DuPont Pesticide May Have Killed 30K Trees

"The agribusiness conglomerate DuPont has received more than 30,000 damage claims arising from its sale of a pesticide that resulted in death and injury to hundreds of thousands of evergreen trees, particularly Norway spruce and white pine. DuPont marketed the pesticide, sold under the trade name Imprelis."

"After Imprelis became commercially available last spring, EPA began receiving widespread reports of tree deaths and injury from landscapers and residential users who had applied the pesticide according to its label conditions. EPA issued an immediate stop sale order for Imprelis on August 11, 2011 after DuPont submitted reports of more than 7,000 reports of tree damage."

Read the complete story on Eco Watch at http://ecowatch.org/2012/duponts-liability/