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Unit 13 Regulation of Pesticides

Unit 13 Regulation of Pesticides. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Pesticide Classifications. General use Restricted use Under supervision of certified applicator Record keeping required. Certification of Applicators. Private applicators Commercial applicators

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Unit 13 Regulation of Pesticides

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  1. Unit 13 Regulation of Pesticides Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

  2. Pesticide Classifications • General use • Restricted use • Under supervision of certified applicator • Record keeping required

  3. Certification of Applicators • Private applicators • Commercial applicators • Delegated to the states

  4. Registration Requirements • Composition warrants proposed claims • Labeling complies with FIFRA • No unreasonable risks to people or the environment • Economic, social & environmental costs and benefits • No unreasonable risk to the environment

  5. Risk evaluation factors • Carcinogenicity • Reproductive effects • Immunological effects • Neurological effects • Impact on groundwater • Impact on wildlife and fish • Toxicity • Available alternatives

  6. Regulatory web sites • http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ • http://www.agr.state.nc.us/fooddrug/pesticid/index.htm • http://www.agr.state.nc.us/str-pest/

  7. Registration • 15 year duration • Conditional/emergency registration • Cancellation • After 15 year review • For unreasonable risk

  8. Requirements for maintaining registration • Manufacturers must keep records • Report adverse effects • Developer’s data kept confidential

  9. Pesticide residues in foods (tolerances) • Set by EPA in conjunction with FDA • Regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act • Delaney Amendment (1958) - repealed 1996 • Monitoring - EPA, FDA, & USDA jointly

  10. State programs • Authorized under FIFRA • Numerically largest area of environmental enforcement

  11. State programs • 24(c) authority • w/in state • valid for 90 days if disapproved by EPA • tolerance or exemption established under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act • EPA may w/dr authority if state cannot exercise adequate controls

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