EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the comment period on a new dicamba formulation for use on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to be tolerant to the herbicide. The deadline to comment is now May 31. The previous deadline was...

Bayer CropScience has taken the "unprecedented step" and requested a formal hearing before an Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge over the agency's proposed cancellation of registrations for flubendiamide insecticide. Bayer markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it...

Bayer CropScience has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency to voluntarily cancel uses of flubendiamide insecticide in the United States. Instead, Bayer will seek a review of the product's registration in an administrative law hearing. Flubendiamide is...

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to withdraw registration of Enlist Duo herbicide from Dow AgroSciences, saying new information suggests the product is more toxic to nearby plants than previously thought. In a court filing Nov. 24, the EPA asked the...

The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments through Jan. 5, 2016, on whether to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum insecticide marketed as Lorsban and a handful of other brands. Chlorpyrifos, a restricted-use pesticide, is labeled to control insect...