According to the Justice Department, both the criminal and civil settlements are the largest under FIFRA to date. In a separate agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Scotts agreed to pay more than $6 million in penalties and spend $2 million on environmental projects.
On September 7, 2012, a federal court ordered Scotts to pay a $4 million fine and perform community service for 11 criminal violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Environmental Protection Agency on its products.
SCOTTS TURF BUILDER REGISTRATION
In 2008, Scotts Miracle-Gro also falsified pesticide registration numbers required by the U.S. Records show that Scotts Miracle-Gro's own experts warned of the risk in the summer and fall of 2007 but they continued to sell the product until March 2008. Pesticides were added to protect the product from insects during storage, including Storcide II, that was clearly marked as extremely toxic to birds. On January 27, 2012, Scotts Miracle-Gro pled guilty in federal court and paid $4.5 million in fines for selling 73 million units of bird seed between November 2005 to March 2008 that was coated with pesticide known to be deadly to birds and fish. ĭuring the 2012 United States presidential election, the company endorsed the election of Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney. In 1992, Scotts became a publicly traded company with an initial offering of $19.00 a share and three years later merged with Miracle-Gro, a gardening company, to create the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. Fifteen years later, in 1986, Scotts became an independent company again through a leveraged buyout. Scott & Sons was purchased by ITT, an international business conglomerate. By 1940, Scotts's sales had reached $1,000,000 and the company had 66 associates. Prior to 1924, Scotts products were only available through the mail. In the early 1900s, the company began a lawn grass seed business for homeowners, and in 1924, became the first company to ship grass seed products directly to stores. Scott as a premium seed company for the U.S.
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