A Court Threw Out the Agency’s Approval of Deadly Dicamba Herbicide, But the Maker Is Pushing for Another Year of Use
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How Big Corporations Are Poisoning the Nation’s Farms
It’s About Ignoring Nature and Lobbying in the Trump Administration By Sarah Okeson How did farmers who had shunned deadly dicamba for decades end up buying it even as the herbicide poisoned their neighbors’ farms? The answer is money. Bayer AG and BASF, makers of dicamba, have spent more than $40 million in federal lobbying…
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Deadly Poison Used to Kill Weeds Wreaks Havoc on Nearby Farms
Approved by Obama and Trump, Dicamba Drifts to Damage Soybeans, Peaches, Other Crops; In Court, Farmers Win a Round Against ManufacturerÂ
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Pesticide Makers’ Representatives Want More Poisons in Our Food
Campaign Contributions Buy a Lot of Agriculture Committee Votes