/tags/pesticides Pesticides en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-04/roundup-pesticide-debate-continues-after-bayer-backed-bill-fails A bill that would have insulated Bayer and other chemical companies from some lawsuits failed when bipartisan opposition arose in the Missouri Senate. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-06-04/roundup-pesticide-debate-continues-after-bayer-backed-bill-fails Evy Lewis /government-politics-issues/2025-02-20/missouri-house-passes-state-takeover-of-st-louis-police-department The House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:31:51 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-20/missouri-house-passes-state-takeover-of-st-louis-police-department Sarah Kellogg /health-science-environment/2024-04-19/missouri-house-initial-ok-pesticide-maker-protections The Missouri House's debate largely focused on Bayer, the company with U.S. headquarters in St. Louis that purchased Monsanto — the original manufacturer of RoundUp pesticide. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:35:28 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-19/missouri-house-initial-ok-pesticide-maker-protections Quinn Coffman /government-politics-issues/2021-02-22/missouri-department-of-agriculture-looks-to-update-pesticide-training Missouri wants to make it easier for farmers to get pesticide training and also keep the U.S. EPA from taking over the responsibility. Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:43:05 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-02-22/missouri-department-of-agriculture-looks-to-update-pesticide-training Jonathan Ahl /health-science-environment/2020-02-07/missouri-department-of-agriculture-has-hundreds-of-unresolved-pesticide-complaints Missouri agriculture officials are struggling to address a backlog of complaints from farmers who allege that dicamba-based herbicide drift from another… Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:13:39 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-02-07/missouri-department-of-agriculture-has-hundreds-of-unresolved-pesticide-complaints Eli Chen /2020-02-06/pesticide-police-overwhelmed-by-dicamba-complaints-ask-epa-for-help Across the Midwest, millions of acres of farmland have been damaged by dicamba, an herbicide that can harm crops not engineered to withstand it. There are so many cases, regulators can't keep up. Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:19:00 GMT /2020-02-06/pesticide-police-overwhelmed-by-dicamba-complaints-ask-epa-for-help Dan Charles /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-08-28/carey-gillam-on-her-investigation-into-monsanto-and-the-weed-killer-roundup Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, is manufactured by Monsanto-Bayer. Depending on whom you talk to, it’s either a safe, highly… Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:19:57 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-08-28/carey-gillam-on-her-investigation-into-monsanto-and-the-weed-killer-roundup Emily Woodbury /2019-05-27/use-of-controversial-weed-killer-glyphosate-skyrockets-on-midwest-fields Farmers have been using the weed killer glyphosate – a key ingredient of the product Roundup – at soaring levels even as glyphosate has become... Mon, 27 May 2019 10:53:51 GMT /2019-05-27/use-of-controversial-weed-killer-glyphosate-skyrockets-on-midwest-fields Christopher Walljasper, Ramiro Ferrando, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting /health-science-environment/2018-11-04/scientists-say-epas-dicamba-restrictions-wont-be-strong-enough-to-stop-crop-damage Scientists are concerned that the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently announced limits on dicamba herbicide use will not be effective in preventing… Mon, 05 Nov 2018 03:31:41 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-11-04/scientists-say-epas-dicamba-restrictions-wont-be-strong-enough-to-stop-crop-damage Eli Chen /2018-08-13/wind-blown-pesticides-an-issue-in-courtrooms-communities-across-u-s Pesticides are all over, from backyard gardens to cornfields. While their use doesn’t appear to be slowing, concern over drift and the resulting effects... Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:27:51 GMT /2018-08-13/wind-blown-pesticides-an-issue-in-courtrooms-communities-across-u-s Madelyn Beck