Petition to Revoke use of Thimet and Orthene in Peanuts

Petition to Revoke use of Thimet and Orthene in Peanuts

  Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist An NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). This is not a good situation....