The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reiterated its assessment in a 2021 report, determining that when weighing all the risks and benefits, US farmers could continue to apply the weedkiller across millions of US acres to help in the production of soybeans, corn, cotton and an array of other crops.
This is in stark contrast to the EU, where it is banned. It is also outlawed in the UK, where it is manufactured; Switzerland, where its manufacturer, Syngenta, is based; and China, the home of Syngenta’s parent company.
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/3CDJHQZ2SRJ5ZDKGQFUZGPDT4E.jpg)
Preventable bloodstream infections related to kidney failure treatment are more common in U.S. Blacks and Hispanics...
Twenty Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to U.S-based pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy...
U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked.../cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/3IDPIBLBBRON7ECX6O4ZRI4F4Y.jpg)
A U.S. appeals court on Monday shot down Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) attempt to offload tens...
