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Date Dec. 20, 1990 Report No. NSIAD-91-90 Title

U.S. Food Exports: Five Countries' Standards and Procedures for Testing Pesticide Residues

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Date Sept. 21, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-232 Title

Disinfectants: Concerns Over the Integrity of EPA's Data Bases

GAO svpt ~‘llli~(‘t’ l!b!H) DISINFECTANTS Concerns Over the Integrity of EPA’s Data Bases 142460 United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division R-2408 11 September 21, 1990 The Honorable William K. Reilly Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Reilly: As you know, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...
Date March 28, 1990 Report No. T-RCED-90-57 Title

Environmental Protection: Five Latin American Countries' Controls Over the Registration and Use of Pesticides

. I ., t ! f _-________._ .--.--_ ---- -----_l__ United-----_...- States General Accounting -- Office /+0 I,$$$ ____----- -. - ‘ GAO I Testimony Ill II lllllllllll 140968 March 28, 1990 Fjve Over Latin American the Registration Countries' and Use Controls of Pesticides Statement for the Record by John W . Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Developmen...
Date March 28, 1990 Report No. T-RCED-90-53 Title

Environmental Protection: Lawn Care Pesticide Risks Remain Uncertain While Prohibited Safety Claims Continue

United States General Accounting Ofl!ice GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EST Wednesday March 28, 1990 Lawn Care Pesticide Risks Remain Uncertain While Prohibited Safety Claims Continue Statement of Peter F. Guerrero, Associate Director Environmental Protection Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Env...
Date March 23, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-134 Title

Lawn Care Pesticides: Risks Remain Uncertain While Prohibited Safety Claims Continue

Risks Remain Uncertain While Prohibited Safety Claims Continue .__~-..._ _... I.... --_-I-....---.------. -;gYJ. . .._.I_-._._.. --...-.......-. (;A()' IZ( 'lf:I)-!wI:l~1 RELEASED Pfo 99 I -- G&O United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-23878 1 March 23,199O The Honorable Harry M. Reid Chairman, Subcommittee on Toxic S...
Date March 22, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-55 Title

Food Safety and Quality: Five Countries' Efforts to Meet U.S. Requirements on Imported Produce

United States General Accounting Office GAO Mamh19!Io Report to Congressional Requesters ~- FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY Five Countries’ Efforts to Meet U.S. Requirements on Imported Produce GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-237768.1 March 22,199O The Honorable Leon E. Panetta House of Representatives The Honor...
Date May 17, 1989 Report No. T-RCED-89-35 Title

Natural Resources: Guidelines Needed for EPA's Tolerance Assessments of Pesticide Residues in Food

United States General Accounting OffIce Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:OO p.m. EDT Wednesday May 17, 1989 Guidelines of Pesticide Needed for Residues EPA's Tolerance in Food Assessments Statement of Richard L. Hembra, Director Environmental Protection Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on E...
Date May 15, 1989 Report No. T-RCED-89-40 Title

Environmental Protection: Reregistration and Tolerance Reassessment Remain Incomplete for Most Pesticides

i GAO Testimony IIIll Ill Ill0II 138613 For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Monday, May 15, 1989 Reregistration Incomplete for and Most Tolerance Pesticides Reassessment Remain Statement of Peter F. Guerrero, Associate Director Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Environmental Research a...
Date May 3, 1989 Report No. T-RCED-89-31 Title

Environmental Protection: Export of Unregistered Pesticides Is Not Adequately Monitored by EPA

United States General Accounting Office Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday May 3, 1989 Export Is Not of Unregistered Pesticides Monitored by EPA Adequately Statement J. Dexter Resources, Development of Assistant Peach, Community, and Division Comptroller Economic General Before the and Natural Environment, Energy, Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations H...
Date April 25, 1989 Report No. RCED-89-128 Title

