EPA outlined the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), which is one outcome of the FQPA Act of 1996 requiring development of a program to determine if the effect that certain substances have in humans is similar to the effect produced…
EPA issues test guidelines for: Testing pesticides and toxic substances, and; Developing test data for submission to the Agency for review under the: Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); and; Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act…
Harmonized guidelines were published by EPA supporting methods of residue analysis for crop protection products reducing variation among the testing procedures. View Source
FQPA resulted in a revised Paradigm for Risk Assessment in how EPA evaluates pesticides for human safety, including introducing the concepts of aggregate exposure from multiple routes, cumulative risk from pesticides with common mechanism of toxicity, and additional safety factors…
PPDC a representative federal advisory committee, meets with EPA on a regular basis to discuss pesticide regulatory, policy, and program implementation issues; It is a forum for a diverse group of stakeholder appointees to provide feedback. View Source
Regulation of pesticides consolidated in one agency in Canada. Source: Pest Control Products Act P-9
This noteworthy book highlighted the potential for greater exposures and potential effects of pesticides on children, and the widespread attention it attracted led to passage several years later of the Food Quality Protection Act. View Source
Contract research industry struggles to repurpose mecocosm sites. Source: Member Expertise
The California Environmental Protection Agency, or CalEPA, is a state cabinet-level agency within the government of California. The mission of CalEPA is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality. View Source
This brought the Air Resources Board (ARB), State Water Resources Control Board, and Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) under an umbrella agency with the newly created Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment…