Regulation & law · 09/12/1998

EPA Receives Request for Emergency Exemption to Use Malathion and Diazinon to Control Fruit Flies in Florida

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has submitted a request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an emergency exemption to use the pesticides malathion and diazinon to control nonindigenous subtropical fruit flies in Florida, following previous outbreaks in 1997 and 1998.