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26 January 2012
NRDC Sues EPA To Stop Nanopesticide - New Haven Independent
(By Gwyneth Shaw) Seeking to halt the sale of a nanosilver-based pesticide until more health and safety information is available, the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a federal suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday.
The environmental advocacy group, which has been highlighting potential safety concerns about the use of ultra-tiny silver particles as an antimicrobial agent for several years, accused the EPA of giving the manufacturer a “four-year free pass” by allowing the pesticide to come to market. After more than a year of deliberation, the agency granted “conditional registration” in December to HeiQ Materials’ AGS-20 product, which is essentially a composite of nanosilver and nanoscale silica.