Pregnant people who came in contact with the weedkiller were shown to expose their fetuses to four to 20 times the amount the EPA deems safe.
For the first time in almost 40 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency order to stop the use of a pesticide that can cause irreversible damage to fetuses.The pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also known as DCPA or Dacthal, is used as a weedkiller on crops like strawberries, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and onions.
bans asbestos, which was still in use decades after partial banIn 2013, the EPA required AMVAC to submit more than 20 studies, including on DCPA's effect on thyroid development in fetuses and adults, to support its registration by 2016. But the agency said multiple submitted studies were insufficient, and studies on thyroid effects weren't submitted at all.
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