References and Notes

by Caroline Cox

JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM/ FALL 1999 · VOL.19, NO. 3

JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM/ FALL 1999 · VOL.19, NO. 3

References and Notes

1. Code of Federal Regulations. Title 40. Sec. 158.240-158.740.

2. U.S. EPA. 1987. Inert ingredients in pesticide products; Policy statement. Fed. Reg. 52(77): 13305-13309, Apr. 22. Also available at www.epa.gov/opprd001/inerts/fr52.htm.

3. Getting an accurate number of chemicals used as inerts is difficult. The number used here, 2300, is based on NCAP's counts from EPA lists. EPA's own count is 2200 inerts as of January 1999. See U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. 1999. Status report for PPDC: "Inert" or "other" ingredients in pesticide products. www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/inert.htm, Jan. 7. Pp.2-3.

4. This information comes from an analysis done by NCAP and published in "Worst Kept Secrets: Toxic Ingredients in Pesticides," an NCAP report published in January 1998. The actual numbers have been updated as EPA updates its list of chemicals used as inert ingredients.

5. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 1997. Silica. http://193.51.164.11/htdocs/Monographs/Vol68/SILICA.HTM.

6. Acros Organics. 1998. Material safety data sheet: Naphthalene 99%. Fairlawn NJ www.fishersci.com.

7. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 1995. Toxicological profile for total xylenes. Atlanta, GA.

8. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 1997. Brilliant Blue FCF diammonium and disodium salts. http://193.51.164.11/htdocs/Monographs/Vol16/BrilliantBlueFCF.HTM.

9. National Cancer Institute. 1995. Questions and answers about soft tissue sarcoma. http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/clinpdq/site/Questions_and_Answers_About_Soft_Tissue_Sarcomas.ht.

10. Darcey Publications. 1999. Dursban TC inerts benzene, trimethylbenzene, suspects in boy's illness following termiticide mishap. Pesticide Report 3(1):1-8, June 12.

11. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. 1999. USEPA/OPP chemical ingredients database. www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/epa/epachem.htm.

12. Personal communication with Bruce Trimper, July 19, 1999.

13. DowAgroSciences. 1998. Material safety data sheet. Equity Termiticide Concentrate. www.dowagro.com.

14. DowAgroSciences. 1998. Material safety data sheet: Dursban TC Termiticide Concentrate. www.dowagro.com.

15. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 1987. Benzene (Group 1). IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risk to humans. (Suppl. 7):120. http://193.51.164.11/htdocs/Monographs/Suppl7/Benzene.html.

16. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 1991. List of pesticide product inert ingredients. Washington, D.C., July 22.

17. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 1998. Toxicological profile for toluene. Atlanta, GA.

18. Aldrich Chemical Co. 1998. Material safety data sheet: 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. Milwaukee, WI. www.sigma-aldrich.com.

19. Aspelin, A.L. 1997. Pesticides industry sales and usage: 1994 and 1995 market estimates. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. Biological and Economic Analysis Div. Washington, D.C.

20. U.S. EPA.1999. In the matter of: Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee.www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/transcript.htm, Jan. 7-8. p. 307.

21. Winegar, K. 1994. Trouble in the sky: Pesticide use on aircraft. Informed Consent (Jan./Feb.):4-7,36-38.

22. Declaration of Virgil Boekelheide. In Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides et al v. Browner. 941 F. Supp. 197 (D.D.C. 1996).

23. Code of Federal Regulations. Title 40. Sec. 2.307.

24. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. Public Information and Records Integrity Branch. 1999. E-mail from Calvin Furlow, July 30.

25. Code of Federal Regulations. Title 29. Sec. Sec. 1910.1200(f)(11).

26. Code of Federal Regulations. Title 29. Sec. Sec. 1910.1200(g)(2)(c)(1).

27. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. 1994. Pesticide regulation (PR) notice 94-3. www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/PR_Notices/pr94-3.html.

28. Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides et al v. Browner. 941 F. Supp. 197 (D.D.C. 1996).

29. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. 1999. Status report for PPDC: "Inert" or "other" ingredients in pesticide products. www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/inert.htm, Jan. 7.

30. American Crop Protection Assoc., Chemical Manufacturers Assoc., Chemical Producers and Distributors Assoc., Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Assoc., International Sanitary Supply Assoc., and Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment. 1998. Letter to Lynn Goldman, Marcia Mulkey, and Don Sadowski. Washington, D.C.

31. Monsanto Co. 1999. Glyphosate health and safety inerts disclosure. www.monsanto.com/ag/articles/G-hhs04.HTM.

32. Personal communication with John Wohler, Garden Grow regulatory manager. July 22, 1999.

33. Personal communication with Gabrielle King, DuPont communications. July 13, 1999.

34. Personal communication with Ed Ready, Astra Zeneca regulatory affairs. July 22, 1999.

35. Personal communication with Dick Feulner, Novartis regulatory affairs manager. July 13, 1999.

36. Kasanow, D. 1997. Letter to S.Y. Street. U.S. EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs. Public Response and Program Resources Branch. McKenna & Cuneo, Washington D.C. , Feb. 7.

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