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July 19, 2011
Environmental groups have increased pressure on California lawmakers to rescind approval of methyl iodide, an alternative to the fumigant methyl bromide that EPA approved in 2007 but...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Activists-Campaign-to-Block-Use-of-Methyl-Iodide-in-California_36231.html May 31, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a petition by FMC and several industry groups which had appealed to the high court for a review of EPA's decision restricting carbofuran, a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/U-S-High-Court-Declines-to-Hear-FMCs-Appeal-on-Carbofuran_35195.html May 12, 2011
The Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) agreement, outlined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris), ensures that the results of non-clinical safety tests done on chemicals and chemical products, such as industrial chemicals and pesticides, do not have to be generated for second time, OECD says....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Brazil-Joins-OECD-Chemical-Data-Program_34798.html April 11, 2011
The United Nations has recommended adding several pesticides and industrial chemicals to the UN “watch list.” The listing is part of the Rotterdam Convention on the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/UN-Proposes-Six-Substances-for-Watch-List-Status_33952.html April 11, 2011
U.S. lawmakers recently passed legislation that would eliminate pesticide permitting requirements stemming from a court ruling in the lawsuit National Cotton Council v. EPA. The court ruling requires pesticide users to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for pesticide applications “to, over or near water” even if those applications are already permitted under a separate law, industry representatives say. The House's Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act would amend the relevant laws to eliminate the permitting requirement. A similar bill was recently introduced in the Senate....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/U-S-House-Passes-Bill-to-Reverse-NPDES-Permit-Ruling_33968.html April 8, 2011
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Bayer CropScience says it will shut down carbamate-based insecticide production units at Institute, WV, as well as a related formulations facility at Woodbine, GA. The closures will...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Bayer-to-Shutter-U-S-Carbamate-Units_32176.html December 8, 2010
California's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) says it will register methyl iodide, a fumigant pesticide on California's list of cancer-causing chemicals, with the "most stringent restrictions in the nation."...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/California-OKs-Methyl-Iodide_31425.html November 17, 2010
EPA has released a list of 134 substances that it proposes to screen for potential endocrine disrupting effects. The agency also has proposed draft policies that it will use to order...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/EPAs-Proposed-Endocrine-List-Has-Potential-Upside-for-Certain-Company-Stocks_30982.html September 27, 2010
http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Pesticide-Industry-Questions-EPAs-Role-in-NPDES-Permit-Debate_29819.html September 13, 2010
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied American Vanguard’s (Amvac; Newport Beach, CA) petition for temporary relief from a stop sale order U.S. EPA issued...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Court-Rejects-Amvac-Petition-on-EPAs-Fungicide-Stop-Sale-Order_29451.html September 7, 2010
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied American Vanguard’s (Amvac; Newport Beach, CA) petition for temporary relief from a stop sale order U.S. EPA...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Court-Denies-Amvac-Fungicide-Petition_29284.html September 3, 2010
Bayer says the new herbicide could bring in more than €150 million ($193 million) in revenue....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Bayer-CropScience-Herbicide-Approved-in-U-S-_29247.html August 17, 2010
Bayer CropScience has agreed to terminate all uses of the pesticide aldicarb in the U.S., EPA says. Bayer will cease production of aldicarb by December 31, 2014 and terminate all uses...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Bayer-EPA-Agree-on-U-S-Aldicarb-Phaseout_28832.html August 16, 2010
Senators Blanche Lincoln (D., AR) and Saxby Chabliss (R., GA) have introduced legislation that would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to stipulate...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Legislation-Would-Reverse-Pivotal-Pesticide-Permitting-Ruling_28812.html August 5, 2010
Regulatory authorities in Japan have approved the commercial use of Bayer CropScience’s Isotianil fungicide. It targets world’s most economically important rice disease...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/Japan-Approves-Bayers-Isotianil-Fungicide_28563.html July 19, 2010
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Brussels) says its annual pesticide residue report shows a continued decline in detectable pesticide residues on foods, and also that there is...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/EFSA-Reports-Continued-Decline-in-Pesticide-Residues-on-Food_28145.html July 8, 2010
The U.S. EPA says it has fined Monsanto $2.5 million for selling genetically engineered cotton in restricted Texas counties without the proper planting restriction labels and growing...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/EPA-Fines-Monsanto_27912.html May 8, 2010
A London court has ruled that about 2,000 U.K. consumers should be awarded compensation totaling up to £20 million ($31 million) for injuries and illness caused by exposure to the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/U-K-Court-Awards-$31-Million-in-Fungicide-Suit_26604.html April 27, 2010
The Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) is seeking public comment on the design of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study on safety concerns about the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/pesticides/CSB-Considers-Potential-Inherently-Safer-Alternatives-for-Hydrofluoric-Acid_26327.html |
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