Southwest Farm Press reports that the Plaintiffs and Defendants in Center for Biological Diversity et al v. Environmental Protection Agency et al have filed a joint status report requesting a 30-day continuation of the stay of the litigation and the postponement of the October 14 status conference until November 18. The lawsuit kicked off in [...]
Archive for the ‘Pesticides’ Category
18 May
New Studies Link Prenatal Pesticide Exposure to All Sorts of Upsetting Things
Late last month, a trio of studies linking prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides with child development issues were unleashed in California and New York, causing an understandable stir. The class of organophosphate pesticides, commonly used on food products, has been thought in the past to be preferable to organochloride pesticides, because of its faster degradation [...]
6 Apr
EPA Reconsiders Its Stance on Methyl Iodide
Methyl iodide, also known as iodomethane, is a chemical compound that was first sanctioned for use as a pesticide, fungicide, herbicide, etc. in a controversial October 2007 decision by the EPA. No sooner had the use of the chemical been proposed than over 54 scientists nationwide, including five Nobel laureates in chemistry, wrote in to [...]
25 Jan
The EPA’s Rules for Intentionally Dosing Human Test Subjects with Pesticides
On January 19th, 2011, the EPA published a proposed rule intended to strengthen protections for human test subjects in third-party studies. The proposed rule updates and “tightens” the existing regulations that govern the protection of human subjects, which are codified at 40 CFR Part 26. This particular set of proposed changes was required under the [...]
