The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final report and an official Notice of Warning to the GEO Group for multiple violations involving the use of the pesticide HDQ Neutral at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California. The EPA found that GEO ordered staff and detainees to administer HDQ Neutral—which contains ingredients linked to various respiratory and reproductive health side-effects—without proper ventilation and protective equipment, in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).