Organophosphates
Patents for structures and activity were issued for several groups including Ciba, Shell and FMC all within a year. Source: View Source
Triazine herbicides discovered
Triazines revolutionized agriculture in the development of new farming methods, providing greater farming and land use capabilities, and increasing crop yields. Source: View Source
Nucleus of Division formed as subdivision within AGFD
Close ties with the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (AGFD) remain today View Source
Synthetic Pyrethroids
First synthetic pyrethroid was patented by USDA and subsequently licensed to multiple companies including Sumitomo Chemical. Source: J Pestic Sci 2019 Jul 25; 44(4): 215-224. doi 10.1584/jpestics.D19-102
Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OECD)
The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) was formed in 1948 to administer American and Canadian aid in the framework of the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Similar reconstruction aid was sent to the…
Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology to Paul Müller (Geigy) for DDT
DDT represented a major break-through for control of insect vectors. Nobel awarded to Müller for identifying DDT as a contact poison for arthropods. View Source
US Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
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United Nations Founded and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
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Dithiocarbamates-fungicide
Thiram commercialized as first synthetic organic fungicide. View Source
US Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
The United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is a set of laws giving authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to oversee the safety of food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics. In 1968, the Electronic Product Radiation…