EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba. Dicamba is drift prone and kills vegetation and crops for miles around fields where it is sprayed, and is linked to liver cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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September 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba. Dicamba is drift prone and kills vegetation and crops for miles around fields where it is sprayed, and is linked to liver cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
The EPA has reapproved the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified cotton and soybeans, adding “new limits on when and how it can be sprayed”. Dicamba is used to control tough weeds that can hurt crop yields, and the updated rules are intended to
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The EPA has reapproved the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified cotton and soybeans, adding “new limits on when and how it can be sprayed”. Dicamba is used to control tough weeds that can hurt crop yields, and the updated rules are intended to
The poisoning will continue... www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/us-e...
US EPA reapproves the controversial herbicide dicamba
In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans ...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The poisoning will continue... www.thenewlede.org/2026/02/us-e...
Nowhere have I discussed if glyphosate or dicamba are SAFE from a health perspective because that's almost a secondary question.
Monsanto started pushing for dicamba in 2007 - I would bet a bourbon aged beer it's because they could see that the clock was already ticking on glyphosate.
Monsanto started pushing for dicamba in 2007 - I would bet a bourbon aged beer it's because they could see that the clock was already ticking on glyphosate.
September 21, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Nowhere have I discussed if glyphosate or dicamba are SAFE from a health perspective because that's almost a secondary question.
Monsanto started pushing for dicamba in 2007 - I would bet a bourbon aged beer it's because they could see that the clock was already ticking on glyphosate.
Monsanto started pushing for dicamba in 2007 - I would bet a bourbon aged beer it's because they could see that the clock was already ticking on glyphosate.
#GMO in a nutshell.
"Since start in 2016 with genetically engineered soybeans & cotton, dicamba one of the most widely used applied herbicides. Dicamba-tolerant seeds were developed in response to growing resistance to glyphosate"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
"Since start in 2016 with genetically engineered soybeans & cotton, dicamba one of the most widely used applied herbicides. Dicamba-tolerant seeds were developed in response to growing resistance to glyphosate"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Contentious Weedkiller Gets a Green Light, in a Blow to the MAHA Agenda
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February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
#GMO in a nutshell.
"Since start in 2016 with genetically engineered soybeans & cotton, dicamba one of the most widely used applied herbicides. Dicamba-tolerant seeds were developed in response to growing resistance to glyphosate"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
"Since start in 2016 with genetically engineered soybeans & cotton, dicamba one of the most widely used applied herbicides. Dicamba-tolerant seeds were developed in response to growing resistance to glyphosate"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
I first wrote about dicamba back in 2017 when most of the coverage was limited to farming publications. And there's something that I think is missed in the Guardian piece that I think it's important to note about why Bayer is doing this.
September 21, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I first wrote about dicamba back in 2017 when most of the coverage was limited to farming publications. And there's something that I think is missed in the Guardian piece that I think it's important to note about why Bayer is doing this.
Evolution had done it's thing and now when farmers sprayed their fields more and more of the weeds survived.
Enter dicamba.
dicamba is a really old herbicide, like from the 60s but it fell out of favor because of the drift issue. Basically it can drift and kill non-target plants.
Enter dicamba.
dicamba is a really old herbicide, like from the 60s but it fell out of favor because of the drift issue. Basically it can drift and kill non-target plants.
September 21, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Evolution had done it's thing and now when farmers sprayed their fields more and more of the weeds survived.
Enter dicamba.
dicamba is a really old herbicide, like from the 60s but it fell out of favor because of the drift issue. Basically it can drift and kill non-target plants.
Enter dicamba.
dicamba is a really old herbicide, like from the 60s but it fell out of favor because of the drift issue. Basically it can drift and kill non-target plants.
So fun fact: Arkansas literally banned Dicamba in the state because it killed a massive chunk of the soybean yields. It was a huge legal battle and the farmers won. Dicamba also killed a lot of other stuff, including other crops.
This admin undermined that.
This admin undermined that.
I first wrote about dicamba back in 2017 when most of the coverage was limited to farming publications. And there's something that I think is missed in the Guardian piece that I think it's important to note about why Bayer is doing this.
September 21, 2026 at 2:06 AM
So fun fact: Arkansas literally banned Dicamba in the state because it killed a massive chunk of the soybean yields. It was a huge legal battle and the farmers won. Dicamba also killed a lot of other stuff, including other crops.
