EPA RAMPS UP BID TO WEIGH CLIMATE CHANGE IN PESTICIDE DECISIONS

摘要

EPA's pesticides office is ramping up efforts to examine the adverse impacts of global climate change on pesticide use, with a team considering strategies to address the issue, including a white paper on current science and developing a workshop with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) or another agency panel.rnAgency pesticide officials discussed their efforts with environmentalists at an Aug. 6 meeting in response to activists' recent letter calling on EPA to strengthen pesticide regulation to address climate impacts before the agency begins approving new or existing pesticide uses.