamba herbicide sparks outrage. “This is what happens when pesticide oversight is controlled by industry lobbyists. Corporate fat cats get their payday and everyone else suffers the consequences.” — Dr Nathan Donley https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/epa-move-dicamba/
EPA's move to greenlight controversial dicamba herbicide sparks outrage

By Carey Gillam In the latest reversal of American environmental protections, US regulators said this week that they plan to approve a trio of new herbicide products made with dicamba, a controversial chemical that has wreaked havoc across farm country and sparked years of litigation, and twice drawn court-ordered bans.

The New Lede
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jul 24, 2025
#EPA Proposes Allowing Use of #Dicamba #Weedkiller on Some #Crops
Last year, federal court made certain uses of dicamba illegal after #farmers complained it drifts into neighboring fields, damaging their crops. Ban was scheduled to take full effect this year.
EPA, which reviewed dicamba’s uses and found it poses no risk to human health, is now accepting public comment on its proposed decision. It will then decide whether to greenlight the products.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/climate/dicamba-weed-killer-epa.html
https://archive.ph/FzJDX
E.P.A. Proposes Allowing Use of Dicamba Weedkiller on Some Crops

Last year, a federal court banned some uses of the herbicide, which can drift into fields and damage crops.

The New York Times