Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday re-approved the use of pesticide dicamba for spraying on top of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops, drawing swift backlash from environmental groups and the Make America Healthy Again movement.

The move comes despite federal courts in 2020 and 2024 striking down the Environmental Protection Agency's previous approvals of the contentious weedkiller.

"This decision responds directly to the strong advocacy of America's cotton and soybean farmers, particularly growers across the Cotton Belt, who have been clear and consistent about the critical challenges they face without access to this tool for controlling resistant weeds in their growing crop," the EPA said in a statement.

A persistent concern about dicamba is "drift": when the chemical volatilizes in high heat it can spread for miles, poisoning other farms, home gardens as well as trees and plants.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-approves-twice-banned-014244613.html

[flvegan]

1. "Bayer, which acquired dicamba when it bought Monsanto, welcomed the news"

Going to call it Stryax going forward, fta.

[hlthe2b]

2. Great...'Bad enough it is used on cotton, but genetically modified soybeans too...

There are studies linking it to lung & colon cancer--though a pretty weak link and other studies have not replicated the findings. Still, I'd not want to be in contact with it.