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EPA Uses Human Pesticide Toxicity Study for First Time Under New Rules

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 12:00 CDT

The EPA decision to use the results of a human aldicarb study for regulatory purposes could ease the occupational risk-management decisions on the N-methyl carbamate pesticide.

The preliminary health-risk assessment of aldicarb, which is registered by Bayer CropScience, is the first to incorporate a human, intentional-dosing study since the Agency - ending a long moratorium on the use of such studies - issued its human studies rule earlier this year.

As required by the rule, EPA set up a peer-review panel - the Human Studies Review Board - to gauge the validity and ethical acceptability of all studies involving human volunteers.

Subscribers may access the complete article at www.pesticide.net. Other stories in the June 6, 2006, issue of PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal include: VERMONT GOVERNOR VETOES ONE OF NATION'S FIRST BIOTECH CONTAMINATION LIABILITY BILLS The legislation would have held biotech seed companies responsible for damages to conventional and organic growers whose crops were adulterated by genetically engineered plants or proteins, but exempted biotech farmers from liability. Includes an Insider Look at the Campaign on Genetic Engineering. DATA GAPS ON PESTICIDE DEGRADATES SPARK CONCERNS AMONG STATE REGULATORS Improved analytical methods are detecting new herbicide degradates - particularly in corn-growing regions - and prompting questions about associated risks. CALIFORNIA TARGETS SMOG FROM PESTICIDE FUMIGANTS, WHILE APPEALING RELATED COURT ORDER California acts to reduce pesticide smog emissions with alternative application technologies and modified cultural practices, while North Carolina hosts an inaugural meeting on mitigating agricultural air emissions. In the first directorate-level interview on its new initiative, Paul Gosselin, Chief Deputy Director of California's DPR, discusses the fumigant plan and related issues. UTILITIES REACH GROUNDBREAKING PESTICIDE AGREEMENT OVER FEDERAL RIGHTS-OF-WAYS A memorandum of understanding on Integrated Vegetation Management creates a framework for using best management practices, including herbicide spraying, to manage vegetation on federal rights-of-way. IVM expert Rick Johnstone says the judicious use of herbicides could turn those corridors into wildlife "greenways." Includes a profile of Johnstone.

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Source: Business Wire

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