The Response of Industry to the Data Requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency — The PBO Task Force

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the response of industry to the data requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency for piperonyl butoxide (PBO). In 1983, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued a Data Call-In (DCI) to all registrants of PBO, requiring them to produce a substantial amount of product chemistry, acute, and chronic toxiciity data to support the re-registration of PBO. This was done under the authority of Section 3(c) 2(B) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA—the law governing the sale of pesticides in the USA). In response to the DCI, the manufacturers and sellers of PBO technical advised the USEPA that they would develop the necessary data. These companies were Endura Spa, Takasago USA, Inc., Hardwicke Chemical Company Division of Ethyl Corporation, McLaughlin GormLey King Company, Fairfield American Company and its parent, Wellcome Foundation, Prentiss Drug & Chemical Company, Inc. and Penick Corporation. The companies formed the PBO Task Force (PBTF), a joint venture under US Law, to produce the data. The PBTF is the owner of the data and all rights in the data worldwide.