Post by Logan on Mar 30, 2016 9:11:26 GMT -6
A pest control company has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it was illegally spraying a toxic pesticide that sickened and nearly killed a Delaware family vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands last year.
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that Terminix has admitted to using a pesticide called methyl bromide at 14 locations – including at the Sirenusa condominium resort in St. John where the family was vacationing in March 2015.
The pesticide, which is odorless and can severely damage the central nervous and respiratory systems, has been banned for indoor use by the Environmental Protection Agency since 1984.
A Terminix worker sprayed the pesticide in the condo below where the family – Steve Esmond, then-head of Tatnall's middle school; his wife, Dr. Theresa Divine; and their two sons – was staying for eight nights. The family fell ill two days later.
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/29/terminix-pay-10m-using-pesticide-hurt-del-family/82393262/
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that Terminix has admitted to using a pesticide called methyl bromide at 14 locations – including at the Sirenusa condominium resort in St. John where the family was vacationing in March 2015.
The pesticide, which is odorless and can severely damage the central nervous and respiratory systems, has been banned for indoor use by the Environmental Protection Agency since 1984.
A Terminix worker sprayed the pesticide in the condo below where the family – Steve Esmond, then-head of Tatnall's middle school; his wife, Dr. Theresa Divine; and their two sons – was staying for eight nights. The family fell ill two days later.
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2016/03/29/terminix-pay-10m-using-pesticide-hurt-del-family/82393262/