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IMPORTANT: EPA Announces Voluntary Cancellation for the Pesticide Dacthal- NO USE OF EXISTING STOCKS (Ed Notes on AMVAC buyback)

August 28, 2024 by Pat Hastings

Contact: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – Today, Aug. 28, following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s emergency suspension of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal), the agency is initiating a process to cancel all products containing DCPA. On Aug. 19, 2024, EPA received a letter from AMVAC Chemical Corporation (AMVAC) stating its intent to voluntarily cancel […]

Filed Under: Dacthal, EPA, Pesticide registration/reregistration review, Pesticides

EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk

August 6, 2024 by Pat Hastings

[US EPA. WASHINGTON ]– Today, Aug. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the emergency suspension of all registrations ( i.e.,editorial note*: IMMEDIATE CANCELLATION OF ALL DISTRIBUTION, SALE,  and USE pending EPA full analysis of risks and benefits in a cancellation hearing) of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, […]

Filed Under: Commercial Applicators, Dacthal, EPA, Pesticide registration/reregistration review, Pesticides, Private Applicators, Regulations Tagged With: EPA, pesticides

EPA Warns Farmworkers about Risks of Dacthal – Agency developing next steps to address risks

April 1, 2024 by Pat Hastings

WASHINGTON — Today, April 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its next steps to protect people from the herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA, or Dacthal). EPA is warning people of the significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies exposed to DCPA and will be pursuing action to address the serious, permanent, […]

Filed Under: Dacthal, EPA, Pesticides, Private Applicators, WPS

DCPA (Dacthal) Technical Herbicide Product Suspended by EPA

September 1, 2023 by Pat Hastings

[USEPA OPPT Update September 1, 2023]. Effective August 22, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suspended the technical-grade product containing the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA), marketed under the trade name Dacthal, for failure of the registrant to submit required data to support its continued registration. Technical-grade products are high-concentration forms of pesticides that are formulated […]

Filed Under: Dacthal, EPA, Pesticides, USDA Office of Pest Management Policy

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