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International Environmental Monitor

September 2001

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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