EPA Issues Ecological Test Guidelines for Chemicals, Pesticides

The Environmental Protection Agency will issue 14 final ecological effects test guidelines Dec. 29, according to a notice to be published in the Federal Register the same day.

Ecological tests evaluate chemicals’ impacts on wildlife and fish, including invertebrates.

The guidelines, developed over 20 years, describe scientific methods and protocols that chemical and pesticide manufacturers should use when conducting tests to generate data the manufacturers submit for regulatory decisions.

The guidelines apply to tests that will be submitted under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, also known as the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act. The ...