The weedkiller dicamba has been at the center of controversy and multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in Missouri and elsewhere. Now an internal Environmental Protection Agency report says in the decision to re-approve dicamba in 2018.
The reapproval came after Monsanto had developed dicamba-resistant soybean seeds. XtendiMax, a version of dicamba, has been a hot seller for Bayer, which bought Monsanto.
Bryce Gray reports that the controversy over the weedkiller may have reached high levels of the Trump administration. The report from the EPA's Office of Inspector General cites "senior-level changes to or omissions from scientific documents" during the approval process.