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Herbicides
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Food Safety News
EPA sued over herbicide approvals
By Dan Flynn
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, and Matthew M. Graves of the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington D.C. are all being sued over some…
Virginia HOA and Business Law Blog
Pesticides, Fungicides, and Herbicides: Why do Virginia HOAs need to know the difference?
By John Tarley
The Property Owners’ Association Act in Virginia Code § 55-510.3 and the Condominium Act in Virginia Code § 55-79.80:01 both require that an association post notice of all applications of…
Drug & Device Law
Public Nuisance Claims Out in Paraquat MDL
By Bexis
Great decision from the Paraquat MDL recently, rejecting public nuisance claims in the product liability context. In re Paraquat Products Liability Litigation, 2022 WL 451898 (S.D. Ill. Feb. 14, 2022),…
Food Safety News
Ag Industry lines up against Center for Food Safety in case against Glyphosate
By Dan Flynn
On Monday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in the challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer's flagship…
Food Safety News
EPA gives dicamba five more years with additional restrictions
By News Desk
Dicamba, the broad-spectrum herbicide first registered for farm use in 1967, will be back for the 2021 growing season under new label restrictions from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This…
Schroeder Ag Law Blog
Dicamba Confusion
On June 3, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the EPA registration of three dicamba herbicides: XtendiMax (Bayer), Engenia (BASF) and FeXapan (Corteva). Nat’l Family Farm Coalition et al. v. U.S.…
Food Safety News
Herbicides purchased for this planting season and ready for the field are now illegal
By Dan Flynn
Just as it was looking like American agriculture was going to survive the pandemic and planting was turning out successful, rural areas learned they were losing the weedkiller dicamba to…
Aprodu | Conley, PLLC
$80M Award: Roundup Causes Cancer
By Adela Aprodu
Another day, another verdict against RoundUp maker, Monsanto. This time, a jury in California awarded $80 million to a plaintiff claiming RoundUp Weed Killer caused his cancer. Following trial, a…
The Daily Intake
Monsanto Will Appeal Order to pay $289 Million to a Man Whose Cancer a Jury Found was Caused by Occupational Exposure to Roundup Weed Killer
• As reported by numerous media outlets, a San Francisco jury (in state court) on August 10, 2018 delivered a verdict against Monsanto of $289 million, including $250 million in…
Consumer Products Counselor
EPA: Research Shows Herbicide Glyphosate Unlikely to Cause Cancer
By Aaron S. Klein, Frank Citera
Introduction The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently concluded that the available data at this time suggest that the herbicide, glyphosate, is “not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.” The EPA’s…