The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency ban on a common weedkiller, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also called DCPA or Dacthal, citing risk to unborn children whose mothers get exposed to the pesticide.
The DCPA was approved for use as a preemergence herbicide to control annual grasses and broadleaf weeds on ornamental turf and plants, strawberries, seeded and transplanted vegetables, cotton, and field beans.
