EVST 255: Environmental Politics and Law
Lecture 09 - Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm. The lecture charts the evolution of pesticide regulation in the United States. The evolution of the management and regulation of pesticides reflects changes in scientific understanding of pesticides as well as changes in human values. As technology allowed for testing of pesticides at smaller and smaller concentrations, restrictions on pesticide use grew. The government's growing understanding of cumulative risk also has led to changes in pesticide testing and regulation. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 09 - Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. An Introduction to the Relationship between Risk and Law |
| [00:06:07] | 2. Evolution of Food and Pesticide Law: 1906-Present |
| [00:21:44] | 3. FIFRA Amendments, EPA's Founding and Dietary Diversity |
| [00:33:54] | 4. Fractured Science, Fractured Law |
| [00:40:41] | 5. Pesticide Law: A Sequence of Changing Regulatory Priorities |
| References |
| Lecture 9 - Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm Instructor: Professor John Wargo. Resources: Lecture 9 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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