Antimicrobial Cleaners OK'd In New York Despite Green Seal Prohibition.MANASSAS, Va. -- Under procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. guidelines issued recently by the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Office of General Services, school purchases of environmentally preferable cleaning products - but not antimicrobial antimicrobial /an·ti·mi·cro·bi·al/ (-mi-kro´be-al) 1. killing microorganisms or suppressing their multiplication or growth. 2. an agent with such effects. cleaners - will be limited to those bearing a Green Seal or Environmental Choice logo. Many industry respondents to the guideline proposal argued strongly for the inclusion of products listed by EPA's Design for Environment (DfE) Green Formulation Initiative for Cleaning Products because, among other reasons, some companies consider Green Seal certification costs excessive. Nevertheless, New York decided to reject Green Seal's prohibition on antimicrobial claims for most industrial and institutional cleaning products, meaning that disinfecting and sanitizing cleaners will be available for use in the state's public schools. Subscribers can access the full story at www.pesticide pesticide, biological, physical, or chemical agent used to kill plants or animals that are harmful to people; in practice, the term pesticide is often applied only to chemical agents. .net. Other stories in the August 29, 2006, issue of PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal include: INDUSTRY REACTS POSITIVELY TO EPA'S VOLUMINOUS PESTICIDE CONTAINER AND CONTAINMENT RULE CropLife and EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. officials discuss requirements under the new rule, which imposes numerous new obligations on registrants. AN INSIDER LOOK AT BULK PESTICIDE STORAGE IN WISCONSIN Wisconsin has a twenty-year jump on EPA when it comes to regulating bulk pesticide storage. THE BOB HOLM ERA CLOSES OUT AT IR-4 In an exclusive exit interview, Dr. Holm discusses ongoing challenges to IR-4's mission of obtaining pesticide clearances for specialty crops. SURVEY OF STATES' PESTICIDE DRIFT DATA INDICATES POSSIBLE TRENDS A ten-year series of state surveys suggest a downward trend in enforceable spray drift incidents, although state regulators believe EPA's product managers are failing to consistently apply relevant pesticide label requirements. NEW METHYL BROMIDE methyl bromide Toxicology An insecticide and rodenticide, which is a volatile fumigant 3-fold denser than air and absorbed through skin, producing narcosis, pulmonary edema, renal tubule damage, jacksonian convulsions, CNS depression, peripheral neuropathy; RESTRICTIONS COULD END FUMIGATIONS AT SOME PORT FACILITIES, APHIS WARNS EPA's decision to impose buffer zones buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone and other risk mitigation measures similar to those adopted in California, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, could shut down some facilities by increasing many fold the cost of fumigating imported and exported crops and other commodities to kill exotic pests. Published bi-weekly, PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal provides the inside story on issues important to pesticide registrants, regulators and policy activists. PESTICIDE.NET (www.pesticide.net) also operates the world's leading website for news and regulatory information on conventional, biological and antimicrobial pesticides, with over 10,000 documents and a quarter million visits per month. |
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