Dicamba drift puts natural areas at risk, environmental groups warn
Story Date: 3/6/2018

 

Source: ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, 3/1/18


After drift from the herbicide dicamba harmed millions of acres of soybeans in 2017, environmental groups are worried that it could damage sensitive ecological areas, particularly habitats for monarch butterflies. “There’s too much that no one is watching,” said Kim Erndt-Pitcher, a habitat and agriculture programs specialist at Prairie Rivers Network, a nonprofit advocacy group for clean water in Illinois.

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