EPA *ssues *mergency S*spension Of ‘H*ghly T*xic W*edkiller’ – *gency’s F*rst S*ch *ction In *pproximately 40 Y*ars

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August announced a rare emergency suspension of “all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).”

“This is the first time in almost 40 years EPA has taken this type of emergency action,”