Abstract
US grain producers may soon have a new tool to help improve crop yields in the face of increasingly severe weather events related to climate change. Against the wishes of environmental groups, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to allow outdoor use of the plant growth regulator chlormequat chloride on barley, oat, triticale, and wheat. Taminco US, a subsidiary of Eastman Chemical, petitioned the EPA to allow such uses in 2021. Regulators did not find any risks of concern to human health, including to infants and children, but they did identify risks to workers who handle the pesticide and to some wildlife. Chlormequat is currently allowed on ornamentals in greenhouses and nurseries in the US. The chemical blocks hormones that stimulate growth, resulting in shorter and thicker stems that are less prone to breaking and bending. Earlier this year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) sounded the alarm after finding
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