Pesticides: Export of Unregistered Pesticides Is Not Adequately Monitored by EPA

United States General Accounting Office GAO April 1989 Report to the Chairman, Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives PESTICIDES Export of Unregistered Pesticides Is Not Adequately Monitored by EPA Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-203051 April 25, 1989 The Honorable Mike Synar Chairman, Environm...
Date March 14, 1989 Report No. RCED-89-75BR Title

Pesticides: Economic Research Service's Analyses of Proposed EPA Actions

United States General Accounting Office GAO;March 1989 ’ . Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives PESTICIDES Economic Research Service’s Analyses of Proposed EPA Actions . GAO/RCED-89-75BR GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Develo...
Date Dec. 14, 1987 Report No. T-RCED-88-12 Title

H.R. 3504: Pesticide Monitoring Improvements Act

Unitqd States General Accounting OflIce / Tedmony For Release On Delivery Expected at 9:45 a.m. EST Monday December 14, 1987 iH.R. 3504: Pesticide Monitoring Improvements Act] I Statement of Hugh J. Wessinger, Senior Resources, Community, and Associate Economic Direct,or Develoement Division Before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives...
Date June 8, 1987 Report No. T-RCED-87-27 Title

Environmental Protection: Federal Reregistration of Pesticides and Reassessment of Tolerances Will Extend Into the 21st Century

(I . . * Unite d S ta tes G e n e r a l A c c o u n tin g O ffice 153 T e s tim o n y L H u g h J.W e ~ sirrger,S e n fo r & ? ~ 0 ~ iab9Director a n d E icommlc D e v e l a p n e n t D ivision -= -t -ty, B e fo r e th e S u b c c m i tte e o n H e a lth a n d th e E n v i r o m t C a m itte e o n E n e r g y d C a fm rce H c u s e o fR e p ~ m ta tive s sta te m e n tf o 133153 1111 L Mr. Chairma...
Date April 30, 1987 Report No. T-RCED-87-21 Title

Health: Federal Regulation of Pesticide Residues in Food

is ’ United States General Accounting Office 132SaO ‘ GAO Testimony * -- r a For Release on Delivers Expectedat 10:00 a.m. MT Thursday April 30, 1987 Federal RequlatianofPe&icide ResiduesinFood J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Canptroller General Resources, Canmunitv, and Econanic Develorment Division Before the Subcurunittee on Oversiqht and Investiqat-ions Cannittee on Enerqv and Cannerce House of...
Date Oct. 27, 1986 Report No. RCED-87-7 Title

Pesticides: Need To Enhance FDA's Ability To Protect the Public From Illegal Residues

” .. united.ak UC-. Accounting Office Report to CongressionalRequesters c . October 1986 PESTICIDES Need to Enhance FDA’s Ability to Protect the Public From Illegal Residues I??/ z30 GAO/BCED-87-7 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20543 Itesources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-219498 October 27, 1986 The Honorable Dave Durenberger, Chairman The Hono...
Date April 18, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-125 Title

Pesticides: EPA's Formidable Task To Assess and Regulate Their Risks

Rpr.i.1 1.8, 1986 ‘JYrc Honorablr? Dave Durenherger , Chairman ‘I’hkb Horlorable Max Baucus, Ranking Minor Icy Member Sub(:omml.tt et! on Tcrxi c Substances and t+rv L ronmental Oversi.ght Committee on Environment and Public Works IJnitr!d States Senate As requested 1 n your .June 29, 1984, letter and subsequent disrussi ens we have reviewed the Environmental Prot.ect.ion wi th your off Ice...
Date April 18, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-97 Title

Nonagricultural Pesticides: Risks and Regulation

_ I ._.__.. ___ _-- -. .._,______ __“,-_____-_-_ ipI4 lSH6 -_.- -.._ -..-------.- _----,---*--_- -- _.-,_--.--- NCNAGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES Risks md Regulation ._____---------- RESTRICl’ED-Accoun’wlg Cm!x “lit ~3prova: tJv outsldr the Genera Is of s?ec:l!c, -- -------.-- .- GAO,‘RCED8fF~7 B-20305L izpril 18, 1986 The Hon,,rzble Dave Durenberger, Chairman The Honorable Max Baucus, Ranking ...
Date July 29, 1983 Report No. 122025 Title

