And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Texas firm guilty of selling pesticides for sanitizing toothbrushes 7.54 a.m. ET (1154 GMT) July 15, 1999 http://www.foxmarketwire.com/wires/0715/f_ap_0715_10.sml ABERDEEN, S.D. — A Texas company has been found guilty of illegally selling pesticides used to sanitize floors and silverware for use in disinfecting toothbrushes used by American Indian children in a Head Start program. Friendly Systems Inc. of Irving, Texas, was found guilty in federal court Wednesday of three counts of selling products with claims they could be used for purposes different than those stated on its EPA-approved labels. The maximum penalty is $200,000 on each count. Asked about an appeal, Mark Werbner, a lawyer for Friendly Systems, said: "We'll have to discuss that. I'm not sure.'' Prosecutors said the sales happened three times between November 1995 and March 1997. The pesticides, Tisan and DDS-164, were being used to sanitize children's toothbrushes at the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Head Start centers. The products are approved for sanitizing floors, walls, tables and kitchen items such as glasses and silverware, but they are not registered for killing germs on toothbrushes. Parents have said 100 or more children were exposed to the chemicals and many have developed medical problems such as nosebleeds, excessive fatigue, chest and joint pains, headaches, tooth decay and blisters around the mouth. Head Start programs are meant to benefit preschool children whose parents are on public assistance or whose income is below the poverty level. Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler characterized the company and its saleswoman as too intent on making a sale to worry about the safety of children. "Does it make sense that a product that is used for cleaning urinals is safe for cleaning toothbrushes for children in South Dakota?'' he asked. "These claims substantially differ from the registration and the label.'' Werbner said the government had not proven a substantial difference between the pesticides' approved use of cleaning silverware, for instance, and toothbrushes, which also go in the mouth. U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann said sentencing won't happen until at least Oct. 4. © 1999, News America Digital Publishing, Inc. d/b/a Fox Market Wire. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
