International Environmental Monitor
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 EC Proposes New Rules on Traceability and Labeling of GMOs
EC Amends Biopesticides Directive
EC Issues Working Paper on Prevention and Restoration of SED
EC Proposes to Extend Pesticides Evaluation Deadline
EC Publishes Results of 1999 Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program
EC Sues Member States Over Failure to Adopt EU GMM Rules
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS OPPT Relocation to Delay Processing of TSCA ยง 5 Notices
U.S. HPV Chemicals Testing Update
EPA Issues Final PAIR for 41 Chemicals
Categories of EPA Pesticide Residue Tolerances
EPA Pesticide Maintenance Fees Targeted for A Significant Increase
DOT Proposes Jurisdictional Rule
DOT Proposes to Revise Hazardous Materials Incident Reporting INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Canada Proposes Tighter Regulation of PERC
Canada Proposes New Chemical Notification Fees
PMRA Issues Directive on Emergency Use Registration
PMRA Issues Proposal for Bilingual Labeling of Pesticide Products
U.N. Harmonized Classified System for Hazards Likely in 2001
OECD Approves New Acute Testing Guidelines Using Fewer Animals
Updates on Biotech Labeling FOOD & DRUG DEVELOPMENTS Death of Asthma Study Volunteer Highlights Concerns Regarding Protection of Research Participants
Human Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cells Take Center Stage in Congress, White House
SPECIAL FEATURE EPA's Cumulative Hazard and Dose-Response Assessment of Organophosphate Pesticides
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