Regulating Pesticides in Food

Committee on Scientific and Regulatory Issues Underlying Pesticide Use Patterns and Agricultural Innovation, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. The Current System: Theory and Practice; 5 3. Estimates of Dietary Oncogenic Risks; 6 4. The Scenarios and the Results; 7 5. Comparing the Impact of the Scenarios; 8 6. Pesticide Innovation and the Economic Effects of Implementing the Delaney Clause; 9 Appendix A: Legislative History of the Pesticide Residues Amendment of 1954 and the Delaney Clause of the Food Additives Amendment of 1958; 10 Appendix B: Analytical Methodology for Estimating Oncogenic Risks of Human Exposure to Agricultural Chemicals in Food Crops; 11 Appendix C: Case Studies of the EPA's Application of the Delaney Clause in the Tolerance-Setting Process; 12 Appendix D: Pesticide Information; 13 Appendix E: Survey of Pesticide R&D Directors: How Do Current Laws Affect Agricultural Pesticide Research Productivity?; 14 Index