Have Regulatory Efforts to Reduce Organophosphorus Insecticide Exposures Been Effective?

Background: The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was signed into law in 1996 to strengthen the regulation of pesticide tolerances in food. Organophosphorus (OP) insecticides were the first group of pesticides reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the new law.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clune, Alison L., Ryan, P. Barry, Barr, Dana Boyd
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339465/