EPA oversight of pesticides : good laboratory practices and conditional registrations / Maggie Gibson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibson, Maggie, editor.

Series:

Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety.

Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pesticides--Environmental aspects--United States.

Pesticides.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pesticides used to control weeds, unwanted insects, and fungi contribute to agricultural productivity and public health by preventing crop damage and controlling pests. However, pesticides may also have adverse effects. EPA's OPP reviews applications for pesticide products and registers those that it determines do not have unreasonable adverse effects on health and the environment. This book examines the extent to which EPA inspects for GLP compliance laboratories that test pesticides and the challenges EPA faces in doing so; uses the information obtained through GLP inspections in its pestici

Contents:

""EPA OVERSIGHT OF PESTICIDES: GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICES AND CONDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS""; ""EPA OVERSIGHT OF PESTICIDES: GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICES AND CONDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: PESTICIDE SAFETY: IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN EPA�S GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICES INSPECTION PROGRAM""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""

""EPA HAS INSPECTED FEW LABORATORIES FOR GLP COMPLIANCE AND FACED CHALLENGES IN SELECTING LABORATORIES FOR INSPECTIONS""""EPA RARELY USED GLP INSPECTION RESULTS IN INITIAL PESTICIDE REGISTRATION DECISIONS BUT SOMETIMES USED THEM FOR LATER REEXAMINATION""; ""EPA AND FDA DO NOT REGULARLY COLLABORATE ON LABORATORY INSPECTIONS AND MAY BE DUPLICATING EACH OTHER�S WORK""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II:WEB-BASED SURVEY TO LABORATORIES""

""APPENDIX III: LABORATORIES INSPECTED FOR GLPCOMPLIANCE BY EPA AND FDA, FY 2005-2012""""Chapter 2: PESTICIDES: EPASHOULD TAKE STEPS TO IMPROVE ITS OVERSIGHT OF CONDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""TOTAL NUMBER OF CONDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS GRANTED IS UNCLEAR, AS EPA FOUND DATA TO BE INACCURATE""; ""EXTENT TO WHICH EPA ENSURES THAT REGISTRANTS SUBMIT ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DATA AND EPA REVIEWS THESE DATA IS UNKNOWN""

""STAKEHOLDERS GENERALLY SAID EPA NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION PROCESS AND HAD MIXED VIEWS ON THE VALUE OF THESE REGISTRATIONS""""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""; ""RELATED GAOPRODUCTS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 11, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62948-802-X

OCLC:

914433066