Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule</p><p>The EPA allowed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/pesticides" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">pesticide</a> giant Bayer to <a href="https://biologicaldiversity.org/programs/environmental_health/pdfs/EPA-5-12-25-presentation-to-Bayer-on-mitigation-options.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">pick</a> from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show.</p><p>The documents provide an unusually clear look into the process of developing pesticide regulations, which is typically done out of public view. It shows in detail how the EPA asked Bayer which regulations it wanted, received a response from Bayer, then put Bayer’s choices into a <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0154-1239" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">proposed</a> federal rule.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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