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Dacthal (DCPA)

General Information

• Product Names:

  Ferti-Lome Weed and Grass Preventer (Voluntary Purchasing Group)
  ACME Garden Weed Preventer (PBI/Gordon)
  Preemergence Weed Control (Lebanon Seaboard)
  Garden Weeder (PBI/Gordon)
  Green Gold Preemergence Crabgrass Control (Lebanon Seaboard)

• Chemical Class: Phthalate pre-emergent herbicide
• Uses: Control of Broadleaf weeds and annual grasses in terrestrial food crops, alfalfa, turf, ornamentals, and trees in agriculture and residential
• Alternatives: Organic agriculture, Organic lawn care
• Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic

Health and Environmental Effects

• Cancer: Possible (10)
• Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
• Reproductive Effects: Not documented
• Neurotoxicity: Not documented
• Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes (6)
• Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes (18)
• Birth/Developmental: Not documented
• Detected in Groundwater: Yes (37)
• Potential Leacher: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Birds: Not documented
• Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes (8)
• Toxic to Bees: Yes (19)

Additional Information

• Regulatory Status:
  • EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) signed (9/1995)
• Supporting information:
  • Asthma, Children and Pesticides (Beyond Pesticides)
  • Daily News Blog entries (Beyond Pesticides)
  • NCAP Dacthal Factsheet (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
  • Extoxnet Dacthal Factsheet (Extension Toxicology Network)
  • PAN Pesticides Database: Dacthal (Pesticide Action Network)
• Studies:
• A pilot study of pesticides and PCBs in the breast milk of women residing in urban and agricultural communities of California.. Weldon RH, Barr DB, Trujillo C, et al. 2011. J Environ Monit. 13(11):3136-44.
• Association of Environmental Toxins With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Su, F.C., Goutman, S.A., Chernyak, S., Mukherjee, B., Callaghan, B.C., Batterman, S. and Feldman, E.L., 2016. JAMA neurology, 73(7), pp.803-811.