Environmental
Feb. 25, 2012
Enviro group sues over use of herbicide
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its failure to decide whether to ban a widely-used herbicide that was a key ingredient of the now banned defoliant Agent Orange.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the federal Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its failure to decide whether to ban a widely-used herbicide that was a key ingredient of the now banned defoliant Agent Orange.
The environmental group petitioned the EPA in 2008 to consider banning use of 2,4-d, which is sold widely for weed-killing on home lawns, athletic fields, parks, golf courses and on agricultural cro...
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