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EPA About-Face On Pesticide Pairing

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The federal Environmental Protection Agency angered environmental groups with its approval of the joint use of two herbicides as one product. 

So the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit. 

Just recently, the EPA announced that it would reconsider its decision, asking the court to remove the registration of the product.

The joint product, Enlist Duo, combines the herbicides 2,4,D and glyphosate (Roundup), individually the targets of scientific study and environmentalist concern. 

NRDC Senior Scientist Sylvia Fallon checks in with the latest.   

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.