[Coast Waste Management Association]

Clopyralid Threat

**Washington State Bans Clopyralid - press release**

Excerpt from the U. S. COMPOSTING COUNCIL POSITION PAPER ON CLOPYRALID AND COMPOSTING

October 30, 2001

"Recent incidents have revealed that the composting industry is vulnerable to contamination from a long-lasting herbicide called clopyralid. In several well-documented cases, compost products from clopyralid-containing feedstocks (including grass clippings, animal bedding, and manures) have damaged non-target crops due to the presence of clopyralid."

read the entire position paper

See the GrassRoots Recycling Network web site, with:

Response from Dow Chemical
Statement by the Composting Council of America
Action across the USA

The Seattle Times reports: Web Site MS Word Document

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