EPA Uses Human Pesticide Toxicity Study for First Time under New Rules.LAKE RIDGE, Va. -- The EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. decision to use the results of a human aldicarb aldicarb /al·di·carb/ (al´di-kahrb) a carbamate pesticide used as an insecticide; in some countries, also used as a rodenticide. aldicarb a carbamate pesticide. study for regulatory reg·u·late tr.v. reg·u·lat·ed, reg·u·lat·ing, reg·u·lates 1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law. 2. purposes could ease the occupational risk-management decisions on the N-methyl carbamate carbamate /car·ba·mate/ (kahr´bah-mat) any ester of carbamic acid. car·ba·mate n. A salt or ester of carbamic acid. 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. . The preliminary health-risk assessment of aldicarb, which is registered by Bayer CropScience, is the first to incorporate a human, intentional-dosing study since the Agency - ending a long moratorium A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or waiting. A moratorium is sometimes agreed upon by the interested parties, or it may be authorized or imposed by operation of law. on the use of such studies - issued its human studies rule earlier this year. As required by the rule, EPA set up a peer-review panel - the Human Studies Review Board - to gauge the validity and ethical acceptability of all studies involving human volunteers. Subscribers may access the complete article at www.pesticide.net. Other stories in the June 6, 2006, issue of PESTICIDE.NET Insider eJournal include: VERMONT GOVERNOR VETOES ONE OF NATION'S FIRST BIOTECH CONTAMINATION LIABILITY BILLS The legislation would have held biotech seed companies responsible for damages to conventional and organic growers whose crops were adulterated by genetically engineered plants or proteins, but exempted biotech farmers from liability. Includes an Insider Look at the Campaign on Genetic Engineering. DATA GAPS ON PESTICIDE DEGRADATES SPARK CONCERNS AMONG STATE REGULATORS Improved analytical methods are detecting new herbicide degradates - particularly in corn-growing regions - and prompting questions about associated risks. CALIFORNIA TARGETS SMOG FROM PESTICIDE FUMIGANTS, WHILE APPEALING RELATED COURT ORDER California acts to reduce pesticide smog emissions with alternative application technologies and modified cultural practices, while North Carolina hosts an inaugural meeting on mitigating agricultural air emissions. In the first directorate-level interview on its new initiative, Paul Gosselin, Chief Deputy Director of California's DPR, discusses the fumigant plan and related issues. UTILITIES REACH GROUNDBREAKING PESTICIDE AGREEMENT OVER FEDERAL RIGHTS-OF-WAYS A memorandum of understanding on Integrated Vegetation Management creates a framework for using best management practices, including herbicide spraying, to manage vegetation on federal rights-of-way. IVM expert Rick Johnstone says the judicious use of herbicides could turn those corridors into wildlife "greenways." Includes a profile of Johnstone. Published bi-weekly, Insider In the context of federal regulation of the purchase and sale of Securities, anyone who has knowledge of facts not available to the general public. Insider information 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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