Environmental

EPA Grants Conditional Registration to Nanosilver Product Before Reviewing Pertinent Data

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conditionally registering a pesticide product containing nanosilver as a new active ingredient. The antimicrobial pesticide product, HeiQ AGS-20, a silver-based product for use as a preservative for textiles to help control odors, is being granted registration despite a long list of outstanding studies that have yet to be submitted and reviewed by EPA. As a testament to EPA’s flawed registration process, the agency will…

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