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"Earlier this year, EPA's initial calculations resulted in an agreement with
Dow Agrichemical, the maker of chlorpyrifos (under the trade name Dursban),
to discontinue marketing the pesticide for all indoor uses. The agreement
permitted stores to sell products already in stock...."
http://www.ecotopics.com/articles/flea_control.htm
Not just the fringe groups are pushing to have all OP's banned for use on
pets (and bees).
K. Oland
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From: Peter Borst
17 organophosphate insecticides, as well as additional carbamates, are
registered by the EPA for "residential" use, which includes use in and
around homes and schools and on playgrounds, lawns, and gardens. (Dursban,
the most heavily used insecticide in the country, is an organophosphate.)
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