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- Title
NOTHING BUT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR CONDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS: THE CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION LOOPHOLE IN THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT.
- Authors
LAU, JOANNA
- Abstract
This Comment examines the practice of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of issuing "conditional registration" status to pesticides rather than requiring the pesticide manufacturer to comply with full registration requirements as outlined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This Comment argues that conditional registration goes against the purpose of FIFRA by allowing potentially harmful pesticides to evade safety requirements and to permeate the environment with effects yet unknown. This Comment analyzes the history of pesticide law in the United States as well as the structure and purpose of FIFRA and its pesticide registration process. This Comment further draws attention to the flaws of the conditional registration process, and finally discusses current litigation that has the potential to change EPA's conditional registration practices.
- Subjects
FEDERAL Insecticide, Fungicide &; Rodenticide Act (U.S.); UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; PESTICIDE use regulations; NATURAL Resources Defense Council; CENTER for Food Safety (Organization); CLOTHIANIDIN; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Environmental Law (Lewis & Clark Law School), 2014, Vol 44, Issue 4, p1177
- ISSN
2831-9028
- Publication type
Article