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North Tampa residents win battle to stop chemical use at golf course http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1247934952
People who live around the Babe Zaharias Golf Course have won their battle to stop the Tampa Sports Authority from using a pesticide that some say has made them sick.
But it wasn't the authority that gave in to the group's demands.
Chemical giant Dow AgroSciences decided Thursday to cancel an application of the soil fumigant Curfew next week.
"In light of strong protests and threatened actions of a vocal group of residents and activists, Dow AgroSciences will not place the applicator, itself, or the product in a volatile situation that could result in unfounded allegations, the unnecessary expenditure of regulatory resources or potential litigation," Dow officials told the authority in a written statement... Curfew is used to control nematodes and mole crickets. Its active ingredient is 1,3-dichloropropene. The warning label says its vapors can cause kidney, lung and liver damage and death if inhaled. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classifies it as a probable carcinogen.
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