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NRDC petitions EPA to ban 2,4-D: An Agent Orange chemical doesn't belong on lawns

November 6, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

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2,4-D, hazard, pesticide, toxic, toxicchemicals

If you've used a pesticide on your lawn in the past 60 years, there's a good chance you've used 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (aka 2,4-D) - a carcinogen that was also one-half of the recipe for the infamous Agent Orange. 2,4-D is a...continued

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Jennifer Sass
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