FIFRA amended
Re-registration by 1997 of all compounds registered prior to 1984 Manufacturers must fill “data gaps” resulting from newer regulations Many active products/active ingredient registrations canceled, either by EPA or voluntarily by manufacturer Negative impact on crop protection, esp. for minor…
EPA requires mesocosm studies
Pesticide registrants and their contracting partners invest heavily in building facilities and conducting multimillion-dollar studies. Source: Member expertise
FIFRA Act Amendments signed by Reagan
Approved by Congress, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1988 require review and registration of both new and older pesticides. FIFRA was first enacted in 1947. View Source
First AGRO ACS book entitled Biotechnology in Agricultural Chemistry
AGRO begins long sucessful Division collaboraion for publication of ACS Symposium Series books on key topics covering core and emerging topics in agrochemistry. By 2021, AGRO division will have credits for over 100 topical books covering sustainability, risk assessment, modes…
Analytical Gas Chromatography is published Author: Walter Jennings
Excellent comprehensive book on Gas Chromatography from basic principles to applications; Covers of the variables in the chromatographic process, the interaction between those variables, how they are best controlled, how the quality of their analytical results could be improved, and…
Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology established as formal policy
Describes the Federal system for evaluating products developed using modern biotechnology. View Source
High-pressure liquid chromatography becomes workhorse in analytical labs
HPLC becomes a standard technique for detection of residues as well as characterization of actives with ever improving column separation and detectors from UV and fluorescence, electrochemical to mass spectrometers in 1990s. Source: Member Expertise
Young Scientist Award announced
The divisional award applies to predoctoral student or graduates of less than one year. Source: AGRO History Document 1976-2001;