ERMA to review fungicide quintozene

Date:10-20-2010

_{The Environmental Risk Management Authority has decided there are grounds to reassess the use of the fungicide quintozene in New Zealand.}

_{The decision comes after dioxin impurities were found in quintozene products in Australia at levels that may present health risks to workers who frequently apply them.}

_{Quintozene is used commercially on bulbs and turf in New Zealand.}

_{There is currently one product, Terraclor 75W, registered here. Importer Nufarm has confirmed that it will neither sell nor import quintozene pending the outcome of the reassessment.}