Inkinga enkulu ngeDikamba wumkhuba wayo wokugelezela emapulazini namahlathi angavikelekile.Eminyakeni emine kusukela kwaqala ukudayiswa imbewu ekwazi ukumelana ne-dicamba, isilimaze izigidi zamahektare okulima.Kodwa-ke, izinkampani ezimbili ezinkulu zamakhemikhali, i-Bayer kanye ne-BASF, ziphakamise lokho ezikubiza ngesixazululo esizokwenza ukuthi i-dicamba ihlale emakethe.
UJacob Bunge we-Wall Street Journal uthe i-Bayer kanye ne-BASF bazama ukuthola imvume ku-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ngenxa yezithasiselo ezakhiwe yizinkampani ezimbili ukulwa nokukhukhuleka kwe-dicamba.Lezi zithasiselo zibizwa ngama-adjuvants, kanti leli gama libuye lisetshenziswe emithini, futhi ngokuvamile libhekisela kunoma iyiphi into ehlanganisiwe yesibulala-zinambuzane engakhuphula ukusebenza kwayo noma ukunciphisa imiphumela engemihle.
I-adjuvant ye-BASF ibizwa nge-Sentris futhi isetshenziswa nesibulala-zinambuzane i-Engenia esisekelwe ku-dicamba.I-Bayer ayizange imemezele igama le-adjuvant yayo, ezosebenzisana ne-Bayer's XtendiMax dicamba yokubulala ukhula.Ngokocwaningo lukaCotton Grower, lawa ma-adjuvants asebenza ngokunciphisa inani lamabhamuza kungxube ye-dicamba.Inkampani ebambe iqhaza ekucubunguleni i-adjuvant ithe umkhiqizo wabo unganciphisa ukukhukhuleka cishe ngo-60%.