The Pesticides Science Policy and Biotechnology Advisory Panel provides comments, evaluations, and recommendations on technical and scientific pesticide-related matters. Without this panel, the quality of EPA’s decision-making about pesticides would diminish and could result in the agency’s inability to complete its mandated regulatory actions. EPN created this EPA Pesticides Science Policy and Biotechnology Advisory Panel fact sheet to explain the incredibly important role of external peer review by qualified scientific experts, who provide assurances that the technical and scientific components of EPA’s decision-making process on pesticide-related matters are credible, and can be sustained under intense public and legal scrutiny.
Read the full fact sheet: Pesticides – Science Policy and Biotech Advisory Panel | PDF