As required by law, EPA calls on makers of pesticides to report on the "composition, toxicity, potential human exposure, environmental properties and ecological effects, and efficacy" of pesticides, so that the agency can "assess the human health and environmental risks associated with the product" and "ensure that pesticide residues in food meet the 'reasonable certainty of no harm' risk standard." We need to make sure that we aren't poisoning ourselves with pesticides, and an important component of our protection is the information that pesticide makers must disclose about the pesticides th

OMB href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/oira/0910/meetings/428.html">met with representatives of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) on Mar. 18 to discuss a new potential Fall2004&query=and&doc_id=944">regulation of condom labeling. FDA has yet to put forth a proposed rule, but according to the

Wednesday was a big day for OIRA: the office released both the final selections from the industry-nominated hit list and this year's annual draft report on the costs and benefits of regulations. Hit List: What the White House released is a selection of 76 out of the original 189 anti-reg nominations for the hit list. These are the hit list suggestions that the White House and the agencies are endorsing as anti-regulatory priorities.