Imprelis
Imprelis is a selective herbicide created by DuPont. The active ingredient is aminocyclopyrachlor, a synthetic auxin.
Description
Imprelis is a selective herbicide created by DuPont. The active ingredient is aminocyclopyrachlor, a synthetic auxin.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.dupont.com/Professional_Products/en_US/assets/downloads/pdfs/H65717.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905044530/http://www2.dupont.com/Professional_Products/en_US/assets/downloads/pdfs/H65717.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Product label|archivedate=September 5, 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a358053f153.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510184338/http://msds.dupont.com/msds/pdfs/EN/PEN_09004a358053f153.pdf|url-status=dead|title=MSDS|archivedate=May 10, 2011}}
Imprelis was registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency{{Cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemical/pesticide-registrations/aminocyclopyrachlor.html |access-date=2012-05-21 |archive-date=2011-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115115657/http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemical/pesticide-registrations/aminocyclopyrachlor.html |url-status=dead |title=Aminocyclopyrachlor| Pesticides | US EPA }} for sale in October 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=153&sid=16681845 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-17 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010031011/http://www.ksl.com/?nid=153&sid=16681845 |url-status=dead }} Sale of Imprelis was voluntarily suspended{{Cite web |url=http://www.imprelis-facts.com/ |title=Imprelis® Facts | DuPont |access-date=2011-09-17 |archive-date=2011-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927174011/http://www.imprelis-facts.com/ |url-status=dead }} a week before the EPA required sales stopped.{{Cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/civil/fifra/dupontimprelis.html |title=E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company Imprelis Order Settlement | Compliance and Enforcement | US EPA |access-date=2012-05-21 |archive-date=2012-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502214855/http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/civil/fifra/dupontimprelis.html |url-status=dead }} DuPont acknowledged it was killing or damaging evergreen trees, including white pine and Norway spruce.{{Cite news|date=May 21, 2012|title=Detroit Free Press|page=A1|work=}} DuPont allegedly knew Imprelis would damage evergreens before seeking EPA approval.{{Cite news|date=Aug 12, 2011|title=Detroit Free Press|page=A1|work=}}
DuPont offered to compensate customers whose trees were affected. They asked that a claim be submitted, and said that they would send a claim resolution agreement, which would specify the amount DuPont would pay to settle the claim. By late May 2012, the end of the planting season, many tree owners had not heard from DuPont. Other tree owners who accepted payment agreements with DuPont had not been paid.
Several hundred tree owners have filed lawsuits with DuPont. {{As of|2012|May}}, they are seeking class action status.
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External links
- [http://www.imprelis-facts.com DuPont Imprelis site]
- [https://archive.today/20120731170338/http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/imprelis.html Environmental Protection Agency Imprelis site]