Environmental Protection: GAO Work Related to the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EDT JULY 29, 1983 Y--... . .I . _.__. STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ON GAO WORK RELATED TO THE TOXIC ...
Date July 1, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-169 Title

Environmental Protection: Better Coordination Is Needed Between Pesticide Misuse Enforcement Programs and Programs for Certifying and Training Individuals To Apply Pesticides

‘JNITED STATES GENE9A.L !‘:ASHINGTON, ,AG!XiJNTI’~fG D.C. 20548 OFFICE 3-212122 JULY I, 1983 The Honorable Administrator, Dear Mr. William D. Ruckelshaus Environmental Protection Agency Ruckelshaus: Better Coordination Is Needed Between Pesticide Misuse Enforcement Programs and Programs For Certifying and Training Individuals To Apply Pesticides (GAO/RCED-83-169) the Pesticide Applicator Cer...
Date Sept. 10, 1981 Report No. CED-81-152 Title

Grain Fumigation: A Multifaceted Issue Needing Coordinated Attention

BY’THE U.S.GENERALACCOUNTING O&E Report To The Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group Grain Fumigation: A Multifaceted Issue Needing Coordinated Attention Grain fumigation is a broad issue which affects the efficiency with which grain moves through the marketing system and involves environmental, consumer and worker protection, transportation, and food considerations. Despite many years of using f...
Date Nov. 4, 1980 Report No. CED-81-5 Title

Transportation: Programs for Ensuring the Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Need Improvement

Comptroller General R&ms~* bF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEASED Programs ForEnsuringTheSafe ’ransportation Of Hazardous Materials Improvement he Department of Transportation administers a proram to protect the public from risks involved in the of over 250,000 shipments of hazardi ransportation ous materials each day. The following improvements &e needed to more effectively carry out this program. --Obta...
Date Sept. 30, 1980 Report No. CED-80-145 Title

Environmental Protection: Need for Comprehensive Pesticide Use Data

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION B-199618 SEPTEMBER 30,198O The Honorable Administrator, Protection Subject: Dear Mr. Douglas M. Costle Environmental Agency /-@ lY l+J I II 113402 Use F- eed for Comprehensive Data (CED-80-145) -J Pesticide Costle: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and others have recognized the need ...
Date Aug. 5, 1980 Report No. CED-80-116 Title

Environmental Protection: Need for a Formal Risk/Benefit Review of the Pesticide Chlordane

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGT0N.D.C. OF THE UNITED 20546 STATES ti-199618 AUGUST I’ 5,198O The Honorable Douglas M. Costle Administrator, Environmental Protection Ayency Dear Mr. Costle: SUBJECT: liteed For a Formal Risk/Benefit Review of the Pesticide Chlordane (CED-80-116) J We have been reviewing the adequacy of the Environmental p6p-4 Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulation of pesticides used ...
Date May 1, 1980 Report No. 112250 Title

Environmental Protection: Environmental Protection Agency's Procedures for Suspending a Pesticide

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 OFFICE 112250 STATEMENT '0.F HUGH J. WESSINGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SENIOR LEVEL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPKENT DIVISION FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 4 P.M., EST THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1980 -* BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS, OVERSIGHT AND RESEARCH ~Lrq-pcy)/ OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGkICULTURE ON -I-THE' ENVIRONME...
Date Feb. 15, 1980 Report No. CED-80-32 Title

