Environmental Protection Agency under FIFRA

Common preservatives used for polymers include 2-n-octyl-4 isothiazolin-3 and copper-8-quinoleate. In amounts ranging from 0.1 to 1%. Antimicrobial agents for polymers are considered pesticides by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, FIFRA. 

From 1964, the Secretaries of the Interior and of the Department of Health Education and Welfare provided advice on the questions of undue hazards to fish and wildlife and to human health and, until 1972, the responsibility for pesticide registration resided in the Secretary of Agriculture. The provisions of this Act have changed as it has evolved from the 1947 version. The responsibility for implementing the regulations was transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Environment Pest Control Act of 1972 (FEPCA).(5) This Act was basically an amendment of FIFRA. 

Two commonly used classification schemes are the one developed by US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the one developed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (lARC). The US EPA classification scheme is used as a tool for the regulation of chemicals under those laws it administers (e.g., FIFRA and TSCA) as well as by many state regulatory agencies. The lARC classification... 

Pesticide registration in the United States is conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenilcide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food Drug... 

Antimicrobial agents used on inanimate objects and surfaces are regulated as pesticides by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA registers and regulates antimicrobial pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). To obtain registration, manufacturers of antimicrobial products must... 

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