Hartz Petitions EPA to Review Ban on Hazardous Pet Collars

Hartz Mountain Corp. is petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to review its plan to cancel prior use approvals for six pet flea-and-tick collars made by the company.

The EPA found “unacceptable risks” for children exposed to pet collars containing tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP), the agency said last week in a court-ordered response to a 2009 petition asking the agency to ban the pesticides’ uses on pets.

• The EPA granted the Natural Resources Defense Council’s petition to cancel all pet uses for the collars on Friday, after reviewing a revised residential exposure and risk assessment.
• Hartz filed the petition to the US District ...