Entomology 10

Green lace wing adult; larvae are predaceous on aphids

Pesticide and the Environment

I. Introduction

1. Silent Spring - 1962 -- Rachel Carson
2. Public awareness of pesticides
3. Biomagnification

II. History of Pesticide Regulations

1. 1906-Pure Food Law
2. 1910-Federal Insecticides Act
3. 1947-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
4. 1954-Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
5. 1958-Delaney Clause to Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
6. 1959-FIFRA added nematicides, plant regulators, defoliants and desiccants
7. 1964-FIFRA amended to add warning labels to pesticides
8. 1969-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
9. 1972-Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA)
10. 1985-Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act (California)
11. 1988-FIFRA amended
    1. pesticides must be re-registered - obtain new safety data
    2. manufacturers did not re-register many pesticides

III. Disposal of Pesticides

IV. Endangered Species Act - 1973

V. Reduce Pesticide Load in Environment

1. IPM
2. Biological control
3. Resistant predators and parasitoids
4. Biotechnology

No Readings in Gullan and Cranston.

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