What's wrong with our nation's approach to regulating pesticides

What's wrong with our nation's approach to regulating pesticides
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jsass/whats_wrong_with_our_nations_a.html

"Pesticides are regulated much more strictly than industrial chemicals under U.S. law, requiring a significant amount of safety data before being registered for use, and undergoing a registration review process every 15 years in case new data on potential harm has come to light. Nonetheless, there are weaknesses, loopholes, and flaws in all aspects of the process from legal requirements to implementation to enforcement and oversight. Here I've put together some of the most endemic widespread and fundamental weaknesses with the process, in the hopes that they can be addressed by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) staff at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."