Tolentino also found it hard to believe that Webb was working with a pesticide company because he was asthmatic and allergic to various substances.

Industry groups, including the one representing pesticide companies, said they were pleased by the panel's findings.

But pesticide companies call the measure a burden, saying they have long used safety precautions on their own.

Give it six months more, and then go to work as a lobbyist for a nice pesticide company.

Last week, he was hopeful a pesticide company would hire him to be an exterminator.

He is also actively engaged in fight against unjustified subsidy and concession to big fertilizer and pesticide companies at the cost of poor farmers.

Would have required commercial pesticide companies to notify neighbors when they plan to apply chemicals outdoors.

There was also counterpart view by a MD of a leading pesticide company, who said that the adverse use of pesticide is exaggerated.

But pesticide companies call the bill a needless burden, saying their methods are safe.

"The company is transforming itself from a pesticide company to a genetically modified seed producer," Mr. Lynch said.