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John,
The pesticide dicamba is associated with cancer, fertility and reproductive issues, and hormone disruption, and yet it's being sprayed on soybean and cotton fields all over the country.1
Dicamba's not only a problem for those directly spraying it, because dicamba can drift for miles from where it was originally applied, leaving a toxic trail in its wake.2
Many people are just learning about dicamba, but it has posed dangers to our communities for decades.
In 2021 alone, the EPA recorded 3,400 drift incidents across 1 million acres of crops in 27 states. More than 100 lawsuits are pending against the makers of dicamba, with farmers claiming that the companies knew how dangerous it was and hid those risks.3
People shouldn't have to worry about whether the air they breathe contains dicamba. Dicamba can stay in the air for longer than three days, drifting on the breeze miles away from where it was sprayed.4
The EPA is currently reconsidering whether farmers should be allowed to use dicamba. Send a message to the EPA today urging them to do the right thing and ban dicamba nationwide.
Thank you,
Faye Park
President
1. Michael Hawthorne, "Illinois trees and plants suffering widespread damage from renewed use of decades-old weedkillers on farms, studies show," The Chicago Tribune, August 4, 2024.
2. Danielle Melgar, "The toxic pesticide dicamba is a threat to crops and human health. It's time to ban it," U.S. PIRG, November 11, 2022.
3. Danielle Melgar, "The toxic pesticide dicamba is a threat to crops and human health. It's time to ban it," U.S. PIRG, November 11, 2022.
4. Danielle Melgar, "The toxic pesticide dicamba is a threat to crops and human health. It's time to ban it," U.S. PIRG, November 11, 2022.
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