Tag: Agrochemicals manufacturing
Pesticide caused kids’ brain damage, California lawsuits say
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawsuits filed Monday in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug...
Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water
DES MOINES, Iowa — In the dim light just after dawn, Bill Blubaugh parks his Des Moines Water Works pickup truck, grabs a dipper...
Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers
BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...
Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers
BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
Report: EPA officials improperly influenced dicamba decision
O'FALLON, Mo. — Environmental Protection Agency officials improperly influenced a decision to re-approve use of dicamba, a herbicide blamed for crop damage in hundreds...
Appeals court tells EPA to ban pesticide or decide it’s safe
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly determine whether a pesticide linked to brain damage in...
Appeals court tells EPA to ban pesticide or decide it’s safe
<p>WASHINGTON — A <a href="https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/04/29/19-71979.pdf">federal appeals court on Thursday ordered</a> the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly determine whether a pesticide linked to brain damage...
Farmers file antitrust lawsuit against big ag companies
<p>BOISE, Idaho — A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban...
Farmers file antitrust lawsuit against big ag companies
BOISE, Idaho — A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban...