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California Governor proposes Prop. 65 litigation reforms

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 10 2013

Working through California's Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) will collaborate with stakeholders and the legislature to advance

Environmentalists sue EPA to stop use of pesticides allegedly harmful to honey bees

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 22 2013

Beekeepers, environmentalists and advocacy organizations have filed an action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the U.S. Environmental

EC to restrict neonicotinoids in bid to protect bees

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 3 2013

Although a recent proposal to restrict the use of three neonicotinoids failed to gain support from the qualified majority of member states on an

Codex Alimentarius Commission approves GM food labeling guidance

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Global
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July 15 2011

According to news sources, the Codex Alimentarius Commission concluded its meeting in Geneva by reaching an agreement on labeling foods that contain genetically modified (GM) ingredients

Court allows intervention in industry suit against NMFS challenging pesticide opinion

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 26 2011

A federal court in Maryland has permitted groups representing environmental and fishing interests to intervene in litigation filed by Dow AgroSciences LLC and two other pesticide manufacturers against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, seeking to overturn the agency’s opinion that three insecticides threaten the Pacific salmon

OEHHA adds methanol to Prop. 65 list for reproductive toxicity

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 16 2012

California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added methanol to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity (Prop. 65

Industry takes aim at draft UCSF report on nanomaterial regulation in California

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 10 2010

Concerned about regulatory coordination issues, the omission of new environmental data and an apparent failure to recognize collaborative stakeholder efforts, nanotech industry interests have reportedly urged CalEPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and researchers with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) to revise a draft April 2010 report on nanomaterial regulation

USDA survey generates buzz on honeybee health

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 26 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Bee Research Laboratory has released the preliminary results of a survey estimating that honeybee colony losses nationwide “were approximately 29 percent from all causes from September 2008 to April 2009,” touching off speculation about the fate of the ubiquitous pollinator

Fungal-viral combination eyed in colony collapse disorder

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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October 8 2010

A recent study has homed in on a possible explanation for colony collapse disorder (CCD), a mysterious ailment behind the destruction of honeybee hives worldwide

EPA issues Toxicological Review of Acrylamide

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 26 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a “Toxicological Review of Acrylamide” in support of information on its Integrated Risk Information System

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