Pesticide Controls: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 2857, H. R. 5589...H. R. 4487, H. R. 5588...June 18 and 19, 1963, Volume 53

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Página 3 - HR 2857, to provide for advance consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service and with State wildlife agencies before the beginning of any Federal program involving the use of pesticides or other chemicals designed for mass biological controls; and H.
Página 60 - YOUNG, LA and HP NiCHOLSON. 1951. Stream pollution resulting from the use of organic insecticides. The Progressive Fish Culturist 13(4) : 193-198.
Página 11 - Committee. (2) It shall be the duty of the Chairman to preside at all meetings and to maintain compliance with established procedures.
Página 125 - Panel's recommendations are directed to an assessment of the levels of pesticides in man and his environment; to measures which will augment the safety of present practices; to needed research and the development of safer and more specific methods of pest control; to suggested amendments or public laws governing the use of pesticides ; and to public education.
Página 60 - Whistling-Cock Counts of Bobwhite Quail on Areas Treated with Insecticide and on Untreated Areas, Decatur County, Georgia,
Página 20 - Secretary should ensure that new compounds proposed for registration be rigorously evaluated. 2. The existing Federal advisory and coordinating mechanisms be critically assessed and revised as necessary to provide clear assignments of responsibility for control of pesticide use. The Panel feels that the present mechanisms are inadequate and that it is necessary to provide on a continuing basis for: — (a) Review of present and proposed Federal control and eradication programs to determine if, after...
Página 3 - ... together with comments and recommendations of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Chemicals essential to the health and comfort of people, the maintenance of a safe and adequate food supply, and the preservation of our natural resources, must be used intelligently and with full consideration of any possible adverse effect. This involves not only a consideration of fish and wildlife values but also a most careful evaluation of the effects upon domestic animals, our daily food supply, and upon man himself....
Página 2 - Interior, and with the head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the impoundment, diversion, or other control facility is to be constructed...
Página 135 - Do not apply or allow to drift to areas occupied by unprotected humans or beneficial animals. Do not contaminate feed and foodstuffs. To protect fish and wildlife, do not contaminate streams, lakes, or ponds with this material.
Página 128 - D. In order to strengthen public laws on pesticides, it is recommended that amendments to public laws be requested. These should: 1. Eliminate "protest" registrations. The Panel concurs with the Department of Agriculture that these technically evade the intent of the public laws. Industry needs an appeal mechanism, however, to protect it from arbitrary decisions. Public hearings could be held on such appeals. 2. Require that every pesticide formulation carry its official registration number on the...

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