EPA failed to update Dioxin regulations as deadline passes

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was all set to release new recommendations for the regulations of Dioxins on January 31, but so far they have not managed to meet the deadline date. The new reassessment and the updating of the regulations for dioxins come after many years of reassessing and advising US consumers and public policy makers since 1985.

Since the 1980's the use of dioxins have been scaled back, but even with the tighter regulations and control dioxin still contaminate meat and dairy products being principally emitted from waste incinerators, paper pulp producers, and copper smelters. Read more ...

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DPR launches Web-based special local needs pesticides database

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has developed an easy-to-use, Web-based database to provide access to special local needs (SLN) pesticides registrations, Chief Deputy Director Chris Reardon announced. States have authority to register additional uses of a federally registered pesticide if there is a demonstrated local need.

However, pesticides must first be registered by both the US Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and DPR before they can be sold or used in California or registered as a SLN. Over the years, DPR has issued hundreds of SLNs, some of which are registered for use in a specific county and others approved for use statewide. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers