DEC: Pesticide isn't the danger. Chemical in its container is DEC: Pesticide isn't the danger. Chemical in its container is State blocks use of Anvil 10+10 in mosquito control due to fear of brain disease danger posed by PFAS in containers FacebookTwitterEmail New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said DEC is blocking the use of a popular pesticide for mosquito control upstate and in New York City following the revelation that the chemicals' containers were made with hazardous PFAS compounds. In this photograph, Seggos gives an update on a tanker leak at SABIC Innovative Chemicals facility on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020, on Creble Road in Bethlehem. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union