26 mars, 2008 15:19
Pesticide group lobbied on regulations -Dow Forbes.com
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.
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.
