Comments on: State Fails To Protect Workers in Pesticide Lawsuit http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1322 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mary Wheeler Mcfarland http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1322#comment-81993 Mary Wheeler Mcfarland Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:32:07 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1322#comment-81993 At least NC is trying. Florida is too “Good ole Boy”
to reform things and is biased in favor of the cash hog, the pesticide/herbicide and cosmetic lawn management companies that do BIG business in our state.

]]> By: Jack Neylan http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1322#comment-80360 Jack Neylan Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:53:49 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=1322#comment-80360 Frankly, this story unfairly maligns the NC Dept. of Ag pesticide regulators. They gathered records, that were not required to be kept, indicating violations and pursued a case against Ag-mart. An Administrative Law Judge threw out the entire case. But the regulators continued to seek penalties and keep the case alive by appealing to the State’s Pesticide Board. Some measure of justice was achieved with the fine, clealy not as much as the regulators hoped.

As a former regulator, I can state with a great deal of experience that these types of cases are very difficult to prove. The alleged violations happened long before the investigations took place. Without clear records or witnesses, it is all “he said; she said.” NC took the right steps and improved their law. As is often the case, sadly it takes a tragedy to move the law forward. And as to the NJ case, the fine is proposed based on alleged violations. The final chapter is yet to be written. Let’s hope for the best.

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