DuPont Facing At Least 30,000 Lawsuits From Tree Deaths From Imprelis Herbicide
A year after it became clear that a new and highly touted lawn herbicide called Imprelis was killing and damaging many thousands of trees around the country, the manufacturer, DuPont, is busy processing claims for compensation.
Some 30,000 homeowners, golf courses, municipalities and landscapers have submitted claims. The formal deadline for submission was Feb. 1, but a few are still trickling in and being accepted, the company said. The process will probably be completed by the fall, DuPont officials say.
DuPont would not estimate how many trees have died from exposure the chemical, but experts on trees say it is likely in the hundreds of thousands, if not more.
“We’re making really good progress,” said Rik Miller, DuPont’s president for crop protection, who is in charge of the claims resolution process. Officials expect to have offers out to half of the claimants by the end of July, he added.
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