ELR Citation: ELR 20192
No(s). CV 90-3344 (E.D.N.Y. Jul 16, 1992)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not preempt state common-law tortclaims alleging that two children are brain damaged because their mother was exposed to the household pesticide Dursban during pregnancy. The chemical chlorpyrifos is sold under...