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Coronavirus Activates EPA Emerging Pathogens Rapid Response

In response to coronavirus cases now appearing in the U.S., yesterday, EPA announced that the agency has activated its Emerging Viral Pathogens Guidance for Antimicrobial Pesticides (a copy of which can be found here…

Happy Hemp-days! EPA Grants First Ever Approvals for Pesticides Used on Hemp for Consumable CBD Products

Just in time for the holidays - and the growing season - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted new registrations for pesticides to be used on hemp crops, including, for the first time, hemp used in…

Transatlantic Trade Sensitivities Come to the Fore with Regulatory Divergence on Pesticides

More than a quarter of pesticides used by U.S. farmers are banned in the European Union. Atrazine which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates to be the most widely used herbicide in the U.S., for instance,…

Prop 65 Battle Royale over Glyphosate: EPA vs. OEHHA

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which administers Proposition 65, wasted no time in punching back at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which declared, in an August…

Pesticide Enforcement Alert: EPA Targeting On-Line Sales

Consistent with consumer trends and the ever-increasing role of internet sales, U.S. EPA is targeting on-line pesticide sales as an enforcement priority. In a preview of the anticipated April 1 release of preliminary…