ARE YOU SICK AND TIRED OF THE HYPOCRISY, LIES AND BLATANT GASLIGHTING YET?
Trump’s EPA sent out an absurd email saying the agency, in support of Regenerative Agriculture, is proposing to approve new and expanded uses of two very toxic herbicides—isoxaflutole and topramezone—for over-the-top spraying on GMO cotton.
You can’t make this stuff up.
The EPA says, “These tools help farmers manage economically damaging, herbicide-resistant weeds like Palmer amaranth, and they support regenerative, soil-health practices such as no-till farming — an alternative to intensive tillage that increases runoff and erosion.”
The EPA must truly think Americans are stupid. Regenerative organic farmers prove that no-till farming can be achieved without any pesticides at all. And studies show that pesticides harm soil health by killing the myriad of organisms that contribute to a vibrant soil food web.
Bayer-Monsanto and other chemical corporations have been pushing the notion that no-till farming is only possible by using synthetic pesticides, claiming these pesticides are necessary for regenerative agriculture. It’s complete nonsense.
To ensure its survival, the agrichemical industry is working aggressively to co-opt, redefine, and control the narrative around regenerative agriculture, transforming a movement rooted in reducing chemical dependence into one that preserves heavy use of its toxic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and genetically engineered seeds.
EPA management, now fully stacked with chemical lobbyists, is using the agency to perpetuate this false narrative. Don’t be fooled.
ISOXAFLUTOLE
Isoxaflutole, considered a PFAS “Forever Chemical” pesticide, is highly toxic and classified by the EPA as a probable human carcinogen. It is also linked to liver damage and developmental effects and breaks down into persistent degradates that can move through the environment and remain toxic to plants and other organisms.
Isoxaflutole is also highly volatile, drift-prone, and can travel far beyond its site of application. Allowing expanded use on genetically engineered isoxaflutole-tolerant cotton will harm neighboring farms (especially organic and non-GMO farms), rural communities, pollinators, native vegetation and trees, and aquatic ecosystems.
TOPRAMEZONE
Topramezone is linked to thyroid issues, liver damage, and pancreatic degeneration.
It is also highly mobile in soil, potentially harming important soil-dwelling organisms like earthworms, and has a high risk of leaching into groundwater and potentially harming aquatic ecosystems. The EU has indicated a high potential for groundwater exposure above the parametric drinking water limit, which raises concerns about long-term exposure through drinking water.
Expanding the use of these synthetic herbicides for over-the-top spraying on isoxaflutole-tolerant and topramezone-tolerant GMO cotton will increase the use of these chemicals by millions of pounds annually.
Regenerative agriculture improves soil health, protects biodiversity, reduces reliance on harmful agricultural chemicals, and improves human health outcomes. Expanding the use of pesticides that are toxic to plants, pose risks to wildlife, and can harm human health bears little resemblance to the widely recognized goals of regenerative agriculture.
We must resoundingly reject the EPA’s plan to expand and increase the new uses of these toxic pesticides. EPA’s brand of so-called “regenerative agriculture” is destructive, not regenerative. Let this chemical-lobbyist infested EPA know what you think.
Submit a comment to both regulatory comment dockets today. The pre-written comments are editable so you can make them your own. The public comment deadline is Monday, July 27, 2026 at 11:59PM Eastern.
These chemicals are just there to put profit over people.
Please stop pesticide approvals and reduce pesticide usage. This stuff is killing us.
Please stop 🛑 poisoning us!
STOP poisoning the people and our health costs would not be so high!!!!
No on TOPRAMEZONE use. Poison should not be used on produce.
This administration will destroy every safety regulation that protects our health. And yet it rails at Canada for something beyond its control (wildfire smoke). The hypocrisy is mind-boggling).
The Supreme Court ruled that agencies, including the EPA can’t pass laws or do anything without higher approval. So why are they continuing to do so? All pesticide companies need to be put out of business and sued into bankruptcy.
How do we know the EPA doesn’t have higher approval for this?
Time for Trump to get serious. However to transition farmers cost money. Trump seems to want money spent for Empire.
I envision this planet completely eliminating the use of harmful chemicals in agriculture. If my vision were shared by our major food producers, then they would have to actively implement new farming methods that move us toward the realization of chemical-free agriculture.
It appears that our government has allowed us to be poisoned starting in the 50s huh?
NO to expanded pesticide use.
We already have “dead land” in Florida from over use of pesticides, and Europe grows crops without using so many pesticides. All you are doing is killing Americans!
Putting this poison on our soil, crops and all product is likened to putting gasoline on a fire to put that fire out. The truth shall no longer be denied. When will enough be enough?
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STOP POISONING THE EARTH AND EVERY FORM OF LIFE ON IT, INCLUDING YOUR OWN. THE IGNORANCE, INCOMPETENCE, AND PURE EVIL OF TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION IS ASTOUNDING AND WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND TO HAVE OUR EARTH POISONED AND THE FUTURES OF OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL OF LIFE AT RISK FROM YOUR EVIL.
NO MORE POISONS WITH ARE DINNER!
BIG NO ON POISONS!