Rat poison maker to stop selling formula that harms kids, pets
By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times
After years of challenges to federal environmental officials, the maker of d-Con rat traps has agreed to discontinue a consumer line of poison-laced baits that have accidentally harmed children, wildlife and pets.
The rodent-control products will be replaced next year with a new line of baits that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has approved for use in every state.
California earlier this year banned the sale of such products to consumers after July 1. Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of d-Con, sued the state to halt the ban.
