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Petition to Revise Testing Requirements for Pesticides Prior to Registration

This petition from the Center for Food Safety, dated July 10, 2017, requests the following of EPA:

  1. Revise pesticide registration regulations to take into account all pesticide ingredients (active, inert and adjuvant) and their effects on the environment.
  2. Revise pesticide registration regulations to require whole pesticide formulation and tank mixture testing to take into account synergistic effects.
  3. Revise pesticide registration regulations to require inert ingredients and whole pesticide formulations testing for chronic toxicological effects and degradation.
  4. Revise pesticide registration regulations to require Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation on the effects of whole pesticide formulations and tank mixtures on threatened and endangered species.
  5. Comply with the above requirements in conducting statutorily mandated registration reviews of pesticides.
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