U.S. Export of Banned Products: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, July 11, 12, and 13, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 255 páginas |
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AHMAD amendments approved banned products BLUM cancellation Chairman chemicals chloramphenicol chlordane CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Consumer Product Safety CORCORAN CPSC decision Depo Provera developing countries diazinon dieldrin diethylstilbestrol DRINAN Drug Administration effective embassies environment ESCHWEGE Esther Peterson export of hazardous export policy exports of banned FHSA FIFRA Food and Drug foreign countries foreign governments foreign nations GARRY BROWN hazardous products health and safety heptachlor importing countries INFO International Nonproprietary Name KENNEDY Kepone legislation Leptophos LEVITAS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lindane manufacturers Ministry of Health notification notify foreign officials P. O. Box pesticide residues PETERSON potential PRIORITY AMEMBASSY problem Product Safety Commission prohibit proposed public health question received registered regulations regulatory actions REGULATORY AUTHORITY reported request require responsibility risk ROSENTHAL SCHERR Secretary sold specific standards statement subcommittee Thank tion tolerance TRIS products U.S. Government U.S. regulatory United WAYLAND World Health Organization
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Página 173 - UNREASONABLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. — The term "unreasonable adverse effects on the environment" means any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of any pesticide.
Página 26 - Secretary shall declare to be a pest, and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant."25...
Página 183 - That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is intended to be shipped...
Página 24 - Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to use export controls to the extent necessary (a) to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand...
Página 234 - Act shall not apply to any consumer product if (1) it can be shown that such product is manufactured, sold, or held for sale for export from the United States (or that such product was imported for export), unless such consumer product is in fact distributed in commerce for use in the United States...
Página 24 - ... to the extent necessary (a) to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand ; (b) to further the foreign policy of the United States...
Página 57 - Whenever a registration, or a cancellation or suspension of the registration of a pesticide becomes effective, or ceases to be effective, the Administrator shall transmit through the State Department notification thereof to the governments of other countries and to appropriate international agencies.
Página 15 - States within the jurisdiction of which the hazardous substance is found : Provided, That this section shall not apply to a hazardous substance intended for export to any foreign country if it ( 1 ) is in a package branded in accordance with the specifications of the foreign purchaser, (2) is labeled in accordance with the laws of the foreign country, and (3) is labeled on the outside of the shipping package to show that it is intended for export, and (4) is so exported.
Página 27 - Administrator finds that the substance, mixture, or article will present an unreasonable risk of injury to health within the United States or to the environment of the United States.
Página 44 - There is a sense of outrage on the part of many poor countries where citizens are the most vulnerable to exports of hazardous drugs, pesticides and food products. At the 1977 meeting of the UNEP Governing Council, Dr. JC Kiano, the Kenyan minister for water development, warned that developing nations will no longer tolerate being used as dumping grounds for products that had not been adequately tested 'and that their peoples should not be used as guinea pigs for determining the safety of chemicals.