Locals raised concerns over an herbicide used to kill an invasive aquatic plant in Connecticut rivers and lakes.The Army ...

Hydrilla, an invasive plant that can choke waterways, was first identified in the river in 2016 in Glastonbury.

According to the EPA, diquat “rapidly adheres to soil particles,” which makes it unlikely to leach into drinking water.

Connecticut is among several states that uses the herbicide Diquat to combat hydrilla, an invasive plant species that grows ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start injecting diquat dibromide, an herbicide banned in the European Union, into ...

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And in addition to killing hydrilla, a program goal, according to the Army Corps, is to avoid killing native plant species, such as eelgrass.

Army Corps of Engineers adds Connecticut River sites to use herbicides to kill hydrilla By Cassandra Day, Staff Writer July 6, 2025 ...

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The other concern with hydrilla is that it currently seems to be impossible to completely kill. Herbicides would kill the plants for a time, but they would reappear the next year.

The suspected culprit, hydrilla verticillata — or as it is commonly known, hydrilla — is generally considered by scientists to be among the most problematic of aquatic weeds.