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Pesticide News Story: New Web Page Features Tolerance Reassessment Status
The EPA Office of Pesticide Programs has launched a new web page to provide status of the Agency's reassessment of pesticide tolerances (maximum residues in food). This web page includes several charts that show progress toward the goal of reassessing the 9721 tolerances that were in effect in August 1996 against the safety standard of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The reports available include a listing of all tolerances subject to reassessment and summaries of status of pesticides in several classes of interest, such as the organophosphate pesticides. The information on this web page will be updated periodically to reflect Agency decisions. In addition to the status reports, the page includes links to several background documents, such as a fact sheet on the reregistration program and information on how EPA sets pesticide tolerances. The URL for the web page is http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/tolerances.htm.