11 November 2011 | Volume no: 39 | Issue no: 49
TOP STORIES
- NRC committee launches effort to compare ecological risk assessments by EPA, FWS and NMFS
- EPA compliance office focusing on pesticide imports, supplemental registrants and retailers
EDITOR'S VIEW
THE DRIFT
EPA
- EPA finds minimal concern from cumulative risk assessment of pyrethroids
- IDFA asks FDA and USDA to help stop EPA from setting dioxin levels
- Former general counsels open window on EPA's policymaking
REACH
- ECHA consults on three substance classifications
- EU legislator rejects move to ease chemical export controls
INTERNATIONAL
- EU 'must act' on pesticide protection for minor crops
- Pesticide residue compliance on the rise in EU
- One step back, but two forward in EU, industry hopes
BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Biotech opponents file another suit to halt GE crops in wildlife refuges
- GM crop regulatory submission times on the rise
BRIEFS
- NIH moves forward with $20 million BPA research effort
- CropLife report touts benefits of crop protection products