Dicamba is a benzoic acid herbicide that be applied to leaves or soil in order to control annual and perennial broadleaf weeds. In combination with a phenoxyalkanoic acid or other herbicide, dicamba is used in pastures, range land, and non-crop areas (fence-rows, roadways and wastage) to control weeds. Dicamba is absorbed by leaves and roots, and moves throughout the plant acting as a growth regulator. Interesting enough, some plants can metabolize or break down dicamba. Pure dicamba is an odorless, white crystalline solid and the technical material is stable and resistant to hydrolysis and oxidation under normal conditions. Dicamba can be moderately toxic if ingested and slightly toxic if inhaled or exposed to the skin. Some symptoms of poisoning with dicamba include loss of appetite, vomiting and muscle weakness. Toxicity of dicamba has shown to cause reproductive and developmental harm, birth defects, infertility, sterility and impairment of normal growth and development in humans. The use of dicamba causes the soil to absorb the material and reaches the ground water supply, thus contaminating it. People drinking the water are now ingesting the toxic herbicide, which cause harmful effects to the human body.
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