NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council - Media Center

NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council - Media Center: "COURT FINDS EPA RULES FAIL TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM RAT POISONS

Tens of Thousands of Children -- Mostly Latino and African-American -- Are Poisoned Annually


NEW YORK (August 8, 2005) -- A federal judge today found that the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect children from exposure to rat poisons, and directed the agency to require chemical manufacturers to strengthen safeguards.
The decision was the result of a November 2004 lawsuit filed in New York City's federal district court by West Harlem Environmental Action and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The groups challenged EPA's regulations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.
The EPA issued safety regulations in 1998 that would have protected children from the poisons, but it revoked them in 2001 after coming to a 'mutual agreement' with chemical manufacturers. Judge Jed Rakoff today rejected the agency's reversal, finding that its justification for dropping a key safety measure 'lacked even the proverbial 'scintilla' of evidence.'"

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