OHIO COMPANY, EXECUTIVES CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING
PESTICIDE TEST RESULTS
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Subject: EPA News Release...
Date:
Fri, 17 Aug 2001
08:27:03
-0400
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
OHIO
COMPANY, EXECUTIVES CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING PESTICIDE TEST RESULTS (Press
Advisory
8/13/01
)
J.T. Eaton & Co. of
Twinsburg
,
Ohio
and two company executives, Stanley Z. Baker and
Benjamin H. Baker, were indicted on July 19 for allegedly submitting to
EPA falsified test results on a product designed to repel squirrels and birds.
The tests were allegedly run on samples of a chemical formulation of the
product that was different from the one the company currently markets.
Falsifying test results can create a chemical exposure risk that may have
adverse health impacts. If
convicted, Stanley and Benjamin Baker each face maximum sentences of up to five
years in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000.
The company faces a maximum fine of up to $500,000 if convicted.
The case was investigated by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, the
FBI, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service Office of Inspector General and
the Ohio Environmental Protection with the assistance of EPA's
National
Enforcement
Investigations
Center
. The case is being prosecuted by
the U.S. Attorney's Office in
Cleveland
. An indictment is an accusation and
all defendants are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty in a court of
law.
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