ENV-0135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Teratology, Frank Lautenberg, Fungicide

• School: Tufts University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENV-0135
• Professor: Ninian R.Stein

Document Summary

Immunological: bioaccumulation vs biomagnification, bioaccumulation buildup in specific organisms. Professor stein: biomagnification concentrating up the food chain, solubility in water or fat, persistence, synergistic interactions, there are any number of pathways to circulate chemical hazards throughout our environment. Liability act (cercla aka superfund: federal insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides act (fifra, safe drinking water act (sdwa, numerous lesser laws, mechanisms for congressional oversight, letters to epa from members of congress, hearings. All labels are written in english: problematic if people using chemicals within the us do not speak or read english. Requires the epa to evaluate the safety of existing chemicals in commerce: starting with those most likely to cause risks, 2. Requires epa to evaluate new and existing chemicals against a new risk-based safety standard that includes explicit considerations for vulnerable populations: 3. Empowers epa to require the development of chemical information necessary to support those evaluations: 4.