OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT MOLD AND AVIAN FLU THREATS

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LAKE RIDGE, Va., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The current issue of

PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal reports on growing worries among U.S.

officials over mold and avian flu, data compensation developments,

changes to California's data citation laws, EPA's evolving endocrine

disruptor screening program, and industry's " implied " pre-emption

defense against product liability lawsuits.

Highlights from the March 14, 2006 issue include:

OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT MOLD AND AVIAN FLU THREATS

According to EPA, threats to poultry and human health from avian

influenza are a matter of " when, " not " if. " At a recent meeting,

federal and state regulators also focused on the bleach controversy,

and EPA's preferred efficacy test for mold products.

DATA COMPENSATION, CALIFORNIA ISSUES AND TERRORISM INSURANCE DOMINATE

INDUSTRY CONFERENCE

Topics included a significant reduction in a data compensation claim

by the Spray Drift Task Force, data access by generic registrants in

California, pyrethroid detections in water sediments, and the

looming crisis in terrorism insurance.

EPA OFFICIALS AND CAPITOL HILL STAFFERS UPDATE INDUSTRY

CPDA's Spring Meeting focused on food-use tolerances, human dosing

studies, " games " registrants play with their EPA applications,

pesticide fees, registration review, reassessments of food-use

inerts and pending anti- terrorism legislation.

A PESTICIDE.NET INSIDER LOOK AT ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

A leading scientist discusses EPA's evolving endocrine screening

program.

EPA UPDATES STATE REGULATORS ON FRONT BURNER ISSUES

Agency officials address spray drift, labeling, Endangered Species

Act issues, the Antimicrobial Division's pending Mold Policy, the

Container and Containment Rule, mosquito misters and Worker

Protection Standard violations and enforcement.

BREACH OF WARRANTY LAWSUIT AGAINST DUPONT MOVES FORWARD

Although a U.S. District judge granted most of DuPont's summary

judgment motions, the company's pre-emption defense was rejected and

it now must persuade a jury that its herbicides were not defective

and that it did not violate its warranty statements.

A PESTICIDE.NET INSIDER LOOK AT IMPLIED FIFRA PRE-EMPTION

Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year against express

FIFRA pre- emption, one attorney thinks that there's still room to

develop an implied pre-emption defense in pesticide liability cases.

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