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EHS Law Insights
FIFRA’s treated articles exemption: Should your antimicrobial product be registered?
By Jennifer A. Smokelin, Randa M. Lewis
Products claiming to protect users against microbes, such as those that are currently being used to protect us from COVID-19, are flying off the shelves. Manufacturers of these products must…
Inside Energy & Environment
EPA Provides Limited Guidance Relating to Pesticidal Devices and the Coronavirus
EPA recently released a compliance advisory addressing pesticidal products that make claims to mitigate the novel coronavirus. While the advisory largely reiterates past guidance relating to pesticides, EPA has increased…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Dicamba Registrations Cancelled – Or Are They?
OverviewSpray-drift issues with respect to dicamba and the use of dicamba-related herbicides on dicamba tolerant (DT) soybeans and cotton increased substantially during the 2017 growing season across portions of the…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
EPA Warns Against Potentially False and Misleading COVID-19 Disinfectant Claims
By Alexandra B. Cunningham, Elizabeth Reese
A consumer advisory issued on June 1, 2020 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clarifies which hard-surface disinfectant products may legally make claims regarding expected efficacy against the…
Louisiana Law Blog
Sellers and Distributors of Disinfectants Beware: The Virus Causing COVID-19 Is a “Pest” Under FIFRA
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”), most pesticides must be registered and are subject to product labeling requirements. FIFRA defines a “pesticide” as “any substance or mixture…
Inside Energy & Environment
EPA Expands Flexibilities for Manufacturers of “List N” Disinfectants for Use Against Coronavirus
EPA on April 14 expanded its formal relaxation of certain FIFRA requirements for pesticides listed on EPA’s “List N” of products expected to be effective against the coronavirus. This expansion…
Inside Energy & Environment
EPA Is “Especially Concerned” About FIFRA Noncompliance in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic
EPA on March 26 released a guidance document explaining its approach to enforcement actions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most aspects of that document explain areas in which…
Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Blog
EPA Lists FIFRA-Registered Products Covered by Generic Data Call-In for Nanosilver
By Lynn L. Bergeson, Carla N. Hutton
On January 24, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a December 13, 2019, memorandum to Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0370, the nanosilver registration review docket. The memorandum lists the 12 products…
The Daily Intake
Aligning CA Prop 65 and FIFRA Pesticides Labeling Requirements
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed to amend the California Proposition 65 Clear and Reasonable Warnings requirements to provide an exception to the safe harbor…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Are Seeds Coated With Insecticides Exempt From FIFRA Regulation?
OverviewThe Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) takes a preventative approach with respect to air, water and land pollution. The Act is administered by the EPA and requires registration…