Experts have warned that if the EPA were to bring back dicamba, the results would be devastating—as they have been in the ...

The EPA Banned a Pesticide That Is Dangerous for Fetuses. What to Know 4 minute read Generic stock picture of broccoli on dispaly in a supermarket. Matt Morton—PA Images/Getty Images ...

The EPA and the Department of Justice have 21 days to respond to the summons, which notified them of the lawsuit. The response is made to the plaintiff’s attorney.

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — In a win for environmental and farmworker groups, a Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the use of the pesticide ...

In January 2022, the EPA re-approved both products. Before doing so, it completed a biological evaluation, which found likely harm to hundreds of species. That’s a big deal, since in the past, the ...

Federal law requires the EPA to evaluate both the risks and the benefits of each pesticide – and to revisit that analysis at least every 15 years for every pesticide used in the U.S.

EPA takes emergency action to stop use of dangerous pesticide The pesticide, known as DCPA, is known to harm fetuses and “needs to be removed from the market immediately,” an EPA official said.

EPA believes the current pesticide approval system has major setbacks that make the process “unsustainable and legally tenuous.” It currently has nearly 20 years of work to complete in pending ...

Fifty years after Congress passed the current Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act to protect people and the environment, the law has instead fast-tracked approval of dangerous ...

EPA and its internal watchdog are at odds over how officials decided a commonly used fumigant doesn’t pose as great a cancer risk as once thought. In a report today, EPA’s Office of Inspector ...

EPA declines stricter regulation on pesticide linked to bee die-offs The birds and the bees and the pesticide-covered seeds that kill them.

If the EPA determines that a pesticide’s risks outweigh its benefits, then its staff will conduct additional analyses to determine how to mitigate the risks enough to justify using it.