Twelve deadly rodent poisons sold under the d-CON brand by Reckitt Benckiser Inc. do not meet the EPA safety standards. For this, a regulatory check took place. The high toxic poisons were linked with death of wildlife.

Lately, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced reaching an agreement with Reckitt Benckiser Inc. to withdraw the poisons from store shelves. The company has agreed to stop the production of the rodent baits having second-generation anticoagulants.

By the end of the year, the company will cease the production and by March, it will cease their distribution. "We wanted these things to be gone yesterday, but the fact that their days are numbered is fantastic news", said Greg Loarie, attorney for Earthjustice.

It's been a long fight to get them out of the market and now, finally the time has come to see them to be taken off store shelves. Numerous lawsuits and regulatory actions by the EPA and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation have been taken on the d-CON rodenticides.

Environmental and wildlife conservation groups have also strongly opposed the use of the second-generation anticoagulants. The EPA said nearly 10,000 children a year used to get accidentally exposed to mouse and rat poisons before the controls were not tightened.

Last year, the EPA attempted to prohibit the poisons by saying that the company has refused to adopt the EPA's safety standards to prevent poisoning of children and deaths of non-targeted animals.

Reckitt Benckiser strongly reverted back to the proposed ban and filed a case to the state Department of Pesticide Regulation. But witnessing pressure from all the sides, the company gave up on Friday by saying the anticoagulants will be replaced with a new line of approved rodenticide baits in 2015.