EPA has posted on its pesticide website an article entitled Understanding the Science behind EPA’s Pesticide Decisions. According to EPA’s article,

“Science is the backbone of the EPA’s decision-making. The Agency’s ability to pursue its mission to protect human health and the environment depends upon the integrity and quality of the science on which it relies. The environmental policies, decisions, guidance, and regulations that impact the lives of all Americans must be grounded, at a most fundamental level, in sound, high quality science.

The EPA regulates pesticides to ensure that they do not pose unreasonable risks to human health or the environment. As part of that effort, the EPA requires extensive test data from pesticide producers that demonstrate pesticide products can be used without causing harm to human health and the environment.”

Click here to read EPA’s article on Understanding the Science behind EPA’s Pesticide Decisions.