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Regulation of pesticides: A comparative analysis

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  • Victor Pelaez
  • Letícia Rodrigues da Silva
  • Eduardo Borges Araújo

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This paper compares three internationally representative regulatory frameworks for pesticides. We look first at the USA, which shifted regulatory powers from the US Department of Agriculture to the Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1970s, during a historical transition from a predominantly economic to a predominantly social regulatory model. The second country is Brazil, currently the world's largest consumer of pesticides, followed by the USA in second place. In the early 1990s, Brazil's new regulatory model adopted a troika of decision-making ministries (agriculture, health and environment), with the prevalence of economic over social-environmental interests. The third case is the regulatory framework adopted in 2011 by the EU, where shifts in risk-assessment criteria and corporate financial liability reveal a prevalence of concerns involving social-environmental regulation. Copyright The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

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  • Victor Pelaez & Letícia Rodrigues da Silva & Eduardo Borges Araújo, 2013. "Regulation of pesticides: A comparative analysis," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(5), pages 644-656, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:40:y:2013:i:5:p:644-656
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    1. Rachael D. Garrett & Meredith Niles & Juliana Gil & Philip Dy & Julio Reis & Judson Valentim, 2017. "Policies for Reintegrating Crop and Livestock Systems: A Comparative Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-22, March.

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