EPA Plans Regulatory Package To Clarify 'Minimum Risk' Pesticide Waiver

摘要

EPA is preparing to launch a package of rules to clarify its regulatory exemption for "minimum risk" pesticides, which will modify the list of products that federal regulation exempts from registration under the Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide & Fungicide Act (FIFRA).rnThe agency announced in its action agenda for August its intent to clarify the current list of ingredients, both active and inert, that the agency considers to be demonstrably safe, such as dried animal blood, garlic, and white pepper that qualify for the FIFRA waiver under section 25(b).rnEPA also intends to propose another rule that would require some regulation of certain types of products that currently meet minimum risk exemption qualifications, such as personal insect repellants, that are commonly used to combat public health pests like mosquitoes, unless they meet certain data requirements, sources say.