Antimicrobial and Other Pesticide Registrants Challenge EPA's Worker Protection Overhaul, PESTICIDE.NET Reports
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 15:00 CDT
EPA is rushing towards an overhaul of its pesticide Worker Protection Standards without providing enough details about its plans, a wide range of stakeholders warned during recent meetings with officials from the Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs.
The sweeping Agency effort to revise worker protection and certification regulations was debated at the June meetings of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee and its Worker Safety Subcommittee.
The full story is available to subscribers at www.pesticide.net.
Other stories in the June 20, 2006, issue of PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal include:
STAKEHOLDER MEETING ADDRESSES A MYRIAD OF PESTICIDE REGULATORY ISSUES
EPA is urged to limit the scope of its human testing review board, while providing updates on other pressing issues.
NEW ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD STATEMENTS FOR CONSUMER PESTICIDES RECEIVE BROAD SUPPORT
Industry, environmentalists and regulators settle on improved label language to protect the environment from the misuse of consumer pesticides. The next hurdle, however, may be EPA's lawyers, who might conclude that the new statements are unenforceable.
EMOTIONS SUBSIDE BUT DIFFERENCES PERSIST WITHIN PESTICIDE SPRAY DRIFT WORKGROUP
The second meeting of EPA's Pesticide Spray Drift Workgroup finds no clear consensus on the group's focus or on the eventual work product, if any, that may emerge. Industry insists that drift is a relatively minor and manageable problem, while environmentalists claim that adverse health consequences are being ignored.
EPA SEEKS TO CANCEL ALL REMAINING AZINPHOS-METHYL USES
After phasing out most AZM uses, EPA invited registrants in 2001 to support remaining uses that had "comparatively high benefits." However, the Agency now proposes to cancel those uses following a lawsuit, the availability of new alternatives, and its decision to discount the relevance of an intentional-dosing human study.
AN INSIDER LOOK AT THE REAL WORLD IMPACT OF AZM'S CANCELLATION
Azinphos-methyl is not be used much anymore by pear growers, but when it is used, it's critical for preserving their crops.
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Source: Business Wire
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