Antimicrobial and Other Pesticide Registrants Challenge EPA's Worker Protection Overhaul, PESTICIDE.NET Reports.MANASSAS, Va. -- EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. is rushing towards an overhaul of its pesticide Worker Protection Standards without providing enough details about its plans, a wide range of stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. warned during recent meetings with officials from the Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs. The sweeping Agency effort to revise worker protection and certification regulations was debated at the June meetings of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee and its Worker Safety Subcommittee. The full story is available to subscribers at www.pesticide.net. Other stories in the June 20, 2006, issue of PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal include: STAKEHOLDER stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property. MEETING ADDRESSES A MYRIAD OF PESTICIDE REGULATORY ISSUES EPA is urged to limit the scope of its human testing review board, while providing updates on other pressing issues. NEW ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD 'Environmental hazard' is a generic term for any situation or state of events which poses a threat to the surrounding environment. This term incorporates topics like pollution and Natural Hazards such as storms and earthquakes. STATEMENTS FOR CONSUMER PESTICIDES RECEIVE BROAD SUPPORT Industry, environmentalists and regulators settle on improved label language to protect the environment from the misuse of consumer pesticides. The next hurdle, however, may be EPA's lawyers, who might conclude that the new statements are unenforceable Adj. 1. unenforceable - not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion; "an unenforceable law"; "unenforceable reforms" enforceable - capable of being enforced . EMOTIONS SUBSIDE sub·side intr.v. sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing, sub·sides 1. To sink to a lower or normal level. 2. To sink or settle down, as into a sofa. 3. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment. 4. BUT DIFFERENCES PERSIST WITHIN PESTICIDE SPRAY DRIFT WORKGROUP The second meeting of EPA's Pesticide Spray Drift Workgroup finds no clear consensus on the group's focus or on the eventual work product, if any, that may emerge. Industry insists that drift is a relatively minor and manageable problem, while environmentalists claim that adverse health consequences are being ignored. EPA SEEKS TO CANCEL ALL REMAINING AZINPHOS-METHYL USES After phasing out most AZM AZM The ISO 4217 currency code for Azerbaijani Manat. uses, EPA invited registrants in 2001 to support remaining uses that had "comparatively high benefits." However, the Agency now proposes to cancel those uses following a lawsuit, the availability of new alternatives, and its decision to discount the relevance of an intentional-dosing human study. AN INSIDER LOOK AT THE REAL WORLD IMPACT OF AZM'S CANCELLATION Azinphos-methyl is not be used much anymore by pear growers, but when it is used, it's critical for preserving their crops. Published bi-weekly, Insider eJournal provides the inside story on issues important to pesticide registrants, regulators and policy activists. PESTICIDE.NET (www.pesticide.net) is the world's leading website for news and regulatory information on conventional, biological and 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. pesticides, with over 10,000 documents and a quarter million visits per month. |
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