This admin undermined that.
This admin undermined that.
It has glyphosate and dicamba resistant seeds. And a version of a dicamba spray that Bayer says doesn't drift. It's locking farmers back into a system Bayer has full control over.
But if the soybean farmers are right, the problem is worse than the original round up system.
Because of the drift.
But if the soybean farmers are right, the problem is worse than the original round up system.
Because of the drift.
September 21, 2026 at 1:59 AM
It has glyphosate and dicamba resistant seeds. And a version of a dicamba spray that Bayer says doesn't drift. It's locking farmers back into a system Bayer has full control over.
But if the soybean farmers are right, the problem is worse than the original round up system.
Because of the drift.
But if the soybean farmers are right, the problem is worse than the original round up system.
Because of the drift.
Another reason to not buy US produce:
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms | Common Dreams
“The fact that we’re here again after two failed attempts to fix this broken pesticide shows that Lee Zeldin and his army of industry lobbyists are utterly incapable of protecting the public,” said on...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Another reason to not buy US produce:
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
Here’s the whole story of Dicamba in Arkansas: arktimes.com/tag/dicamba
dicamba Archives - Arkansas Times
arktimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Here’s the whole story of Dicamba in Arkansas: arktimes.com/tag/dicamba
Also just for completion: Bayer also has a product called Round-Up Ready Extend Flex - it treats allows seeds to be treated with glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate
September 21, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Also just for completion: Bayer also has a product called Round-Up Ready Extend Flex - it treats allows seeds to be treated with glyphosate, dicamba and glufosinate
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.
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Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide
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 environm...
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February 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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.
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Trump’s EPA let a major pesticide company pick what its regulations should be. Alarming proof that EPA is there to serve corporate interests, not protect the safety of Americans.
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump’s EPA let a major pesticide company pick what its regulations should be. Alarming proof that EPA is there to serve corporate interests, not protect the safety of Americans.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The Trump administration secretly approached Bayer to ask how they should regulate the company's controversial dicamba-based pesticides.
Dicamba pesticides are known to vaporize and drift for miles and have been linked to cancer.
Dicamba pesticides are known to vaporize and drift for miles and have been linked to cancer.
September 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The Trump administration secretly approached Bayer to ask how they should regulate the company's controversial dicamba-based pesticides.
Dicamba pesticides are known to vaporize and drift for miles and have been linked to cancer.
Dicamba pesticides are known to vaporize and drift for miles and have been linked to cancer.
EPA accused of letting herbicide maker choose its preferred Dicamba regulations. "[The documents show] in detail how the EPA asked Bayer which regulations it wanted, received a response from Bayer, then put Bayer’s choices into a proposed federal rule." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
EPA accused of letting herbicide maker choose its preferred Dicamba regulations. "[The documents show] in detail how the EPA asked Bayer which regulations it wanted, received a response from Bayer, then put Bayer’s choices into a proposed federal rule." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“lower the chances of the chemical drifting beyond the fields where it’s applied”.
Dicamba also has a long record of drifting away from target areas and damaging neighboring crops, gardens, trees, and native plants.
Dicamba also has a long record of drifting away from target areas and damaging neighboring crops, gardens, trees, and native plants.
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“lower the chances of the chemical drifting beyond the fields where it’s applied”.
Dicamba also has a long record of drifting away from target areas and damaging neighboring crops, gardens, trees, and native plants.
Dicamba also has a long record of drifting away from target areas and damaging neighboring crops, gardens, trees, and native plants.
dicamba is back baby 🤢https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/epa-reapproves-contentious-weedkiller-dicamba
Trump’s EPA reapproves contentious weedkiller dicamba for some GM crops
Environmental groups said dicamba drift has damaged vegetable farms, trees and other critical plants
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
dicamba is back baby 🤢https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/epa-reapproves-contentious-weedkiller-dicamba
#ResistanceEarth
Here's a sweet deal. Trump's EPA presented Bayer with a menu of regulation choices for the weedkiller dicamba. No big surprise, Bayer chose the less restrictive options. By the way, a former agrochemical lobbyist heads EPA's pesticides program.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Here's a sweet deal. Trump's EPA presented Bayer with a menu of regulation choices for the weedkiller dicamba. No big surprise, Bayer chose the less restrictive options. By the way, a former agrochemical lobbyist heads EPA's pesticides program.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
#ResistanceEarth
Here's a sweet deal. Trump's EPA presented Bayer with a menu of regulation choices for the weedkiller dicamba. No big surprise, Bayer chose the less restrictive options. By the way, a former agrochemical lobbyist heads EPA's pesticides program.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Here's a sweet deal. Trump's EPA presented Bayer with a menu of regulation choices for the weedkiller dicamba. No big surprise, Bayer chose the less restrictive options. By the way, a former agrochemical lobbyist heads EPA's pesticides program.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
this could be everything from the farm next door to say a wetland.
