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This happened back in August, the real press release is here: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-emergency-order-stop-use-pesticide-dacthal-address-se

• culi 2y ago
  > Effective Aug. 7, DCPA may not be sold, distributed or used in any manner. Consumers with current stocks of the product cannot use it. This probably means we got a huge increase in DCPA usage. In the 1970s when they found out Di-bromochloropropane made most workers infertile and caused extremely high rates of birth defects for those that were still fertile, it was banned immediately in the US. Companies that had large stockpiles of the chemical simply sold them to banana republics. This caused an epidemic of infertility and birth defects in many countries in South America and it still an ongoing concern: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62120058 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62120058
  • Y_Y 2y ago
    Maybe the prohibition on selling will prevent these companies from selling DCPA?