Regulation of pesticides: A comparative analysis

This paper compares three internationally representative regulatory frameworks for pesticides. We look first at the USA, which shifted regulatory powers from the US Department of Agriculture to the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s, during a historical transition from a predominantl...

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Published in:Science & public policy 2013-10, Vol.40 (5), p.644-656
Main Authors: Pelaez, Victor, da Silva, Letícia Rodrigues, Araújo, Eduardo Borges
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Brazil
Comparative analysis
Consumers
Decision-making
Environmental health
Europe
European Union
Liability
Pesticides
Power
Public policy
Regulation
Science policy
U.S.A
United States
United States Agriculture department
United States Environmental protection agency
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Summary:This paper compares three internationally representative regulatory frameworks for pesticides. We look first at the USA, which shifted regulatory powers from the US Department of Agriculture to the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s, during a historical transition from a predominantly economic to a predominantly social regulatory model. The second country is Brazil, currently the world's largest consumer of pesticides, followed by the USA in second place. In the early 1990s, Brazil's new regulatory model adopted a troika of decision-making ministries (agriculture, health and environment), with the prevalence of economic over social-environmental interests. The third case is the regulatory framework adopted in 2011 by the EU, where shifts in risk-assessment criteria and corporate financial liability reveal a prevalence of concerns involving social-environmental regulation.
ISSN:0302-3427
1471-5430
DOI:10.1093/scipol/sct020