The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. Dacthal is used to control weeds in agricultural and non-agricultural settings, the EPA says.

The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. Dacthal is used to control weeds in agricultural and non-agricultural settings, the EPA says.

The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. Dacthal is used to control weeds in agricultural and non-agricultural settings, the EPA says.

The Department of Health and Environmental Control found water in the community contaminated with ethylene dibromide, or EDB. The chemical is used to make dyes and drugs, and has been found to ...

ethylene dibromide 36-5 per cent.; and monochlornaphthalene 9 per cent., with a trace of Sudan IV. Red dye) per gallon of petrol, has aroused public interest in the remarkable action of minute ...