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EPA RESTRICTION OF B. CEPACIA, VICTORY FOR CF FOUNDATION.

Industrial Environment,  October, 2003  

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, has announced a triumph on the restriction of products containing bacterial strains of Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) complex. After years of effort by the CF Foundation to curb the commercial use of these bacteria in the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has canceled the registrations of all pesticide products containing B.

cepacia. It also has restricted the use of these bacteria in products for bioremediation or environmental clean-up. Exposure to B. cepacia for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) can result in ...

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