Source: Zach Schonfeld, THE HILL, 8/18/22


A group of 92 House lawmakers wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday asking it to reconsider its proposed rule decreasing allowances for a widely used herbicide.  EPA Administrator Michael Regan has taken aim at the use of atrazine, commonly used to protect corn, sugarcane and other crops from weeds, as part of a years-long review of the herbicide that included an agency risk assessment in 2016 finding certain levels can pose risks for animals like fish and amphibians.

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