Join California Safe Schools & Tell EPA Pesticide Labels Should Identify ALL Ingredients

by California Safe Schools Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 at 3:03 PM
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Our national pesticide law only requires that certain ingredients in a pesticide (called the active ingredients) be identified on the label. All the others are misleadingly called inert ingredients, and are not identified. These same ingredients escape from most of the testing and evaluation required for active ingredients. They're not really inert, just untested. The public is being kept in the dark It's time for a change!!

SEND AN EMAIL MESSAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR STEPHEN JOHNSON

Cut and paste the text below and send to: johnson.stephen@epa.gov


(Please add your own message and include your name and address.)

Thanks for helping California Safe Schools change pesticide policies.

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Dear Administrator Johnson,

I'm concerned about inert ingredients in pesticides. Right now, I don't even know what's in those pesticides. You have stated that your goal at EPA is to make sure that EPA's decisions are based on good science. Ignorance is not good science. ALL pesticide ingredients should be identified on product labels.

Thank you.

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