The USEPA is proposing a new registration for new over-the-top (OTT) dicamba uses on dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton. Their own Draft Ecological Risk Assessment acknowledges significant risks to non-target organisms, including listed species, yet relies on unproven, unenforceable, and entirely inadequate mitigations to justify these registrations. In short, EPA is proposing to register volatile herbicides that have caused and will cause landscape-wide harm to wild and cultivated plants if approved. All by relying on applicators’ use of practices that have not been proven to be effective on the landscape – over tens of millions of acres.
For nearly a decade, PRN and our partners have consistently raised concerns about the ecological, economic, and social harms caused by widespread use of these volatile herbicides.
TELL USEPA TO NOT REGISTER THESE NEW FORMULATIONS OF DICAMBA!
The USEPA must hear from us that we strongly oppose this proposal given the clear evidence of landscape-level damage from previous formulations and the likelihood of harm to sensitive crops and natural plant communities. Help us stop this unnecessary registration of a harmful pesticide and urge EPA to withdraw this proposal immediately by submitting a public comment through the USEPA Portal – we have instructions and a sample comment below. The deadline for comments is September 6th.
How to submit a public comment through the USEPA Portal in Regulations.gov
- Copy the suggested comment below and click this link to access the portal.
- No need to attach a file unless you are submitting a personalized comment.
- Submit your email address
- Select your identity (suggested: Individual unless you are representing an organization.)
- Complete the contact information fields that populate.
- Click the I’m not a robot checkbox and hit submit comment.
Sample Comment to Copy and Paste into the USEPA Portal
I am writing to strongly oppose the USEPA’s proposal to register new over-the-top (OTT) dicamba uses on dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton. Dicamba herbicides have wreaked havoc over the past decade and pose significant risks to non-target organisms, including state and federal listed species. The proposed registration relies on unproven, unenforceable, and entirely inadequate mitigations. In short, EPA is proposing to register volatile herbicides that have caused and will again cause landscape-wide harm to wild and cultivated plants.
I strongly oppose re-registration of these over-the-top herbicides, given the history of landscape-level damage from dicamba, the unenforceable label guidelines and the risks posed to sensitive crops and natural plant communities. I urge the EPA to withdraw this proposal.
I appreciate your consideration.
