{"id":22443,"date":"2018-04-17T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=22443"},"modified":"2018-04-16T23:55:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T03:55:26","slug":"federal-indictment-issued-poisoning-family-banned-home-use-pesticide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2018\/04\/federal-indictment-issued-poisoning-family-banned-home-use-pesticide\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Indictment Issued in Poisoning of Family with Banned Home Use of a Pesticide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22451\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" \/>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, April 17, 2018) In a case that appalled the nation, the U.S. Justice Department finally last week secured an indictment against an applicator who illegally applied a fumigant at a U.S. Virgin Island resort, <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2016\/08\/terminix-pay-delaware-family-87-million-settlement-poisoning-u-s-virgin-islands\/\">causing devastating and long-term health effects<\/a> to a family on vacation. Terminex has already been fined and paid a multi-million dollar settlement with the poisoned family.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">Jose Rivera, 59, was indicted last Thursday by a federal grand jury for violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). According to the indictment, Mr. Rivera illegally applied fumigants containing methyl bromide in multiple residential locations in the U.S. Virgin Islands, including the condominium resort complex in St. John, where a family of four fell seriously ill in March 2015, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">The indictment alleges that Mr. Rivera knowingly applied restricted-use fumigants at the Sirenusa resort in St. John for the purpose of exterminating household pests on or about Oct. 20, 2014, and on or about March 18, 2015.\u00a0 The defendant was also charged with applying the restricted-use pesticide in eight residential units in St. Croix and one additional unit in St. Thomas between April 2013 and February 2015.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">In 1984, EPA banned the indoor use of methyl bromide products. The few remaining uses are severely restricted.\u00a0 Pesticides containing methyl bromide in the U.S. are restricted-use due to their acute toxicity, meaning that they must only be applied by a certified applicator. Health effects of acute exposure to methyl bromide are serious and include central nervous system and respiratory system damage. Pesticides can be very toxic and it is critically important that they be used only as approved by EPA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">Earlier this year, TERMINIX LP and TERMINIX, USVI were sentenced to pay a total of $9.2 million in criminal fines and restitution. The companies were also ordered to perform community service following an investigation and guilty pleas to their use and application of illegal fumigants in multiple residential locations in the Virgin Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">The case was investigated by EPA Criminal Investigation Division, working cooperatively with the Virgins Islands government and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Senior Litigation Counsel Howard P. Stewart of the Justice Department\u2019s Environmental Crimes Section, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim L. Chisholm for the District of the Virgin Islands are prosecuting the case with the assistance of Patricia Hick, EPA Region II Regional Criminal Enforcement Counsel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">the Department reminds the public that, &#8220;An indictment is merely a formal charging document and is not evidence of guilt. Every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">For more information about EPA\u2019s pesticide program and its requirements, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pesticides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\">www.epa.gov\/pesticides\/<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m4096581095518674858gdp\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">For more information on methyl bromide, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/region2\/methyl-bromide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\">www.epa.gov\/region2\/methyl-bromide.pdf<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/terminix-companies-sentenced-applying-restricted-use-pesticide-residences-us-virgin-islands\">U.S. Department of Justice press release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, April 17, 2018) In a case that appalled the nation, the U.S. Justice Department finally last week secured an indictment against an applicator who illegally applied a fumigant at a U.S. Virgin Island resort, causing devastating and long-term health effects to a family on vacation. 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