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Groups argue EPA defied the court’s dicamba order
Groups attempting to stop the spraying of dicamba herbicides this growing season have submitted their response to EPA’s brief filed earlier this week.
In their response, the Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety questioned the legality of EPA’s June 8th cancellation order that allowed the continued use of three dicamba herbicides through July 31st. They say it “flies in the face” of the Ninth Circuit Court’s original mandate that dicamba use be halted.
After it reviews the latest briefs, the court is expected to announce a decision on the plaintiff’s emergency motion to stop the use of dicamba. The timing of that announcement is unclear.
Dicamba has been sprayed near our smalll community in Northeast Arkansas and the trees, many of which are very old and all are special to us, are being affected. Some residents have quit trying to grow tomatoes, because they just grow excess foliage and the leaves curl up and very few tomatoes are produced. This is not a new phenomenon, but the trees look worse earlier this year. I wonder what this does to our bodies. I helped farm for 44 years and am respectful of the agricultural way of life, but this is not fair to damage properties in the small cities that have managed to survived the mass exodus of their populations.