Lipton, 2017
Eric Lipton, “Crops in 25 States Damaged by Unintended Drift of Weed Killer,” The New York Times, November 1, 2017. SUMMARY: “Dicamba has damaged more than 3.6 million acres of soybean crops, or about 4 percent of all soybeans planted…
Polansek, 2017c
Tom Polansek, "Monsanto, BASF weed killers strain U.S. states with damage complaints," Reuters, November 1, 2017. SUMMARY: Reports on the latest on the 2017 dicamba damage crisis. Major soybean states such as Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois received roughly 4 years’ worth…
Mills et al., 2017
Paul J. Mills, PhD, Izabela Kania-Korwel, PhD, John Fagan, PhD, Linda K.McEvoy, PhD, Gail A. Laughlin, PhD, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, "Excretion of the Herbicide Glyphosate in Older Adults Between 1993 and 2016," October 24, 2017, Journal of the American Medical Association, 318:16, DOI:10.1001/jama.2017.11726. ABSTRACT: The herbicide Roundup…
Biesecker, 2017
Michael Biesecker, “EPA, herbicide makers agree to new limits for use of dicamba,” Associated Press, October 13, 2017. SUMMARY: The EPA announced its deal with Monsanto, BASF and DuPont to allow dicamba use in 2018 with “tangible changes” that will…
Nelsen, 2017
Arthur Nelsen, "Monsanto banned from European parliament," The Guardian, September 28, 2017. SUMMARY: Lobbyists affiliated with the company were banned in September 2017 after Monsanto failed to attend a hearing about alleged regulatory interference. The company is under investigation for influencing…
Charles, 2017c
Dan Charles, "A Wayward Weedkiller Divides Farm Communities, Harms Wildlife," NPR, October 7, 2017. SUMMARY: This NPR radio story focuses on the farmer to farmer conflicts engendered by the dicamba drift crisis. Some farmers are eager for the new technology…
Hettinger, 2017
Johnathan Hettinger, "Complaints surge about weed killer dicamba’s damage to oak trees," October 9, 2017, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. SUMMARY: Dicamba drift is being blamed for damage to oak trees in Iowa, Illinois, and Tennessee. More than 1,000 complaints were filed…
American Soybean Association, 2017
American Soybean Association, " ASA Steps up Urgency in Search for Answers on Dicamba Damage," ASA News Release, September 25, 2017. SUMMARY: This American Soybean Association (ASA) news release addresses dicamba drift damage, now an issue in 21 of the…
Horstmeier, 2017
Greg Horstmeier, " Dicamba: Arkansas Plant Board Unanimously Sets Mid-April Limit," AgFax, September 22, 2017. SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Plant Board reached a unanimous decision to ban dicamba use in the state from August 16 - October 31, 2018 in…
Polansek, 2017b
Tom Polansek, "EPA to allow use of dicamba next year, but with safeguards," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 19, 2017. SUMMARY: This story reports on the EPA's decision to allow dicamba use in 2018, although with yet to be determined additional…