Seems true. It was published in one of my local newspapers. It is also on the University of Alberta website.

Dichloroacetic Acid: (systematic name dichloroethanoic acid, also known as Dichloroacetate or DCA) is an analogue of acetic acid in which two of the three hydrogen atoms of the methyl group have been replaced by chlorine atoms. It is prepared by the reduction of trichloroacetic acid.