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        Subject:     Chlorpyrifos Overview - No other pest control product has been researched more thoroughly.
            Date:     Tue, 4 Apr 2003
           From:     Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Chlorpyrifos Overview - from Dow AgroSciences

It's easy to take our quality of life for granted , but even today insect pests threaten our food supply, our farmers' livelihoods, our property, and our health, while causing billions of dollars worth of damage.

Crop, property and health protection 
Chlorpyrifos, the active ingredient in Dursban* and Lorsban* insecticides, is one of the great success stories in pest control today. 

Dursban insecticide is used in and around tens of millions of homes each year to effectively control disease-bearing pests like cockroaches, ticks, fleas, termites and other insects. Farmers count on Lorsban insecticide to defend more than 50 different crops against the damage caused by insect pests. 

Dursban and Lorsban have been : 

Registered for use in more than 88 countries. 
Used with confidence for more than three decades. 
Extensively researched and evaluated in more than 3,600 studies. 

Manufacturers continue to update tests with new technology each year. More than $100 million has been spent examining the uses and impacts of chlorpyrifos-containing products on human health and the environment. 

No other pest control product has been researched more thoroughly. 

*Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC

Original Stuff:  http://www.dowagro.com/chlorp/about/index.htm

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