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EPA Warns Online Shoppers about Illegal, Harmful Pesticide Sales

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it has warned more than 2,800 customers across the United States about risks associated with a banned pesticide in an ant-control product they purchased online through fastpestcontrol.com. The product, Fast Ant Bait, contained mirex, a pesticide that was banned in 1978 because it can cause liver, skin, reproductive and nerve damage.

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