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Woman Sprayed With Pesticide Can't Get List Of Chemicals Because They're A Trade Secret

By: Chris Walters A North Carolina woman out walking her dog last month was sprayed in the face with a gypsy moth pesticide, and subsequently developed "a severe rash and other flu-like symptoms, breathing complications, and nausea for several days." Unfortunately, her doctor can't treat her properly because the company that makes the spray won't tell him what's in it. North Carolina's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences (NCDACS) has opened an investigation, but it looks like they're just investigating why the pilot was out of range. There doesn't appear to be any move on their part to force Valent Biosciences Corp. to tell the woman's doctor what's in the spray. To continue reading this interesting news article from The Consumerist, click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).