"Crops in 25 States Damaged by Unintended Drift of Weed Killer"

"WASHINGTON — A weed killer called dicamba has damaged more than 3.6 million acres of soybean crops, or about 4 percent of all soybeans planted in the United States this year, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday in calling for an urgent federal response.

“It is not often that we hear about impacts of this magnitude,” said Rick P. Keigwin Jr., the director of the E.P.A.’s pesticide program.

Dicamba has been used starting this year on genetically modified soybean and cotton crops that are grown from seeds created to be tolerant to weed killers. The problem is that the herbicide can drift off the fields where it is being applied, landing on nearby farms where conventional soybean seeds have been planted."

Eric Lipton reports for the New York Times November 1, 2017.

SEE ALSO:

"Monsanto Created a Huge Problem. Now That Problem Might Be Driving Sales." (Mother Jones)

"Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba" (NPR)

"State Agriculture Departments Overwhelmed By Dicamba-Related Complaints" (Reuters)