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Review Of Regulatory-Imposed Marketing Constraints To Repellent Development, Judith M. Hushon
Review Of Regulatory-Imposed Marketing Constraints To Repellent Development, Judith M. Hushon
National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995
The purpose of this paper is to review the regulatory issues concerned with marketing repellents and to try to identify areas where changes may be needed. Repellents are covered unevenly by the various Federal and State pesticide laws. These laws were generally formulated to deal with pesticides and other highly toxic chemicals used to control "pests." However, repellents discourage pests due to their disagreeable properties rather than their toxicity. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recently introduced reduced risk pesticide guidance which limits reporting requirements and hastens review. Those states that follow the Federal lead do not represent a problem. …