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Check out this article from the EPA (I'm on an email listserve).
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CONTACT:
Enesta Jones
<mailto:jones.ene...@epa.gov>jones.ene...@epa.gov
<mailto:jones.enesta@202-564-7873>202-564-7873
202-564-4355
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 7, 2012
Scotts Miracle-Gro Will Pay $12.5 Million in
Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Violations of Federal Pesticide Laws
WASHINGTON The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a
producer of pesticides for commercial and
consumer lawn and garden uses, was sentenced
today in federal district court in Columbus,
Ohio, to pay a $4 million fine and perform
community service for eleven criminal violations
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which governs the
manufacture, distribution, and sale of
pesticides. Scotts pleaded guilty in February
2012 to illegally applying insecticides to its
wild bird food products that are toxic to birds,
falsifying pesticide registration documents,
distributing pesticides with misleading and
unapproved labels, and distributing unregistered
pesticides. This is the largest criminal penalty under FIFRA to date.
In a separate civil agreement with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scotts
agreed to pay more than $6 million in penalties
and spend $2 million on environmental projects to
resolves additional civil pesticide violations.
The violations include distributing or selling
unregistered, canceled, or misbranded pesticides,
including products with inadequate warnings or
cautions. This is the largest civil settlement under FIFRA to date.
The misuse or mislabeling of pesticide products
can cause serious illness in humans and be toxic
to wildlife, said Cynthia Giles, assistant
administrator for EPAs Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance. Todays sentence and
unprecedented civil settlement hold Scotts
accountable for widespread company noncompliance
with pesticide laws, which put products into the
hands of consumers without the proper authorization or warning labels.
there was more but I cut the article here fearing
it would be too long for the list.
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