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Pesticide Group Lobbied on Regulations
Wednesday March 26, 10:35 am ET
Pesticide Trade Group Spent Nearly $1.9 Million in 2007 to Lobby Government on Regulation

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An agricultural pesticide trade group spent nearly $1.9 million in 2007 to lobby on regulation of pesticide products, conservation and work force matters.

CropLife America spent nearly $1.1 million in the second half of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb. 14 by the Senate's public records office. It lobbied on legislation regulating the industry, agriculture, the environment and nutrition as well.

Besides Congress, the trade group -- whose 64 members include Chemtura Corp., Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. -- lobbied the White House, Environmental Protection Agency and Interior and Agriculture departments among other agencies.

CropLife spent more than $800,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby on similar issues.

Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995.

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