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 rules to mitigate damages.  The acting chief of the herbicide branch Reuben Baris is quoted that “ensuring the technology is available” is the top priority, but that the agency wants to ensure that it is “used responsibly.”  This echoes Monsanto’s argument that the fault lies with applicators and not their product.  While a cutoff date similar to the one proposed in Arkansas (April 15) is one of the options considered, it is considered unlikely as it would not achieve EPA’s goal of “maintaining dicamba’s usefulness.”  FULL TEXT