<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It is expected that many pharmwaste chemicals would be taken up by crops and this could be predicted (Fate and Transport of Organic Chemicals in the Environment, Third Edition by Ron Ney). I wonder why no one looked for dioxins, which is a degradation product of triclosan?</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It is expected that many pharmwaste chemicals would be taken up by crops and this could be predicted (Fate and Transport of Organic Chemicals in the Environment, Third Edition by Ron Ney). I wonder why no one looked for dioxins, which is a degradation product of triclosan? </span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -20.25pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 38.25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 38.25pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3">1.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">I have reviewed and supervised about 3,000 reports for pesticide petitions for tolerance (chemical residues in crops), rotational crops, planting restrictions, etc. I wrote many data requirements for this under FIFRA, which were adopted by FFDCA (pre USEPA). </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></span></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -20.25pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 38.25pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 38.25pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3">2.</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><font size="3">I have reviewed supervised about 500 reports for environmental chemistry data on fate and transport of pesticides in air, water, soil, plants and animals. These data requirements were written and started by me. <span style="COLOR: black"></span></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Ron Ney, Ph.D.</span></p>