Working Out the Bugs in Pesticide Regulation: A Survey of the Joint Efforts of the EPA and FDA

Abstract

Section II of this paper provides the reader with a brief history of pesticide regulation as it existed before the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). A substantial discussion is included on the Delaney Clause, the thorn of all thorns in the agencies' sides for many years. Section III discusses the major provisions of the FQPA, as applied to pesticide regulation. Section IV is devoted to a comprehensive discussion of the winding road that followed the Act.