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PESTICIDE BIENNIAL REPORT RELEASED
Release Date: 02/03/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000
PESTICIDE BIENNIAL REPORT RELEASED
EPA has released its biennial pesticide report which provides an overview of the initiatives and accomplishments achieved during 1998 and 1999 in implementing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). These statutes, in part, are designed for environmental protection and assurance of a safe and healthy food supply. EPA met the FQPA requirement to reassess 33 percent of the pesticide tolerances by August 3, 1999, and took action to reduce the risks of two organophosphate pesticides with emphasis on lowering the risks posed to children. EPA established the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee, a stakeholder forum, which, among other things, assisted in identifying key science policies to better implement the law and counseled the Agency in establishing the organophosphate pesticide tolerance reassessment process. The report includes the number of reduced-risk registrations, the reduction in backlog of antimicrobial registrations, new strides in worker protection programs, and the completion of 27 Reregistration Eligibility Decision documents that established significant risk reduction requirements for older pesticides. The report will be available at: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides.
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