Re: No need for EPA registration?

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WRONG! Only EPA registerd products can make any claims to prevent,
kill or destroy mold.

On 10/26/06, No Dope wrote:
> Chris - Thanks for raising this question. I am a builder in North
> Carolina and I cannot tell you how many times a mold dude (as we
> call them) comes by to hawk some new product. When we ask for EPA
> registrations, they dance from one foot to another and hem and haw
> about they don’t need no stinking registration. We politely tell
> them that our insurer, lender, and mold inspector sure as hell
> does need the stinking registrations. We then bet on how quickly
> they can leave our construction site without hitting something.
>
> If you confront these guys, they quickly realize you are not some
> dope and find the door most ricky-tick. Mold prevention chemicals
> must be EPA registered no matter what stories you are told. Don’t
> be a dope...
>
>
>
> On 10/22/06, Chris wrote:
>> Henry - Thanks for the info. Since my post, I contacted a
>> pesticide consultant and he explained the exact same thing - If
>> a registered antimicrobial chemical is added to a sealer, then
>> the performance claim can only apply to the sealer in the can
>> and not to the surfaces the sealer is applied. Any product
>> making a mold prevention claim must be registered. The treated
>> article exemption cannot be legally twisted to avoid
>> registration.
>>
>> As you recommended, I will reported the company to our
>> department of agriculture and see what happens next. I am tired
>> of being lied to by these companies. If they want to sell
>> antimicrobial products, then have them registered. I am
>> certainly not going to jeopardize my company’s reputation or
>> face potential legal expenses because some sales rep tells me
>> their product doesn’t need EPA registration. I might be a little
>> slow, but I’m not stupid.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 10/21/06, Henry Z wrote:
>>>> The product as a whole does not need to be registered.
>>>
>>> The above is a common and very expensive mistake made by
>>> companies selling surface protection products that contain an
>>> EPA registered antimicrobial from another company. If a product
>>> makes claims beyond protecting the product it has been
>>> incorporated into then YES it does have to be registered with
>>> the EPA.
>>>
>>> In other words, an EPA registed antimicrobial can be added to
>>> paint with the claim that it helps protect the paint but it
>>> cannot make the claim that it protects the surface from
>>> contamination unless the entire product is registered.
>>>
>>> Do the EPA a favor and give them everything you have on the
>>> company that contacted you.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 10/19/06, R Duso wrote:
>>>> Chris,
>>>>
>>>> EPA registration,
>>>>
>>>> It is necessary for all individual products in the
>>>> formulation to be registered.
>>>>
>>>> The product as a whole does not need to be registered.
>>>>
>>>> Dick D.