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EPA MAKES REPORTS OF PESTICIDE INCIDENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
Jul. 28, 2023
Agri-Pulse reports:
EPA is making pesticide incident data publicly available for the first time. The information includes 10 years' worth of reports on incidents involving adverse effects or product defects, to name two examples of the compiled reports.
EPA touts the move as "a major step to increase transparency," but the website housing the data also contains a warning: EPA says it "has limited confidence in the accuracy and validity of the data because the data entries are reports of one or more individuals' perspective of what happened."
"Caution should be used when analyzing these data as EPA does not guarantee the completeness or adequacy of the contents of the Incident Data System," the agency said.
The data contain more than 62,000 incidents, beginning in 2013.
To review the report click here.
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