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Regulatory Law & Litigation

EPA Defends Decision Not to Mandate Disclosure of Inert Ingredients in Pesticides

EPA recently defended its decision not to mandate the disclosure of pesticide inert ingredients that are known to be toxic or hazardous to human health in a pleading filed in a closely-watched case in federal district court in California. This lawsuit was initiated last year by several environmental groups seeking to require EPA to promulgate a rule mandating the disclosure of hazardous inert ingredients on pesticide labels.

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Litigation, Regulatory Law & Litigation

CPSC Reporting Requirement Penalties Continue

It has been several years since the enactment of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) that significantly increased the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) regulatory powers. It also dramatically increased the civil and criminal penalties that the Commission can assess for violations.

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