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Dicamba “drift” destroying crops downwind from application sites of Monsanto’s toxic herbicide

July 31, 2017 -

Though dicamba has been on the market for several decades, it's historically been used only as a pre-emergent, meaning it was applied to soils before crop plantings. But farmers are now applying this noxious chemical product to crops after they've been planted – and reports indicate that they're doing so illegally, as dicamba isn't approved for post-planting use.

The reason for this is that dicamba is highly volatile, meaning it easily takes flight ...

Dicamba “drift” destroying crops downwind from application sites of Monsanto’s toxic herbicide

July 31, 2017 -

Though dicamba has been on the market for several decades, it's historically been used only as a pre-emergent, meaning it was applied to soils before crop plantings. But farmers are now applying this noxious chemical product to crops after they've been planted – and reports indicate that they're doing so illegally, as dicamba isn't approved for post-planting use.

The reason for this is that dicamba is highly volatile, meaning it easily takes flight ...

70% of pregnant women in Indiana have herbicide linked to cancer in their urine

2 months ago -

The research, which was published in the journal Agrochemicals, showed that 70% of the pregnant women who were tested in Indiana from 2020 to 2022 had high volumes of dicamba in their urine – a sharp jump from the 28% found in an analysis a decade earlier.

In addition to the higher percentage of women having the chemical in their bodies, the concentrations they contained also went up more than fourfold, going from 0.066 up to 0.271 micrograms of dicamba ...

Pesticide linked to reproductive issues found in popular oat-based breakfast cereals

2 months ago - dicamba in pregnant women, with 70%  of those in the state testing positive for the presence of the chemical between 2020 and 2022. This represents a concerning rise from the 28% recorded in a similar study that was carried out a decade earlier. The chemical has been linked to several types of cancer.

Americans are also being regularly exposed to the herbicide glyphosate, which has been linked to oxidative stress, DNA damage, metabolic disorders, liver inflammation ...

Court upholds Arkansas decision to ban dicamba herbicide

March 16, 2018 -

According to the Associated Press, Judge Chris Piazza of the Pulaski County Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit by Monsanto which sought to overturn a decision by the state Plant Board banning the use of dicamba for a six-month period. Although several states have enacted bans or restrictions on dicamba, Arkansas has imposed the toughest legislation.

The Plant Board imposed the ban after receiving close to 1,000 complaints last year from farmers whose non-dicamba ...

Tenneessee restricts use of Monsanto herbicide dicamba as damage to food crops spreads

March 13, 2019 -

The problem, farmers say, is that the dicamba formulations only work for crops that have been designed for it. Wind and weather conditions affect the pesticide, which cause dicamba to spread over to neighboring farms and damage other crops. Weed specialists from Missouri have stated that off-target movement from dicamba has damaged at least 203,045 acres of soybeans, along with 73 acres of watermelons, 18 acres of cantaloupes, 24 acres of certified ...

Monsanto now offering CASH to farmers if they will use its toxic “dicamba” agricultural chemical

December 12, 2017 -

These incentives are being offered even as the country is facing an agricultural crisis caused by dicamba-based products which evaporated and drifted away after being sprayed on crops.

Natural News reported last year that with increasing scrutiny being leveled at Monsanto’s most famous weed killer, the glyphosate-based Roundup product, Monsanto has quietly invested over $1 billion in developing dicamba-based products. As bad as Roundup is, dicamba ...

Bayer and BASF ordered to pay $265 million to Missouri peach farmer in dicamba weedkiller lawsuit

February 19, 2020 -

Bill Bader sued the companies after thousands of his fruit trees were damaged by the herbicide dicamba, which drifted in from cotton fields nearby that had been planted with dicamba-resistant seeds made by BASF and Bayer.

Bader’s peach farm is said to be one of the biggest in Missouri, producing 5 million pounds of peaches each year. Lab tests that were carried out by state agricultural officials confirmed symptoms of dicamba, and the farmer ...

