Federal Insecticide

The tria2ine family of herbicides appeared in and after 1955, and the bipyridiniums in 1960. In 1967, two new chemical herbicides (1) were registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The number of new registrations swelled to 11 in 1975 and subsequendy dropped to three in 1990 and two in 1991. 

Pesticides are more closely regulated than other chemicals because pesticides are intentiaHy appHed in the environment, often repeatedly at relatively high rates. In the United States, pesticides are regulated under the federal Insecticide, fungicide and Rodenticide Act (EIERA), and residues from uses of pesticides in food or feed crops are regulated under Sections 408 and 409 of the federal food, Dmg and Cosmetics Act (EEDCA). 

US. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Kodenticide Hct as Hmended, FIFRA as passed in 1947 amended as the Federal Environmental Pesticide ControlA.ct (1972), 540/09-89-012, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., rev. Oct. 1988. 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Toxic Substances Control Act Nuclear Regulatory Commission Title 10... 

Another section of the EPA, the Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPT), has recently updated and harmonized its testing guidelines for evaluating the developmental and reproductive effects of pesticides and industrial chemicals to include an assessment of endocrine disrupting properties. These guidelines will be used in future testing of pesticides under both the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act affords added protection against the dangers inherent in the use of newer means of pest control. The manufacturer has greater responsibility for furnishing specific information as to how the product can be used effectively but without damage to the user, crops or animals, or the public. 

Federal Register, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S. Code s/s 135 et seq. 1972, U.S. Government, Public Laws, 2009. Available at http //www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title7/ chapter6. html... 

Analytical chemistry is a critical component of worker safety, re-entry, and other related studies intended to assess the risk to humans during and subsequent to pesticide applications. The analytical aspect takes on added significance when such studies are intended for submission to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and/or other regulatory authorities and are thus required to be conducted according to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Standards, or their equivalent. This presentation will address test, control, and reference substance characterization, use-dilution (tank mix) verification, and specimen (exposure matrix sample) analyses from the perspective of GLP Standards requirements. 

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