Vibrant update from UWC?

Sleeping Giant · Apr 7, 2022

I thank God I never used it, almost did.

Slocke · Apr 7, 2022

rmorris_14 said:
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If this is the case, I would hope that the EPA or investigators would force them to stop selling the product until the investigation is concluded. Vibrant continues to be on the shelves of LFS (mine included) and selling on amazon. It should be discontinued for sale until the label is accurate. Not everyone is on Reef2Reef . So I am sure a lot of people have no idea what has been proven at this point. I realize forcing them to discontinue sales, is probably not how it really works. But that is what I would like to have seen happen in an ideal response, at the very least.

So I work for the EPA and ..

1. This does not sound like something they do. I haven’t looked into it but why would the epa get involved in something that does not affect the health of people or the environment. (Sorry our tanks don’t count as the environment)

2. if it is an epa investigation don’t hold your breath. It’ll take forever especially if there is no immediate threat to peoples health and the environment.

Gabe · Apr 7, 2022

blaxsun said:
I'd like to know what the results of the EPA/Dept. of Agriculture investigation revealed...

IF that is what we are waiting on, there is probably a 0% it would be done by now.

blaxsun · Apr 7, 2022

Gabe said:
IF that is what we are waiting on, there is probably a 0% it would be done by now.

Realistically, we could be waiting a very long time...

cliff076 · Apr 7, 2022

c_healy said:
Killed almost all of my corals and I’m struggling to get it back on track.

lost 70% of my corals. I lost corals I had for 15 years. Almost took me out of the reefing game.

rmorris_14 · Apr 7, 2022

Slocke said:
So I work for the EPA and ..

1. This does not sound like something they do. I haven’t looked into it but why would the epa get involved in something that does not affect the health of people or the environment. (Sorry our tanks don’t count as the environment)

2. if it is an epa investigation don’t hold your breath. It’ll take forever especially if there is no immediate threat to peoples health and the environment.

Agree.. the only reason I mentioned the EPA was because UWC said they could not respond due to the EPA showing up and doing an audit.

Post in thread 'Warning: Use Vibrant at your own risk'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/warning-use-vibrant-at-your-own-risk.894995/post-10050923

DopamineKata · Apr 7, 2022

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Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 7, 2022

Last update from UWC said they intended to respond once the audit (presumably meaning the EPA site inspection) is completed. In the meanwhile, Reef2Reef has suspended their sponsorship pending further clarification of the situation from UWC.

rmorris_14 · Apr 7, 2022

I can’t help it…….

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 7, 2022

Slocke said:
So I work for the EPA and ..

1. This does not sound like something they do. I haven’t looked into it but why would the epa get involved in something that does not affect the health of people or the environment. (Sorry our tanks don’t count as the environment)

Presumably it is a site visit due to reports of them selling an unlabeled (or improperly labeled) pesticide. I've seen a photo of the signed site inspection notice. It clearly indicates it is a "for cause" inspection.