EPA Reaches Settlement with Underwater Creations Inc. in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, for Alleged Pesticide Violations | US EPA
EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Underwater Creations Inc. in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, for Alleged Pesticide Violations
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TLDR: have to stop production and pay $226k fine.
Understand that criminal personal charges are still pending at both a state and federal level.
EDIT: for those of you who read the whole thing, EPA included Purge, which had no chemicals, but was a really bad product claiming to eliminate AEFW pests. This settlement seems to strongly suggest that the EPA expects any product that claims to kill, prevent, etc. aquarium pests to be registered. This means no more black boxes for these sorts of products if the aquarists are willing to hold manufacturers accountable and report those who do not comply. ...so no more complaining about manufacturers lying or not telling you what are in products, or at least pest products.
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