ABSTRACT
Federal policies developed since World War II resulted in pesticides being the major control tool available for use by pest managers. These successful policies were related to cheap and abundant supplies of land and energy. In 1910 the Federal Insecticide Act gave the Federal government the authority to remove fraudulent or misleading materials from the market. In 1947, the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act was passed to regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices. A joint United States Department of Agricuture-Health, Education and Welfare implementation of the National Research Council report was published in the Federal Register on April 13, 1966. The National Environmental Policy Act requires Federal agencies which use pesticides to incorporate a concern for the quality of the environment into agency missions. The Environmental Protection Agency has been given pesticide regulatory responsibilities previously scattered through a number of Federal agencies.
