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Boise, Idaho
July 31, 2001
Diatect Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DTCT) today announced the
launch of a new sales and marketing initiative aimed at the
multi-billion dollar organic rice and grain storage market. The
company is a
leading producer of non-toxic insecticides that are safe.
The new initiative follows increasing questions and concerns
about the use of traditional organophosphate-based pesticides
that are increasingly regarded by environmentalists and some
growers as unacceptable for use with stored food materials.
Diatect's Diatect(TM) V product is the only Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) labeled Pyrethrum insecticide
specifically approved for use with organic rice storage. Diatect
V has already been state-certified for organic use in 30 states.
Available nationwide, Diatect can be applied to organically
grown food crops the same day as harvested. It is blended from
natural ingredients and can be applied wet or dry to control
major insect problems.
Sales of organic products have grown rapidly across the United
States and now represent an estimated $9.6 billion retail
market.
Organic growers are threatened with various pests that
contaminate rice and grains stored in giant silos and other
facilities. Concerns about unhealthy collateral effects from
organophosphate-based pesticides have resulted in the removal of
these pesticides from EPA approval for certain uses such as rice
storage.
Diatect EVP Jay Downs said, "We are now receiving our first
orders from major organic rice, grain and food producers. There
is growing recognition in the organic industry that safety in
food products for human consumption is related to financial
success and the support of environmental groups. The use of
non-toxic pesticides such as Diatect V can completely guarantee
that consumers will not be harmfully exposed to chemicals that
have traditionally been used in fighting crop-destroying
insects."
"We believe this could be a significant market for Diatect,"
said Downs. "We are now accelerating our marketing efforts to
meet this obviously growing need."
The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the EPA about the use
of certain pesticides citing concerns about human health. A
settlement resulted in a court-imposed schedule for implementing
restraints on the use of certain pesticides under the Food
Quality Protection Act. The EPA is currently moving forward on
conducting a cumulative risk assessment on a wide range of
organophosphates.
Diatect products are an EPA labeled new generation of non-toxic
insecticides marketed for sustainable and organic food
production. The company's Results(TM) line of products for fire
ant, tomato and garden, rose and floral and indoor markets are
packaged for the over-the-counter market and consumer use.
Diatect International Corporation, an insecticide and natural
resource company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, produces Diatect
and Results Insecticide products. These products and services
are sold into the multi- billion dollar agriculture, industrial,
home and garden industry worldwide. The company is dedicated to
protecting the earth's environment and its inhabitants by
producing registered EPA national insecticide products that can
be used to safely eliminate most harmful insects in a
cost-effective manner.
For further information contact Executive Vice President Jay
Downs at (208) 342-2273 or email
diatect@diatect.com or
Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, at (305)
852-2383. Email:
info@hawkassociates.com. Detailed information about Diatect
International Corporation can be found on the website
www.diatect.com. Copies of
Diatect press releases, SEC filings, current price quotes, stock
charts and other valuable information for investors may be found
on the website:
www.hawkassociates.com/diatect.
Company news release
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