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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Long title: An Act to regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes: Acronyms (colloquial) FIFRA: Enacted by: the 80th United States Congress: Effective: June 25, 1947: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 80–104: Statutes at Large: 61 Stat. 163: Codification ...
1972 – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (amended by Food Quality Protection Act of 1996) 1972 – Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; 1973 – Endangered Species Act (amended 1978, 1982) 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act (amended 1986, 1996) 1975 – Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
— Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) – major amendments — (June 14) After seven months of hearings, the United States Environmental Protection Agency bans most uses of DDT. [24] — The Trust for Public Land founded. — Values Party founded. — A Blueprint for Survival published.
FIFRA was enacted in 1947 and was a collaboration between the federal government and the chemical industry. It resulted from the increase in pesticide production during and after World War II. [ 3 ] At that time, the concern about pesticides was related to pesticide efficacy and producer honesty.
The federal program maintains a list of endangered or threatened animals that must be protected. States, such as Florida, may have their own plans designating animals as threatened or endangered. Federal law serves as a floor, establishing the minimum a state may do to protect species on these lists, and the minimum number of animals on these ...
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [4]The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013 would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act (CWA)) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection ...
The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), or H.R.1627, was passed unanimously by Congress in 1996 and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 3, 1996. [1] The FQPA standardized the way the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would manage the use of pesticides and amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
British Parliament passed the first national animal protection legislation, and the first animal protection and vegetarian organizations formed in the U.S. and U.K. [13] The American and British anti-vivisection movements grew in the late 19th century, led by Frances Power Cobbe in Britain and culminating in the Brown Dog affair, then declining ...