International Environmental Monitor

November 2001

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The McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P./Technology Sciences Group Inc. International Environmental Monitor provides companies doing business around the world with notice of important regulatory, technical, and enforcement policy developments concerning chemicals, pesticides, drugs, and related products in North America, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Relevant international developments also are reported.

Articles in this Issue: EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENTS EU Parliament in Favor of a Stricter Chemicals Policy

European Round Table on GMO Safety Research

Product Safety Directive Adopted

European Official Says Decision on Biotech Food Restrictions will be Political

France Plans to Reevaluate Pesticides under New Research Program

Precautionary Principle and Assessment

NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS EPA to Extend Comment Period on Draft PR Notice for Spray Drift

Refining Dietary Exposure Assessments May Dramatically Reduce The Estimates Of Pesticide Risk

EPA Approves Bt Corn for Continued Use

CSPI Changes Position on Genetically Engineered Crops

EPA Issues PR Notice on Disposal of Household Products

EPA Releases Draft PR Notice on Threshold of Regulation for Tolerances

EPA Updates the CORR List

EPA Updates the New Chemicals Program's Categories of Concern

EPA Promotes R&D Chemical Risk Screening by Industry with Subsequent PMN Relief

Cultivating Crops for Health

EPA Publishes 2002 Pesticide Work Plan and 2001 Decision Summary

MSHA's HazCom Rule Questioned

TLV Lawsuit Settlement

PROPOSITION 65 UPDATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Canada's PMRA Proposes Changes to Eliminate Duplicative Regulation of Disinfectant Products

Canada Issues New Regulations for Consumer Chemicals

Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues

U.S. Proposes New Label for Air Shipments of Hazardous Materials FOOD & DRUG DEVELOPMENTS EPA Proposes "Essential Use" Allowances for CFCs in Medical Devices

Responses to Bio-Terrorism Fears Highlight Traditional Regulatory Problems

DOD Seeks Ideas on Combating Bio-Terrorism

White Paper on Food Safety

Safety of Food Supplements

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