Herbicide Imprelis is damaging trees, Dupont admits

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit Free Press

Herbicide Imprelis is damaging trees, Dupont admits
4:16 PM, Jul. 27, 2011
BY CECIL ANGEL
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Dupont, the Delaware-based chemical giant, acknowledged this afternoon that its herbicide Imprelis has injured some trees.

In a letter to lawn care professionals, Michael McDermott, Global Business Leader for DuPont Professional Products, said, “Based on our ongoing review, we have observed tree injuries associated with Imprelis primarily on Norway spruce and white pine trees.”

The Free Press reported earlier this month that millions of dollars worth of Norway spruce and white pine are mysteriously turning brown and dying this summer, with Imprelis the chief suspect.

Dupont has hired 20 arborist companies to evaluate claims from lawn care companies that Imprelis harmed customers’ trees.


Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20110727/NEWS06/110727042/Herbicide-Imprelis-damaging-trees-Dupont-admits?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

[fascisthunter]

1. what else are they poisoning?

[Myrina]

2. Yep, local news in Indy covered it a few weeks back ...

... wagonloads of trees in 'managed communities', office parks, golf courses - any place where this shit is sold/applied en masse - dead.

:(

[kestrel91316]

3. Nobody really needs Norway spruce or white pines, so we can safely ignore this.

[bluedigger]

4. The view's a lot better without all those damned trees anyways.

[glinda]

5. and those damned animals and birds too!

[LuckyLib]

6. My uncle, 97, has grown trees on his suburban lot since 1950. Refused to ever use a

chemical product. Had some amazing trees over the years.

[defendandprotect]

7. DU PONT should have been put out of business decades ago -- taxes ... ?

Charge them for the destruction they've done to nature --