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EPA Allows the Use of Herbicide in Spite of Recent Court Ruling

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Last updated on: June 18, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to allow farmers who purchased dicamba-based products to use them this year, despite a June 3rd ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that canceled the product’s approval. Bayer’s XtendiMax, BASF’s Engenia,… [read]

U.S. Court Cancels EPA Approval of Nayer’s Dicamba-Based Herbicide

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Last updated on: June 9, 2020

The Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broke the law when they approved Bayer’s XtendiMax dicamba-based herbicide system and revoked the approval of that product. They also canceled registrations for the… [read]

Dicamba – The Herbicide Monsanto is Promoting to Replace Roundup’s Glyphosate

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Last updated on: October 30, 2017

Dicamba is the active ingredient, or is one of a few active ingredients, in herbicidal products the same way glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup. It’s been commonly used for over seventy years in professional landscaping as well as… [read]

Dicamba Lawsuit Against Monsanto, BASF, and DuPont Filed as Farmers Deal With Drift

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Last updated on: September 14, 2017

There have been rumblings from farmers dealing with the damage caused by herbicide dicamba for quite some time now, and (legal) shots have now been fired. On Monday, a complaint against Monsanto, BASF, and DuPont was filed in Southern Illinois… [read]

PCBs, Roundup, and Dicamba – Monsanto’s Current Problems

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Last updated on: August 14, 2017

They say bad news comes in threes, and biotech giant Monsanto can certainly attest to the truth of that statement right now. Their newest product line, XtendiMax (better known as dicamba), made it to market without proper volatility testing. This… [read]