Agrochemical Giant, AMVAC, Announces Voluntary Suspension of Registration for its DPCA Products
August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 28 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
Today, American Vanguard Corporation (AMVAC), a major producer of agrochemicals and pesticides, announced that they would stop selling DPCA, or Dacthal, a pesticide that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says poses imminent, permanent, and irreversible health harms, especially to unborn babies. DCPA is used to kill weeds on crops like onions, cabbage, and radishes. . . .
Today, American Vanguard Corporation (AMVAC), a major producer of agrochemicals and pesticides, announced that they would stop selling DPCA, or Dacthal, a pesticide that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says poses imminent, permanent, and irreversible health harms, especially to unborn babies. DCPA is used to kill weeds on crops like onions, cabbage, and radishes. . . .