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  "id": 8679040,
  "title": "US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/us-environment-agency-let-bayer-pick-regulations-for-destructive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T12:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule The EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show. The documents provide an unusually clear look into the process of developing…",
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        "title": "US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/us-environment-agency-let-bayer-pick-regulations-for-destructive-8688654",
        "published": "2026-09-20T12:00:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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