Delays and Unresolved Issues Plague New Pesticide Protection Programs
CED-80-32
Published: Feb 15, 1980. Publicly Released: Mar 21, 1980.
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GAO reviewed three of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new major programs to protect the public from hazardous pesticides. These programs were: (1) registration standards, (2) rebuttable presumption against registration (RPAR), and (3) laboratory inspection.
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Food and drug lawHazardous substancesHealth hazardsPesticide industryPesticide regulationPesticidesProgram evaluationRegulatory agenciesSafety standardsStandards evaluation