August 2019

In the wake of a public challenge from California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month doubled down on its ruling that glyphosate poses no risk to public health under its current registered uses — saying it will no longer approve labeling...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a press release concerning a warning letter sent to a company marketing food and dietary supplements for both humans and animals that contain cannabidiol (CBD). Days later, FDA's Principal Deputy Commissioner, Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D. testified before the Senate Committee on...

Ecuador has issued a far-reaching new environmental regulation that establishes a new institutional framework for environmental protection. Published on 12 June 2019, Executive Decree No. 752, Regulation to the Organic Code of the Environment also lays down rules for the integral management of chemical products. Verisk 3E Analysis The regulation...