Clover inclusion may increase the sustainability of certain low-maintenance turfgrasses. However, selective weed control within mixed turfgrass–clover swards proves problematic because of clover ...

A volatile weed killer linked to cancer and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year. In January, China ...

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2015 –The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization, classified the herbicide 2,4-D as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” this ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced its denial of the 2008 petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) seeking to cancel 2,4-D ...

An herbicide formulation that combines 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) choline salt and glyphosate can stay on the US market, a federal appeals court ruled July 22. A three-judge panel rejected ...

Even as crops resistant to 2,4-D herbicide are being developed, populations of weeds are also developing a resistance. A 2,4-D–resistant variety of the waterhemp weed has been found, and its spread ...

(Reuters) - A widely used farm chemical that is a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences "possibly" causes cancer in humans, a World Health Organization research unit has ...

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The controversial defoliant manufactured by The Dow Chemical Company and Monsanto for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Vietnam War is rumored to be making a comeback in the form of new ...

June 22 (Reuters) - A widely used farm chemical used as a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences "possibly" causes cancer in humans, a World Health Organization research unit ...