risk posed by OPs as a class of compounds, has already 

 begun. EPA and USDA convened an advisory panel, 

 the Committee to Advise on Reassessment and 

 Transition (CARAT), to assist in this process in 

 February 2000. Dr. Robin Spitko of New England Fruit 



Consultants is a member of this committee and has 

 been monitoring the proceedings for the tree-fruit 

 industry in the Northeast. 



Further information can be found at http:// 

 vvww.epa.gov/pesticides. 



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