"US Court Halts Dicamba Use, Finding EPA Broke Law in Approval Process"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Guardian
A US court has banned three dicamba-based weedkillers widely used in American agriculture, finding that the EPA broke the law in allowing them to be on the market. The ruling affects products manufactured by Bayer, BASF, and Syngenta, and comes after the EPA reapproved the weedkillers in 2020. The court found that the EPA did not follow proper procedures and did not allow affected parties to comment. This decision is a blow to the agrochemical companies and comes at a challenging time for Bayer, which is already facing mass litigation over Monsanto's glyphosate-based Roundup herbicides.