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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1972, 1988

The FIFRA was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) It regulates the sale of pesticides within U.S borders and between the U.S. and other countries

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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1972, 1988

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  1. The FIFRA was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • It regulates the sale of pesticides within U.S borders and between the U.S. and other countries • Also, it charges pesticide users and producers for active ingredients that are considered hazardous • Although the act was first passed in 1947, major changes were implemented in this act in 1972 in order to maintain high standards of toxic safety, and then again in 1988 • Even today, not all ingredients in the pesticides have been tested for health problems, over 1,200 inactive ingredients in the pesticides are just now being tested because of low funding for the EPA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 1972, 1988 Bosco Giap Per. 4

  2. Function of FIFRA • FIFRA required that all pesticides companies send the chart that totaled the amount of pesticides sold to the EPA • It needed to certify and license each pesticide before it could be transported or used • Inspectors were allowed to come in and examine the pesticide factories • Gave the EPA the right to remove pesticides from the market if toxic level does not meet EPA standards • The law is capable of convicting people of crime if pesticides are distributed illegally, fine ranges from $1,000 to $25,000 or prison time • It classifies all pesticides as general use or restricted use • In 1988, the main focus of reforms was on the re-registration, where pesticide users had to send the EPA all the info on the chemicals they were using Environmental problems • The EPA set FIFRA in action in order to maintain stable conditions for humans, animals, and for the environment • Unregulated pesticides are capable of wiping out large populations of species, contaminating aquifers and polluting the air we breath • 3.5 -5 million agricultural workers in developing countries have been severely poisoned • 20,000 - 40,000 deaths per year related to pesticides in the world

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