Health: Delays and Unresolved Issues Plague New Pesticide Protection Programs

The Environmental Protection Agency has several new programs to better regulate pesticides-chemicals which provide great benefits but which can threaten man and the environment. The most recent is a 10 to 15-year program to reassessthe safety of 35,900 federally registered pesticide products. However, the program, which started in October 1978, is already behind schedule and has many unresolved po...
Date June 22, 1979 Report No. CED-79-43 Title

Environmental Protection: Better Regulation of Pesticide Exports and Pesticide Residues in Imported Food Is Essential

Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES /# I3r- Better Regulation Of Pesticide Exports And Pesticide Residues In Imported Food Is Essential Pesticides suspended, canceled, or never registered for use in the United States because of hazards associated with their use are exported routinely. Serious injuries have occurred from the use of these pesticides in other countries. The Environmental Protec...
Date July 11, 1978 Report No. 106550 Title

Environmental Protection: Federal Efforts To Notify Foreign Nations Regarding Pesticide Suspensions and Cancellations

DOCUMENT BPSUME 06550 - f B1946971 1 federal Efforts To Notify Foreign '.aticns Fegarding Pesticide suspensions 2a-d Cancellations. July 11, 1978. 10 pp. Testimony before the House Committee cn Government Cperations: Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs Sukcommittee; Ly Henry Eschweqe, Director, Community and Eccnomic ravelopment Liv. Contact: Community and Economic Develcsment Div. Orqan.izati...
Date Feb. 14, 1978 Report No. 105119 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Efforts To Regulate Pesticide Residues in Food

w OGCWB 05119 - [ B08o5396] 5UB3a0 Federal Efforts To Regulate Pesticide 1!, 1978. 12 pp. Aesiduesa i food. oebtiry \.zesteteS Ad FTO4j-a Testimoay before the louse Cmuittee on Oversight a.t, Investigations SbaKcasitt ee; I,! w'.y Commerce: Euchuges, Director, Community and coomic .v.lopvort j-;. coaemic Devslopm-t IT. Contact: CommenaLty and a ec coacersed: Bnviroeatmil rt ~:-.ti Organization and...
Date Jan. 9, 1978 Report No. CED-78-9 Title

Environmental Protection: Special Pesticide Registration by the Environmental Protection Agency Should Be Improved

Date Jan. 26, 1976 Report No. RED-76-63 Title

Environmental Protection: Adequacy of Safety and Efficiency Data Provided to EPA by Nongovernmental Laboratories

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Date Dec. 4, 1975 Report No. RED-76-42 Title

Federal Pesticide Registration Program: Is It Protecting the Public and the Environment Adequately From Pesticide Hazards?

p& ‘/cy REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LM096904 l1ll~lllllllllllll~l1\llisll Federal Pesticide Registration Program: Is It Protecting The Public And The Environment Adequately From Pesticide Haza,rds? .I Environmental Protection Agency (HEW) Food And Drug Administration GAO found the following conditions: --Safety and efficacy data has not been submitted t...
Date Feb. 24, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-55 Title

Agriculture and Food: Emergency Temporary Standards on Organophosphorous Pesticides

tional Safety and Health Administration ent of Labor MWD-75.55 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE D.C. UNITED STATES !#I%8 B-179768 . . ’ The The The The The * The The The Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable Bill Archer, House of Representatives M. Caldwell Butler, House of Representatives George A. Goodling, f-louse of Representatives James l?. Ha...
Date Jan. 6, 1975 Report No. MWD-75-33 Title

Health: Answers to Questions on the Issuance of an Emergency Temporary Standard for Certain Chemicals Considered To Be Carcinogens

C.“-.*‘- ._ llNl Ill11 11111111 IllIllllllllllllllllllllll LM097120 COMPTROUER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D c THE zrxw~ UNWfZO !3TAw B-179768 .: I . ’ 'The Honorable The Honorable The Honorable Bill Archer, Y. Caldwell George The '+&:-The ‘The The The Honorable Honorable Honorable Ronorable Honorable James G, V. Steven Joe D. Antonio House of Representatives Butler, Louse of Representatives A....