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• See the Comments section of Beyond Pesticides Watchdogging webpage for information on recent EPA policies concerning the use of mosquito pesticides.
  
  
• ***Action Alert*** Pesticide-Clothing For Adults and Kids Lack Health Warnings (8/2/04)
  
  
• Comments Needed: EPA Draft Pesticide Reregistration Notice on 'Labeling Statements on Pesticides Used for Adult Mosquito Control' (5/7/04). SEE BEYOND PESTICIDES ACTION ALERT and SAMPLE LETTER. The recommendations in the draft PR Notice apply only to products labeled for wide-area application of adulticides (not larvicides) by ground or aerial equipment, typically as ULV sprays or fogs, and not to home and garden use products which may list mosquitoes on the label. Comments are due to the EPA under Docket ID number OPP-2004-0018 on or before July 27, 2004.
  
  
• End of Season Alert (11/03)
  
  
• Interim Statement and Guidance on Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States in Compliance with FIFRA (9/15/03) EPA is seeking public comment by October 14, 2003 on an interpretation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) that would allow pesticides, including those used for mosquito control, to be exempt from CWA permitting requirements. Docket No. OW-2003-0063. Read Beyond Pesticides' EPA Comments, Action Alert, July 22 Daily News story, and comments by the Chemical Connection, a group that represents chemically sensitive individuals.