The easing of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, with 67.7% of adults having at least one vaccine shot, provides the Biden Administration’s EPA with a unique opportunity to take stock of its pandemic response and consider any potential policy improvements that could be made. This post focuses
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EPA Expands Flexibilities for Manufacturers of “List N” Disinfectants for Use Against Coronavirus
EPA on April 14 expanded its formal relaxation of certain FIFRA requirements for pesticides listed on EPA’s “List N” of products expected to be effective against the coronavirus. This expansion builds on EPA’s March 30 iteration of this temporary policy, which this blog previously discussed.
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EPA Provides Flexibilities to Manufacturers of “List N” Disinfectants for Use Against Coronavirus
EPA on March 31 provided a formal relaxation of certain FIFRA requirements for pesticides listed on EPA’s “List N” of products expected to be effective against the coronavirus. This temporary policy relaxes requirements to receive EPA approval of changes in sources of certain common active ingredients—such as ethanol, hydrogen peroxide, and citric acid—in response to “reports of supply chain disruptions by pesticide registrants who manufacture disinfectant products on EPA’s List N.”
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