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The company behind the popular Seresto flea-and-tick collar has filed a lengthy defense of the safety of its product amid calls for federal regulars to ban over concerns of harm and death to the pets who wear it.
November 8, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/08/maker-of-seresto-defends-flea-and-tick-collar-amid-calls-for-a-ban-over-safety-concerns/Read the most important takeaways from our continuing investigation into the popular flea-and-tick collar for pets.
November 4, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/11/04/seresto-short-form-what-weve-discovered-so-far-about-the-popular-collars-linked-to-pet-injuries-and-deaths/The maker of a popular flea and tick collar did not report thousands of adverse incidents to federal authorities as required until after an investigation by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (Investigate Midwest) and USA TODAY was published.
September 24, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/09/24/seresto-flea-collar-adverse-incidents-climb-after-company-submits-11000-more-reports-to-epa/The federal agency said it is “extremely concerned” about damage in 2021, just one year after dicamba was re-registered for five years. The letters sent to chemical companies also alleged they have not shared all relevant information with the agency.
September 10, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/09/10/epa-asks-bayer-basf-for-more-information-on-2021-dicamba-damage/In summer 2020, a federal court ruled the EPA showed too much deference to Bayer when it approved the company’s dicamba herbicide. This invalidated the approval. But, weeks later, Bayer began working the EPA again, according to newly obtained emails.
September 1, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/09/01/epa-and-bayer-had-close-contact-in-2020-reinstatement-of-dicamba/As early as 2015, the EPA identified that Seresto "ranked #1 by a wide margin" when it came to incident reports of pet death and harm.
August 13, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/08/13/the-epa-internally-raised-concerns-about-seresto-flea-collar-for-years-new-records-reveal/The petition comes about four months after an Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY story found the popular flea and tick collar had been linked to about 1,700 pet deaths and more than 75,000 incidents of harm.
July 12, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/07/12/epa-opens-public-comment-period-on-petition-to-ban-seresto-collars/Although President Joe Biden has promised to limit people’s exposure to “dangerous chemicals and pesticides,” his administration has defended several actions by the Trump administration that generally deregulated pesticides.
July 8, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/07/08/bidens-administration-defends-some-of-trumps-decisions-on-pesticides/More than a decade ago, nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the EPA to ban the use of a pesticide called tetrachlorvinphos in pet products like flea and tick collars. The organization cited studies showing that the chemical, a possible carcinogen, had been linked to brain and nerve damage in children.
June 24, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/06/24/414795/The lawsuit raises the question of what’s next for specialty crop farmers, many of whom have said dicamba damage limits their ability to grow their products and make a living.
June 4, 2021 | https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/06/04/i-dont-know-who-will-still-be-here-in-five-years-texas-vineyards-sue-over-dicamba-damage/