Screen LibraryPesticide Policy and Politics in the European Union : Regulatory Assessment, Implementation and Enforcement /
This book explores the regulation of pesticides in the European Union in order to reveal the complex, controversial, and contested nature of an assessment system proudly declared by the EU to be the strictest in the world . The current regulatory framework is based on Regulation 1107/2009, which sub...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52736-9 |
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This book explores the regulation of pesticides in the European Union in order to reveal the complex, controversial, and contested nature of an assessment system proudly declared by the EU to be the strictest in the world . The current regulatory framework is based on Regulation 1107/2009, which substantially reformed the previous system. The analysis describes the new criteria and procedures for the authorization of active substances to be used in the production of pesticides, traces the lengthy policy formulation process, and identifies factors that made policy change possible. Further, th |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XII,523pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319527369 |
| Index Number: | JF1525 |
| CLC: | D750 |
| Contents: | 1: Setting the context: a short history of technology, toxicology and global politics of pesticides -- 2: EU pesticide regulation: principles and procedures -- 3: Policy changes in EU s regulation of pesticides -- 4: Open Controversies: bees health, glyphosate and endocrine disruption -- 5: The first years of enforcement: A success story?. |