Reckitt Benckiser, the manufacturer of d-CON rat and mouse poisons, has reportedly agreed to stop selling some its products that contain chemicals the EPA has deemed to be a risk to people, pets or wildlife.
Twelve products are on the list and they will no longer be distributed beyond March 31, 2015.
The EPA has included information – on the linked page above – for people who want to dispose of any of these products they already purchased.
Consumers who wish to dispose of any of the d-CON mouse and rat poison products listed above should contact their state or local waste disposal program or service for information on proper disposal in their community. These pesticides are harmful to the wildlife, so consumers who have opened containers should not discard them outdoors or dispose of them in sinks or toilets.
Consumers can contact their local government for recommendations on how to dispose of unwanted or unused pesticide products.
My wife and I have always been leery of rat and mouse baits/poisons and do not use them for fear of the possible ingestion by our pets.
This case is an important example of how the EPA does protect us. I keep reading about uninformed politicians who want to shut down the EPA. What a look at how we’d live without the EPA? – Just take a look at China and the areas where the air is thick with smog and rivers are toilets.
We need the EPA.
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