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US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process
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US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process
US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process
major blow to Bayer, BASF and Syngenta
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/07/us-weedkiller-ban-dicamba-epa
theguardian.com
US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process
Ruling, specific to three dicamba-based weedkillers, is major blow to Bayer, BASF and Syngenta
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I’ve been using Roundup for 30 years. Has it ever made contact with skin? Hell yes.
Am I worried? It is what it is.
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Is it of any surprise that when the most corrupt administration in the history of the US
pushed anything through where they or there mob boss benefited
documents filed in the lawsuit show that the EPA was in a rush to
approve dicamba in October 2020, with scientists complaining that they
did not have enough time to do a proper analysis,
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