ELR Citation: ELR 21282
No(s). 92-2381 (1st Cir. Jul 7, 1993)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state tort claims based on the alleged failure of herbicide manufacturers to provide adequate warnings on their products' labels. The court notes that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had approved t...