EPA ignored plea to tighten restrictions on a controversial weed killer, lawsuit claims

Photo credit: Providence Doucet via Unsplash. Article by Shannon Kelleher. The New Lede – April 21, 2026.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting public health at risk by continuing to let farmers spray glyphosate, a weed killer linked to cancer, directly on top of oats before harvest, a practice that commonly results in residues of the pesticide remaining on popular foods made with oats, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed April 20 by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), asks the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to require the EPA to respond to a 2018 petition that […]

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