DCCEEW enforces the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and is the authorised national body for Australia.
Pesticide
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs 133 contains an assessment on the carcinogenicity of four substances: 2-bromopropane, butyl methacrylate, anthracene, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite.
California's Department of Pesticide Regulation, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and Agriculture have collaborated to create a roadmap for the state's transition to sustainable pest control in both rural and urban areas.…
Institute for Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) released a 45-day draft review of a new S520 consensus standard for professional remediation of microbial growth.
Canada is seeking public comments on revision to the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for sedaxane that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).
- A New Method for Environmental Risk Assessment of Pollutants Based on Multi-Dimensional Risk Factors
The journal of toxins published a research article titled “a new method for environmental risk assessment of pollutants based on multi-dimensional risk factors” on 15 September 2022.
The U.S.
On September 28, 2022, the U.S.
This review provides the historical overview with regard to the levels and distribution of organic pesticides in a range of environmental compartments of the Asian region as well as a worldwide perspective.
Assembly Bill 2146 (AB-2146) was introduced in the state legislature of California in February 2022 and was passed by both the Senate and the Assembly in August 2022.