ʻO ka pilikia nui me Dikamba,ʻo ia kona manaʻo e kahe i nā mahiʻai a me nā ululāʻau paleʻole.I loko o nā makahiki ʻehā mai ka wā i kūʻai mua ʻia ai nā hua kūʻokoʻa dicamba, ua hōʻino ʻo ia i nā miliona mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina mahiʻai.Eia nō naʻe, ʻelua mau hui kemika nui, ʻo Bayer a me BASF, ua manaʻo i ka mea a lākou i kapa ai he hopena e hiki ai i ka dicamba ke noho ma ka mākeke.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacob Bunge o ka Wall Street Journal e hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Bayer a me BASF e loaʻa ka ʻae mai ka Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ma muli o nā mea hoʻohui i hoʻomohala ʻia e nā hui ʻelua e hakakā i ka dicamba drift.Ua kapa ʻia kēia mau mea hoʻohui he adjuvants, a ua hoʻohana pū ʻia ka huaʻōlelo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a pili pinepine i nā mea i hui ʻia i ka pesticide e hiki ke hoʻonui i kona pono a i ʻole e hōʻemi i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Ua kapa ʻia ka adjuvant o BASF ʻo Sentris a hoʻohana ʻia me ka herbicide Engenia e pili ana i ka dicamba.ʻAʻole i hoʻolaha ʻo Bayer i ka inoa o kāna adjuvant, e hana pū me Bayer's XtendiMax dicamba herbicide.Wahi a ka noiʻi a Cotton Grower, hana kēia mau adjuvants ma ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka nui o nā ʻōhū i loko o ka hui dicamba.Ua ʻōlelo kekahi ʻoihana e hana ana i ka hana adjuvant e hiki i kā lākou huahana ke hōʻemi i ka drift ma kahi o 60%.