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EPA issues emergency stop order on use of pesticide Dacthal

The US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the emergency suspension on the use of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

Hawaiʻi Department of Health Reports Rise in Syphilis Cases Among Women and Newborns

The rate of syphilis cases in women and newborns in Hawai‘i has been increasing annually over the past four years, according to the Department of Health.