CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : Pesticide Warnings Ignored, Study Says

Californians are at risk from hundreds of pesticides because state scientists are being ignored by bureaucrats supervising them, the state Senate Office of Research charged. Scores of pesticide products now sold in the state have not been adequately reviewed and lack proper warnings on their labels because scientists at the state Department of Food and Agriculture have had their studies altered and recommendations rejected by non-scientist administrators, the report by Senate researchers said. The products include medicated shampoo, pet sprays, paint and disinfectants, as well as household and agricultural pesticides. Agency officials were preparing a response and declined immediate comment.