Siamon's Mold ControlPulled of the market

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Care of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine list:

>Another unregistered pesticide (antimicrobial) has been identified,

and a

>stop sale order issued by EPA. The seller's website is linked below,

it

>includes " Technical Reports " and testimonials.

><A

HREF= " http://siamonsmoldcontrol.com/index.html " >http://siamonsmoldcont

rol.com/in\

dex.html</A>

>The news report from EPA is copied below.

>

> L. Sudakin, M.D., M.P.H.

>Assistant Professor

>Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

>Oregon State University

>333 Weniger

>Corvallis, OR 97331-6502

>Phone (541) 737-8969

>Fax (541) 737-9047

><A HREF= " mailto:sudakind@a... " >sudakind@a...</A>

>

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><b>EPA orders pest control company to stop selling illegal

pesticide</b>

>

>For Immediate Release: December 8, 2003

>Contact: L. Chavez, (415) 947-4248

>Press Office Main Line: (415) 947-8700

>

>SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with

assistance

>from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, last week

ordered

>the owner of the Diamond Company of Grover Beach, Calif. to

immediately stop

>selling an unregistered pesticide product.

>

>The company owner sold and distributed from its Web site a product

called,

> " Siamon's Mold Control, " which was never registered with the EPA. The

>company made several public health claims that its product

eliminated or

>inactivated mold, bacteria, fungus and viruses. Under the Federal

>Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the EPA requires

products that

>make these claims to be registered with the agency and provide data

proving

>their effectiveness.

>

> " Without EPA registration, we have no information on the ingredients

and

>possible effects of this product, which could result in harm to

public

>health and the environment, " said Enrique Manzanilla, director of

the EPA's

>Cross Media Division for the Pacific Southwest region. " It is the

company's

>responsibility to register its pesticides with the EPA. "

>

>If the Diamond Company fails to comply with the EPA order issued on

Dec. 4,

>it will face criminal action or civil fines.

>

>The EPA will not register a pesticide until tests show that it will

not pose

>an unreasonable risk when used according to the directions. The

agency also

>ensures that pesticide labels provide consumers with the information

they

>need to use the products safely. Pesticides that have been

registered with

>the agency will have an EPA registration number on the label.

>

>The EPA's action was based on an investigation of Web sites that

sell or

>distribute illegal or unregistered pesticide products.

>

>For more information, visit: <A

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