ELR Citation: ELR 20510
No(s). 90-0127-B (D. Me. Oct 23, 1992)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state common-law tort causes of action against chemical companies for failure to warn about safe and proper use of herbicides. The parties stipulated that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had ...