If the EPA allows continued use of dicamba pesticide, it could push monarch butterflies to extinction

March 22, 2018 -

This grim news comes on the heels of the release of dicamba-resistant GMO crops, developed by the world's most hated company, Monsanto. DowDupont and BASF SE have also created dicamba-resistant crops. Who else would be behind the extinction of monarch butterflies besides the biotech industry?What is dicamba and why is it such a massive threat?

As Modern Farmer explains, dicamba is an herbicide intended to target broad-leaf weeds, rather ...

Bayer wants EPA to issue “updated label” on Dicamba – claiming their growers now spread the toxic herbicide in the “right way”

September 26, 2018 -

After complaints rolled in the past few years about the high drift and volatility of the controversial weed killer concoction Dicamba, Bayer's shills and charlatans figure they'll put some new words in the EPA officials' mouths (and probably some money in their pockets) to change the label on their 60-million-pound-a-year poison they pour on American "tolerant" soy and cotton. Their goal is to preempt the regulatory decision by pretending that HOW the toxins are ...

Arkansas court rules with Monsanto, grants farmers right to spray toxic Dicamba herbicide that causes horrific crop damage to nearby farms

April 05, 2018 -

After dicamba is sprayed, its toxic chemistry carries through the wind and causes damage to nearby crops that aren’t genetically modified to withstand the chemical. It was originally intended to be sprayed as a pre-emergent, before the crops are planted, but farmers began to use it throughout the entire growing season. Not only is dicamba destroying the biodiversity of plant life in the ecosystem, but it is also taking out natural crops, forcing more farmers ...

EPA just approved another toxic herbicide linked to infertility, birth defects and lung cancer in both humans and animals

December 06, 2016 -

Dicamba has been in use for years, and is an ingredient in more than 1,000 farming and gardening products. Under the EPA’s new guidelines, however, its use is expected to increase on a massive scale.Dicamba use will increase current levels more than 20 times

The EPA approval covers the use of dicamba for spraying dicamba-resistant GMO cotton and soybean crops that were developed by (you probably already guessed it) Monsanto as an ...

Researchers share how to conquer herbicide-resistant superweeds that threaten the food supply in the Midwest

September 21, 2017 - dicamba, of which a telltale sign is the curling downward of infected plants' leaves, like a dying black umbrella.

Dicamba was first approved for agricultural use in March 2017 – it was supposed to guarantee weed control in cottonwoods and soybeans to get rid of unwanted plants such as pigweed. Right after its approval, farmers all over the country planted over 20 million acres of dicamba-resistant soybeans.

However, instead of killing ...

Organic Trade Association member revealed to be … guess who? … BASF, one of the leading GMO producers in the world

July 27, 2018 - dicamba. BASF produces a dicamba-based herbicide called Engenia.

Dicamba is a highly volatile herbicide that is often used in conjunction with other toxic chemicals like glyphosate to kill broad-leafed weeds. As noted by the website ClassAction.com, Dicamba is exceptionally prone to drift, which means it easily becomes airborne and drifts onto neighboring farmers’ crops – which can include organic farms.

While farmers would only purposely ...

EPA, Monsanto face lawsuit over pesticide drift that damaged millions of acres and threatened endangered species

February 28, 2018 -

Last year was the first crop season in which the dicamba-based XtendiMax was used, and it wreaked havoc on farms across the country. When the product is sprayed by farmers on Monsanto’s genetically engineered cotton and soybeans, it forms clouds of vapor that drift effortlessly to nearby crops and wild plants. More than three million acres of soybeans, along with countless fruit and vegetable crops, shrubs, and trees have been harmed by dicamba drift.

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Farmers and conservation groups suing the EPA for approving Monsanto’s “XtendiMax” pesticide

February 03, 2017 -

The plaintiffs in the suit are the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, National Family Farm Coalition and the Pesticide Action Network.

"Federal regulators have abandoned the interests of farmers, the environment, and public health," plaintiffs' counsel George Kimbrell said. "We won't allow our food to be dragged backward into a pesticide-soaked nightmare – not without a hell of a fight."

The approval is expected to lead to a tenfold increase ...