Abstract
In the United States, the authority to regulate is divided primarily along product lines. Biotechnology is utilized in a wide array of industries -- agricultural, pharmaceutical, chemical, and waste degradation, to name a few. No one agency has authority over all these product areas. As a consequence of this division, the power to address biotechnology-related environmental questions rests with several independent government entities.1
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For a general description of other features of FIFRA, see M. Miller, “Federal Regulation of Pesticides”, in J. Arbuckle, et al., Environmental Law Handbook (1985).
See J. Gibbs and J. Kahan, “Federal Regulation of Food and Food Additive Biotechnology”, 38 Administrative Law Review 1 (1986).
M. Levin, et al., “EPA Developing Methods to Assess Environmental Release,” 5 Bio/Technology 38 (Jan. 1987).
See D. Dean-Ross, “Applicability of Chemical Risk Assessment Methodologies to Risk Assessment for Genetically Engineered Microorganisms”, 9 Recombinant DNA Technical Bulletin 1 (March 1986).
See W. Withers, “Biotechnology: An Industry Perspective”, 34 Kansas Law Review 665 (1986).
S. Abramson, “Confidential Business Information Versus the Public’s Right to Disclosure—Biotechnology Renews the Challenge”, 34 Kansas Law Review 681, 685 (1986). This article contains an excellent overview of EPA’s trade secret policy toward bioengineered pesticides.
K. Schneider, “Biotech’s Stalled Revolution,” The New York Times Magazine 102 (Nov. 16, 1986).
Foundation on Economic Trends v. Thomas, Civ. No. 85-3649 (filed Nov. 14, 1985, D.D.C.), reprinted in 5 Biotechnology Law Report 25 (Jan.–Feb. 1986). FOET also alleged that EPA had violated the Endangered Species Act. That statute is analyzed in Chapter 10.
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© 1987 Jeffrey N. Gibbs, Iver P. Cooper, Bruce F. Mackler
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Gibbs, J.N., Cooper, I.P., Mackler, B.F. (1987). EPA and Pesticides. In: Biotechnology & the Environment: International Regulation. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09160-7_2
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