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 ...

(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 ...

Faced with tougher and more resistant weeds, corn and soybean farmers are anxiously awaiting government decisions on a new version of a popular herbicide — and on genetically modified seeds to grow ...

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 ...

Huey helicopters were used to disperse Agent Orange across forests and farms in over 6,500 missions in a nine year period of the Vietnam War. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The use of Agent Orange, ...

Corn growers and formulators of 2,4-D urged the International Trade Commission Thursday to deny a request from Corteva Agriscience for antidumping duties on low-priced Chinese and Indian imports, ...

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June 22 (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 ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. This July 11, 2013, file photo shows Blake Beckett of West Central Cooperative as he sprays a soybean field, in Granger, Iowa.