New Rule Will Expose Hidden Dangers in Pesticides

New Rule Will Expose Hidden Dangers in Pesticides--A new regulation from the EPA is aimed at helping consumers find out what's really in the products they spray on their lawns and in their homes.
By Emily Main LINK TO FULL ARTICLE BELOW

Let the EPA know you support the new rule, and until it goes into affect, find other nontoxic ways to control pests.

RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Under a new rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the ingredients lists on pesticide labels may finally reflect what's really in the product. The agency has long required manufacturers to list the active ingredient—the chemical that does the killing. But the EPA has always let them bunch the other ingredients, which can encompass as much as 99.5 percent of a product, into a generic unnamed group simply labeled "other" on the package. Now, after being petitioned by different groups concerned about the safety of those "other" ingredients, the EPA has proposed a new rule requiring them to say specifically what all that stuff is.

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