Lawsuit Claims EPA Failed to Consider Herbicide's Effect on Endangered Species
Another herbicide is in the crosshairs of environmental groups and this time before it ever finds the field.
EPA's approval of a newly registered herbicide violates the Endangered Species Act and should be set aside, the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity allege in a petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In May the EPA granted unconditional approval to BASF's trifludimoxazin, the active ingredient in the herbicide Tirexor. The product is designed for weed control in corn, soybeans and other crops including tree plantations, but has yet to be commercialized for American farmers.
"Petitioners allege that EPA violated its duties under FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act) in approving the Registration, and that the Registration lacks support in substantial evidence," the group said in their petition to the Ninth Circuit.
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EPA's approval of a newly registered herbicide violates the Endangered Species Act and should be set aside, the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity allege in a petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In May the EPA granted unconditional approval to BASF's trifludimoxazin, the active ingredient in the herbicide Tirexor. The product is designed for weed control in corn, soybeans and other crops including tree plantations, but has yet to be commercialized for American farmers.
"Petitioners allege that EPA violated its duties under FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act) in approving the Registration, and that the Registration lacks support in substantial evidence," the group said in their petition to the Ninth Circuit.
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