Posted inDicamba on Trial, Government

Lawsuit: In dicamba decision, EPA ignored own prerequisite, agency scientistsโ€™ recommendations

The EPAโ€™s failure to meet its own benchmark was unlawful and a decision to approve Monsanto’s dicamba-based herbicide should be vacated, a federal lawsuit filed by a coalition of farmers and conservationists alleges. Documents included as part of the lawsuit show that the EPA ignored its own scientistsโ€™ recommendations for a larger buffer zone around fields to protect endangered species and that Monsanto had dozens of off-target incidents during its testing of the herbicide.

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