Farmworker advocates celebrate rare EPA ban of toxic pesticide

Grist
By Joseph WintersAug 9, 2024, 4:30 am304 pts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an emergency order this week suspending all use of an herbicide known to cause irreversible developmental damage to human fetuses. The now-banned pesticide — dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, or DCPA, marketed under the trade name Dacthal — stops the…

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