Information was sent to the EPA in late 2003 or early 2004 with regards to Agraquest's involvement with the fungus, Histoplasma Capsulatum being found in David Bell's blood serum in 2003 by the Arizona Mayo Clinic, and Agraquest's products approved by the EPA. as is documented in the following e-mails, the end result was "no action" was taken against Agraquest per EPA’s responsibities to protect human health and the environment.
The following e-mails show the attempts made to the EPA to uphold both Federal and state laws for their agency to protect not only the environment but human health as well.
The following are "excerpts" only. view the actual correspondence to and from the EPA→ HERE
•1/22/2004
DESCRIPTION:
REPLY TO SHANAZ BACCUS'S E-MAIL:
"Ihank you....." "We have been getting the run around"
•1/24/2004
DESCRIPTION:
E-MAIL RECEIVED FROM DANIEL L SUDAKIN PER SHANAZ BACCUS
"I am a physician who provides consultation to the the EPA in matters relating to human pesticide exposures. Your inquiry to EPA regarding Histoplasmos was forward to to me, and I would be interested in speaking with you to collect more information. Is there a time that would be convenient for you in the next 48 hours? Please let me know."
•1/24/2004
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REPLY TO DANIEL L SUDAKIN'S E-MAIL
"Thank you so much for your rapid response! I have forwarded this email to my son, David Bell, who is going to contact you, Please help us Dr. As you can tell by my 1st and 2nd letter to the EPA... this has been horrific for us. I am glad to know that someone, finally, is interested in what has happened to my son. I have forwarded your email to my son, David Bell He is going to contract [contact] you directly as it is he who has all the information needed"
•DAVID BELL THEN CONTACTED DANIEL L. SUDAKIN AND WAS TOLD, "THERE ISN'T ANYTHING I CAN DO"
•6/6/2004
DESCRIPTION:
E-MAIL TO SHANAZ BACCUS:
"The following person who you referred this matter to talked to my son said, there is noting I can do". Any suggestions"?
•6/7/2004
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E-MAIL RECEIVED FROM SHANAZ, BACCUS-EPA BIOPESTICIDE and PREVENTION DIVISION::
"Did you try CDC and OSHA? OSHA covers manufacturing regulations. As far as I know, Histoplasmosis is not associated with any active ingredient registered as a microbial pesticide for Agraquest."
•6/9/2004
DESCRIPTION:
REPLY TO SHANAZ BACCUS E-MAI:
" Yes, I wrote to the CDC and OSHA... via snail mail... that was weeks ago. No answer. Do you have any email addresses for any of them? I can't find any." "David didn't get the Histoplasmosis (I don't believe) from any ingredient in any of their [AGRAQUEST], however he contacted [contracted] it from the histoplasma capsulatum that they [AGRAQUEST] had on site. As I said before, they [AGRAQUEST] smuggled in microbes/fungus from all over the world in suitcases. On a trip to South America one of the scientist was bragging about how he got it through customs. They [AGRAQUEST] were bringing feces and soild samples from all over the world."
"Also, Agraquest has a plant in Mexico... and no doubt they could have brught histoplasma capulatum in from there. There are caves in Mexico that have warnings that Histoplasma Capsulatum is in the caves from bat dropplings."
"They [AGRAQUEST] have also stated that friends and family bring in all sorts of things to be tested to see if there are microes/fungus that might be helpful for "natural pesticides".
"The whole point is my son is SICK and it is because of what he picked up in the lab. Someone has to be held accountable for what they did to him." Please. I beg of you... please help us."
NOTE:
There was never a response from Shanaz Baccus nor anyone else at the EPA to the e-mail above nor any other communications from the agency.
After the above e-mail communications to and from the EPA, as well as Daniel L Sudakin, who the EPA referred David Bell's exposure at Agraquest to, not only had David Bell contracted Histoplasma from Agraquest, he also tested positive to the following bacteria and fungus that also have a direct workplace exposure connection to Agraquest:
- BACTERIA: (source's nose and/or sputum cultures);
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- Acinetobacter,
- Pseudomonas,
- Staphlococcus
•FUNGUS; (source's nose and/or sputum cultures);
- •Acremonium,
- Curvularia,
- Penicillium
•BACTERIA & FUNGUS (source; IgG levels from "positive" to "HIGH POSITIVE";
- Alternaria,
- Aspergillus,
- Botrytis,
- Candida,
- Cladosporium,
- Eppicoccum,
- Fusarium,
- Helminthosporium,
- Mucor,
- Penicillium,
- Pullularia,
- Rhizopus,
- Stemphylium.
