Eighteen of Americas most prominent environmental organizations express deep concerns about the Bush Administrations approach towards implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Poll

A coalition of eighteen environmental organizations argues that the Bush Administration's proposed FIFRA amendments fail to effectively implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The groups claim the proposal denies the EPA effective authority to ban additional POPs pesticides, introduces burdensome cost-benefit requirements that contradict the treaty's precautionary principle, and attempts to limit Congressional regulatory power through an unfounded constitutional interpretation. They recommend that implementing legislation adopt a health-based standard of "reasonable certainty of no harm," use international ban decisions as the default for domestic regulation, and ensure the U.S. regulatory process parallels the international decision-making process.

• The coalition argues that the Bush Administration's proposed FIFRA amendments would leave the EPA without effective power to ban or restrict pesticides added to the Stockholm Convention, even if the U.S. supports the addition. The groups state that the EPA would only be able to use existing FIFRA cancellation procedures, which they describe as "so slow and cumbersome they can take years before even the most dangerous pesticides are removed from the market."
• The organizations claim the administration is using the treaty's implementation to weaken domestic environmental and health protections by introducing new requirements for "peer review," "generally accepted scientific principles," and "onerous cost-benefit analysis" at the request of the Office of Management and Budget. They assert this approach "would directly contradict the precautionary terms of the Stockholm Convention".
• The document challenges the administration's legal theory that mandatory notice and comment provisions in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) amendments infringe upon the President's treaty-making powers. The coalition cites analyses from the Center for International Environmental Law and the Congressional Research Service to argue that this theory "has no foundation in U.S. law."

APA

Wodder, R. R., Clapp, P., Blackwelder, B., Passacantando, J., Jr., D. B. M., Musil, R. K., Moore, M., Cook, K., Karpinski, G., Schlickeisen, R., Krupp, F., Callahan, D., Pope, C., Sharpless, A., Fuller, K. S., Rufe, R. T., Beinecke, F., & Schweiger, L. (2004). Eighteen of Americas most prominent environmental organizations express deep concerns about the Bush Administrations approach towards implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Poll. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/news/eighteen-of-americas-most-prominent-environmental-organizations-express-deep-concerns-about-the-bush-administrations-approach-towards-implementing-the-stockholm-convention-on-persistent-organic-poll/

Chicago

Wodder, Rebecca R., Phil Clapp, Brent Blackwelder, John Passacantando, Daniel B. Magraw, Jr., Robert K. Musil, Monica Moore, et al. Eighteen of Americas most prominent environmental organizations express deep concerns about the Bush Administrations approach towards implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Poll. Center for International Environmental Law, 2004. https://www.ciel.org/news/eighteen-of-americas-most-prominent-environmental-organizations-express-deep-concerns-about-the-bush-administrations-approach-towards-implementing-the-stockholm-convention-on-persistent-organic-poll/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{wodder2004eighteen, author = {Wodder, Rebecca R. and Clapp, Phil and Blackwelder, Brent and Passacantando, John and Jr., Daniel B. Magraw, and Musil, Robert K. and Moore, Monica and Cook, Kenneth and Karpinski, Gene and Schlickeisen, Rodger and Krupp, Fred and Callahan, Deb and Pope, Carl and Sharpless, Andrew and Fuller, Kathryn S. and Rufe, Roger T. and Beinecke, Frances and Schweiger, Larry}, title = {{Eighteen of Americas most prominent environmental organizations express deep concerns about the Bush Administrations approach towards implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Poll}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2004}, month = apr, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/eighteen-of-americas-most-prominent-environmental-organizations-express-deep-concerns-about-the-bush-administrations-approach-towards-implementing-the-stockholm-convention-on-persistent-organic-poll/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }