one which contained only 12 percent 1,2-DCP. By 1998, manipulations of the Telone formulation resulted in a product with only 0.05 percent 1,2-DCP called Telone II.6The presence of 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) in area groundwater is likely due to past soil fumigation practices that took place prior to 1977, when this use was banned on all crops except pineapples.