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Unit 13 Regulation of
Pesticides
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
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Pesticide Classifications
• General use
• Restricted use
– Under supervision of certified
applicator
– Record keeping required
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Certification of Applicators
• Private applicators
• Commercial applicators
• Delegated to the states
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Registration Requirements
• Composition warrants proposed claims
• Labeling complies with FIFRA
• No unreasonable risks to people or the
environment
– Economic, social & environmental costs and
benefits
• No unreasonable risk to the environment
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Risk evaluation factors
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Carcinogenicity
Reproductive effects
Immunological effects
Neurological effects
Impact on groundwater
Impact on wildlife and fish
Toxicity
Available alternatives
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Regulatory web sites
• http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/
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http://www.agr.state.nc.us/fooddrug/pesticid/index.htm
• http://www.agr.state.nc.us/str-pest/
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Registration
• 15 year duration
• Conditional/emergency registration
• Cancellation
– After 15 year review
– For unreasonable risk
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Requirements for
maintaining registration
• Manufacturers must keep records
• Report adverse effects
• Developer’s data kept confidential
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Pesticide residues in foods
(tolerances)
• Set by EPA in conjunction with FDA
• Regulated under the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetics Act
• Delaney Amendment (1958) - repealed
1996
• Monitoring - EPA, FDA, & USDA jointly
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State programs
• Authorized under FIFRA
• Numerically largest area of
environmental enforcement
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State programs
• 24(c) authority
– w/in state
– valid for 90 days if disapproved by EPA
– tolerance or exemption established under
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act
– EPA may w/dr authority if state cannot
exercise adequate controls
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