The Paley Rothman Blog
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March 31, 2016
By on March 31, 2016
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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March 17, 2016
By on March 17, 2016
The Monarch butterfly – or, more accurately, the alarming decline of the Monarch – continues to generate government attention and clashes among stakeholders, as reflected in multiple federal initiatives and two recent lawsuits.
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February 5, 2016
By on February 5, 2016
In an important decision enforcing FIFRA’s procedural protections for pesticide registrants and recognizing limits on EPA’s ability to cancel or suspend registrations, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied EPA’s request that the court vacate the registration of Dow AgroScience’s Enlist Duo.
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July 22, 2013
By on July 22, 2013
Over the past five years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and UK-based Reckitt Benckiser, a leading rodenticides manufacturing company, have been battling over the Agency’s efforts to remove Reckitt’s popular “D-Con” brand products from retail stores.
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February 19, 2013
By on February 19, 2013
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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