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Health Canada works to promote, monitor, and enforce pesticide compliance activities under the National Pesticides Compliance Program (NPCP). [28] The program is administered jointly by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency and the Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch (ROEB) of Health Canada. [29]
The Quebec government was the first province to regulate the use and sale of cosmetic pesticides in April 2003, when it introduced the Quebec Pesticides Management Code. The code was phased in over the course of 3 years and by April 2006 the use and sale of lawn pesticides was banned province-wide. [14]
States receive their pesticide regulation authority through FIFRA and through state pesticide laws. States can require registration of pesticides that are exempt under FIFRA. When there is a special local need for a particular pesticide, states are authorized to add uses to that pesticide under section 24(c) of FIFRA. [20]
Pages in category "Pesticide regulation in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Pesticide Data Program (PDP) is a program initiated in 1991 by the Agricultural Marketing Service division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The PDP is empowered to collect pesticide residue data on selected food commodities, primarily fruits and vegetables. PDP produces an annual summary; the last such summary for 2016 ...
Idaho counties with more agricultural pesticide use and metals in groundwater were closely associated with cancer in children.
This is a list of insecticides.These are chemical compounds which have been registered as insecticides.The names on the list are the ISO common name for the active ingredient which is formulated into the branded product sold to end-users. [1]
Some of the 80 cannabis brands included in more than 500 pesticide tests. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) California's testing requirements for cannabis products contain major gaps .