The Center for Food Safety accused the US Fish and Wildlife Service of violating federal public records law Monday in a complaint seeking the Trump administration’s deliberations informing its recent reapproval of a previously banned pesticide.
The agency violated its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act by withholding records related to dicamba-derived weedkillers’ potential impact on endangered species, according to the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
The Center for Food Safety also is among the groups suing the US Environmental Protection Agency over its February decision approving the herbicide for farm use. ...
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