By Mar-Vic Cagurangan
Variety News Staff

THE Guam Environmental Protection Agency’s Pesticide Enforcement Program has ordered the recall of two illegal insecticides found being sold in five stores on Guam.
The mosquito repellent products labeled “Camping Essentials Mosquito Sticks” and “Citronilla Incense” were not registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “therefore they are illegal,” said Guam EPA administrator Lorilee T. Crisostomo.
Guam EPA warned that unregistered pesticides are potentially dangerous because of the level of uncertainty regarding their production and the ingredients that they contain.
“Registration and establishment numbers certify a pesticide has been made in a permitted facility and guarantees the safety of a product when used appropriately. We are very concerned with the use of illegal pesticides due to the potential they have to harm our air, land and water,” Crisostomo said.
Inspectors traced the two recalled products back to China routed through Canada, the U.S. mainland and finally to Guam.
The agency urged the community to report any discovery of similar products.
“Guam EPA will continue to pull these products from the shelves if they are found during the ongoing investigation,” Guam EPA stated in a press release.