Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 19:54:46 -0500
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Lyndon Hawkins <hawkins@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
Senior Research
Scientist
State of California,
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Integrated Pest
Management
Lyndon, I thought you might like to read an EPA announcement entitled: FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE "INERTS" DISCLOSURE STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP.
The Inerts Disclosure Stakeholder Workgroup will hold its first meeting on Monday, March 20, 2000 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Tuesday, March 21, 2000 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The Inerts Disclosure Workgroup was established as a workgroup to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee to advise the Agency on ways of making information available to the public on inert ingredients in pesticide products while working within the mandates of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and related Confidential Business Information concerns. A notice providing additional information is expected to be published in the Federal Register next week and will be available on EPA's website at:- http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/
The location of the meeting is the Holiday Inn Hotel, 625 First Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. The Agency requests that participants limit their use of fragranced products on behalf of persons attending who have expressed a concern about chemical sensitivity.
Well Lyndon, I think it is very nice of the Agency to now be concerned about fragranced products adversely affecting those people who now have chemical sensitivities - probably caused in a large part due to their earlier exposures to your "registered" active POISON ingredients. I also find it very nice of the Orkin company television advertisements that refer to your "registered" termiticide POISONS as "directed liquids". It surely sounds better to flood your home with "directed liquids" rather than "registered" termiticide POISONS!. The thing that I really find extremely nice is that many of your undisclosed/untested "inerts" are far more dangerous and longer lasting contaminants than your "registered" active POISON ingredients. Please protect people not POISONS!
Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
Please!
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