Pesticide Regulation Issues: with the Delaney Clause

Living Pesticide use is regulated wlthm a complex legal framework that mchrdes the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentlclde Act; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ACC and other environmental laws. The framework includes nsk-benefit rules for some decisions that permit full consideration of comparative performance, cost, and risks of a pest]cide and Its alternatives before decls]ons to permit or ban uses. The framework also includes risk-only standards, such as the Delaney Clause, that prohibit such comparwons and can have unintended and undesirable consequences by increasing health or environmental risks whale orcreasmg the cost of producing agricultural commodities.