Two groups sue over EPA dicamba approval, again

Two groups sue over EPA dicamba approval, again

For a second time, two groups have filed a lawsuit against the EPA and its approval of XtendiMax, Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide.

The National Family Farm Coalition

and the Center for Food Safety sued the EPA’s approval of XtendiMax in 2017 but

the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the lawsuit was moot. The court said

the groups could file again after EPA’s re-approval of dicamba products in

2018.

The groups say the EPA did not

properly analyze the risk of drift and damages from dicamba to off-target

crops, trees and shrubs.

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