16 December 2011 | Volume no: 40 | Issue no: 02
TOP STORIES
- As EPA rolls out work plan for endocrine disruptor program, industry, PETA petition for program rethink
- Groups differ on prospects for reversing CWA pesticide permit requirement in 2011
EDITOR'S VIEW
THE DRIFT
EPA
- State-EPA work group seeking new performance measures for pesticide enforcement efforts
- White House should review EPA dioxin reassessment, food producers say
BIOTECHNOLOGY
- APHIS outlines plans to speed up biotech deregulation process
- USDA biotech advisory panel agrees on timetable for coexistence report
- Arkansas Supreme Court upholds verdict for rice farmers
- EU member states deadlocked over biotech soybeans
- Mexico's GM corn pledge hits a raw nerve
- EU extends phase-out period for traces of GM oilseed rape
- Stalemate paves way for GM approvals
- Biotech Bits
STATES
INTERNATIONAL
- ECHA risk assessors back PFOA classification as toxic
- EFSA, FAO, WHO to harmonize dietary exposure assessments
- EU lawyers say PIC chemicals proposal incomplete
- Brazil health agency finds 'irregular' agchem residues in quarter of food samples
WORKER SAFETY
ORGANIC
- Pesticides found in Canadian organic produce trigger controversy
- Italian police bust organic food fraud