Bug Killer Phase Out

EPA finds Diazinon--a widely-used garden pesticide--presents unacceptable health risks and will be phased out.

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December 7, 2000, 5:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

The agreement requires that the manufacturing of retail products containing the pesticide diazinon end by March 1, 2001, for use indoors, and by June 30, 2003, for use onlawns and gardens...[E]nvironmentalists were angry, however, that EPA agreed to extend the phaseout over such a long period of time.'

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Pesticide Phaseout Scheduled For 2003

Wednesday, December 6, 2000 in The Washington Post

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