EPA defends process, saying regulatory system is working as intended
1 Sep 20 8:00 AM · 3d ago · 3 articles · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
An EPA spokesperson responds to the Guardian, characterizing the agency's engagement with Bayer as standard regulatory practice. The statement asserts the process is not a compliance failure but the system functioning as designed, with companies permitted to submit mitigation ideas to preserve product utility.
“Make no mistake: this is not a compliance failure; it is the regulatory system working exactly as intended.”
EPA spokespersonBayer Pesticide manufacturerEnvironmental Protection Agency Federal regulatorNathan Donley Environmental health science director, Center for Biological DiversityKyle Kunkler Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA toxics officeCenter for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety Litigants
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3 outlets US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
first by The Guardian, 3d ago · also Guardian Environment, Guardian
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Donald Trump’s hand-picked EPA administrator oversaw a process that let chemical giant Bayer choose its own regulatory framework for a controversial weedkiller. Newly released internal EPA documents show that Bayer was offered a choice from a menu of regulation options for their twice-banned weedkiller dicamba. # TrumpMustGo # KingOfTreason #…
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EPA allows Bayer to choose the dicamba regulations that it prefers. Besides posing dangers to human health, dicamba tends to drift away from targeted fields. It affects crops and trees and its "drift" has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to crops and forestry. Despite this crisis, EPA is allowing Bayer to regulate itself. #…
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# Dicamba (linked to liver cancer & Non-Hodgkin lymphoma) is drift prone & kills vegetation & crops for miles. Courts took it off the market twice, but the # EPA re-approved it. Experts found its drift damage to be the WORST in the history of US agriculture. Still, the current approval provides FEWER protections than past approvals. an EPA…
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, # dicamba https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba # MAHA didn't influence Trump's #2025 # EPA agenda in the slightest…
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller dicamba, documents show | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba
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https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba
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