Pesticides, Human Health
and the Environment

Reducing Pesticide Risks

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• EPA Reduced Risk Comments on EPA Reduced Risk by Michael Hansen and Charles Benbrook on behalf of Consumer's Union, July 17, 1997

• Union of Concerned Scientist Comments by Jane Rissler senior scientist and Margaret Mellon Director, Agriculture and Biotechnology Program , July 29, 1997

• "The Food Quality Protection Act of 1996," a major new U.S. law strives to lower dietary exposure

• The Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA maintains an excellent website with detailed information on the status of regulatory actions, pesticide risks, and regulatory policies

• International Activities and Policies
  • "Sweden Puts Ecocycle Into Chemicals Policy," news report dated June 16, 1997 on a major change in Swedish policy governing pesticide regulation

• "The Precautionary Principle," Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts, from The Networker, May 1997

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