On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Richard Chapin wrote: > >>Does anyone on the BEE-L know how the quest to have formic acid approved for > >>use in the U.S. doing? >etc. > >I attended a seminar a few weeks ago and the consensus among the scientist > >attending, was that formic acid would be approved, at least for limited use, >etc > We were told at our association meeting that EPA was holding up the > approval of formic acid and would require many months before approval. I > wrote to my congressman, he wrote to EPA, & they responded that the > approved producer (will look up the name after EAS next week, if anyone > wants it -- think it is Mann Lake) had not yet submitted a proposal. I > called the producer, and was told that they had submitted two proposals, > both rejected (EPA doesn't recognize rejected proposals), and that a third > proposal was imminent. When asked if we might look for approval by this > fall, the answer was: don't count on it. > Dick Chapin > Montrose, PA > Susquehanna Beekeepers' Assn. > If you don't mind using Formic Acid prior to your governments approval, i would suggest that any of you who live close to Canada, find some way of buying it here and then take it back....It is a valuable treatment...and i dont understand what the delay is.....Formic acid is in Honey anyways....and formic ants are full of it...maybe Big Brother should ban those things too... Just my 2 cents worth...2.6 Canadian..<grin> Ian Watson [log in to unmask]