Insecticide Dealt Blow

Court Rules Against Dow Product

Todd Neeley
By  Todd Neeley , DTN Staff Reporter
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In May 2015, EPA granted Section 18 emergency use exemptions in Kansas for the application of Transform WG insecticide, which includes the active ingredient sulfoxaflor, for control of sugarcane aphids in sorghum. (Photo by Gabriela Esparza-Diaz, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension)
The future of Dow AgroScience insecticides including "Transform WG" and "Closer" was put in doubt Thursday when the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not have granted unconditional approval to the chemical...

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Todd Neeley

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