But Monsanto - now Bayer - had a solution. What if it created genetically modified seeds that could resist BOTH glyphosate (Round up) AND dicamba
Enter: Roundup Ready Extend.
But Monsanto - now Bayer - had a solution. What if it created genetically modified seeds that could resist BOTH glyphosate (Round up) AND dicamba
Enter: Roundup Ready Extend.
September 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
this could be everything from the farm next door to say a wetland.
But Monsanto - now Bayer - had a solution. What if it created genetically modified seeds that could resist BOTH glyphosate (Round up) AND dicamba
Enter: Roundup Ready Extend.
But Monsanto - now Bayer - had a solution. What if it created genetically modified seeds that could resist BOTH glyphosate (Round up) AND dicamba
Enter: Roundup Ready Extend.
The former top soybean lobbyist who fought to keep the tree-wrecking pesticide dicamba on the market now runs EPA pesticide policy
and the agency just proposed re-approving dicamba with even fewer restrictions than before.
Gotta have dicamba to grow the soybeans we can’t sell.
Gift Article:
and the agency just proposed re-approving dicamba with even fewer restrictions than before.
Gotta have dicamba to grow the soybeans we can’t sell.
Gift Article:
From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules
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October 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The former top soybean lobbyist who fought to keep the tree-wrecking pesticide dicamba on the market now runs EPA pesticide policy
and the agency just proposed re-approving dicamba with even fewer restrictions than before.
Gotta have dicamba to grow the soybeans we can’t sell.
Gift Article:
and the agency just proposed re-approving dicamba with even fewer restrictions than before.
Gotta have dicamba to grow the soybeans we can’t sell.
Gift Article:
EPA to bring back a pesticide so destructive it's been banned twice by federal courts because it's not only destructive to crops it's applied to. It destroys everything it drifts over. Crops, gardens & ecosystems will be wiped out. More suffering from Trump
www.commondreams.org/news/dicamba...
www.commondreams.org/news/dicamba...
Trump EPA 'Hitting New Heights of Absurdity' With Plan to Reapprove Pesticide Dicamba | Common Dreams
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's supposed goal to "Make America Healthy Again," his administration is moving to reregister dicamba, a pesticide twice banned by federal courts, for use on genetica...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
EPA to bring back a pesticide so destructive it's been banned twice by federal courts because it's not only destructive to crops it's applied to. It destroys everything it drifts over. Crops, gardens & ecosystems will be wiped out. More suffering from Trump
www.commondreams.org/news/dicamba...
www.commondreams.org/news/dicamba...
Amidst a continued hellscape of news, here is a nice write-up about the lab's collaborative work on dicamba from the OVPR office at UM! research.umich.edu/research-sto... #GottaCelebrateTheGoodThings
When herbicides travel: U-M team explores ecological effects of dicamba
research.umich.edu
August 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Amidst a continued hellscape of news, here is a nice write-up about the lab's collaborative work on dicamba from the OVPR office at UM! research.umich.edu/research-sto... #GottaCelebrateTheGoodThings
Under the old system if for whatever reason you didn't want to use Round Up Ready soybeans you didn't have to - you could use a different technique and it was fine.
But with dicamba and the drift issue, if you don't use RoundupExtend you risk losing your crop.
But with dicamba and the drift issue, if you don't use RoundupExtend you risk losing your crop.
September 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Under the old system if for whatever reason you didn't want to use Round Up Ready soybeans you didn't have to - you could use a different technique and it was fine.
But with dicamba and the drift issue, if you don't use RoundupExtend you risk losing your crop.
But with dicamba and the drift issue, if you don't use RoundupExtend you risk losing your crop.