US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show

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What happened

Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule The EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive we…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:14 UTC.

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