Environmental groups have urged a US court to call on the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) to vacate its approval of Monsanto ’s dicamba - based product , XtendiMax , arguing that the product harms nearby crops , plants and wildlife . It is unclear whether the court has the authority to so instruct the EPA . The groups claim the EPA failed to analyse the risks of the products before approving them in 2016 . The agency is currently considering whether to renew the sales license for dicamba , which expires in November , in a move that has implications for agrochemical firms including German - owned Siemens , BASF , Engenia and DowDuPont .
Environmental groups have urged a US court to call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to vacate its approval of Monsanto’s dicamba-based weedkiller, XtendiMax, arguing that the product harms nearby crops, plants and wildlife. It is unclear whether the court has the authority to so instruct the EPA. The groups claim the EPA failed to analyse the risks of the products before approving them in 2016. The agency is currently considering whether to renew the sales licence for dicamba, which expires in November, in a move that has implications for agrochemical firms including Bayer-owned Monsanto, BASF, Engenia and DowDuPont.