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New herbicide Imprelis is killing evergreen trees and dandelions, class-action lawsuit says
PennLive.com
July 18, 2011
A new lawn weed killer is killing evergreen trees along with dandelions throughout Pennsylvania and many other states, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Monday. Tree owners started complaining several weeks ago about the mysterious browning of their evergreens, soon after landscapers applied DuPont’s new Imprelis herbicide.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved Imprelis (aminocyclopyrochlor) last year for commercial use in controlling dandelions, ground ivy, violets, clover and other weeds in lawns.
“The evidence is quickly piling up that Imprelis is attacking trees as if they are weeds,” said Jonathan Selbin, a lawyer for one of the two firms that filed suit Monday in federal court in Delaware, where DuPont is based.
Read the full article at PennLive.com. Learn more about the DuPont Imprelis class action lawsuit.