{"id":12786,"date":"2014-02-13T01:47:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T05:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=12786"},"modified":"2014-02-14T10:38:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T14:38:09","slug":"new-pesticide-study-magnifies-need-for-testing-of-inert-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2014\/02\/new-pesticide-study-magnifies-need-for-testing-of-inert-ingredients\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Elevates Need for Testing of \u201cInert\u201d Ingredients in Pesticide Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides<\/i>, February 13, 2014) French scientists from the University of Caen have revealed one more layer of the myth behind so-called \u201cinert\u201d ingredients in pesticides, concluding that pesticide risk assessments that focus exclusively on active ingredients substantially underestimate the potential hazards of the product as a whole. The findings in Major pesticides are more toxic to human cells than their declared active principles<\/i><\/a> indicate that inert ingredients in pesticides can magnify the effects of active ingredients, sometimes as much as 1,000-fold.<\/p>\n

In conducting their study<\/a>, Robin Mesnage, \u00a0Ph.D. \u00a0and \u00a0his team of scientists, including Gilles-Eric Seralini, <\/a> \u00a0exposed three human cell lines to the active ingredients of three herbicides, three insecticides, and three fungicides. The team then exposed the cell lines to the well-known commercial formulations that include these active ingredients which also contained “inerts,” and compared the results.<\/p>\n

Overall the study concluded that the commercial combinations had a magnifying effect on the toxicity of the active ingredients. While many might assume \u00a0that three insecticides tested ranked highest in toxicity, the study actually ranked fungicides as having the highest on-average toxicity, followed by herbicides, then insecticides. Leading the pack for on-average toxicity in the herbicides was the well-known Monsanto product, Roundup, which contains the active ingredient glyphosate and several \u00a0inert ingredients. Used to kill weeds on lawns, in gardens and crop production, including soybeans and corn, glyphosate<\/a> is one of the most widely used herbicides in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The researchers cautioned that the study should not be used to set safety standards. As Environmental Health News explains, \u201cThe study relied upon a simple, short-term and relatively insensitive measurement of toxicity — cell viability, or what percentage of cells survived. Many adverse effects do not cause cell death, so tests of pesticides need to use more sensitive endpoints, such as endocrine disruption.\u201d In other words, this study is pointing out the worst case scenarios that go unmonitored and untested. It still does not consider the multitude of chronic health effects that may be amplified by commercial mixes of inerts and active ingredients.<\/p>\n

The Known Unknown <\/b><\/p>\n

Unfortunately despite these kinds of findings and other scientific research pointing to similar issues, inert ingredients<\/a> remain steeped in \u201ctrade secret\u201d mystery and access to meaningful information concerning these ingredients is not required under existing regulations.<\/p>\n

Under EPA\u2019s interpretation of \u00a0the \u00a0Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act<\/em> \u00a0(FIFRA), pesticide manufacturers are only required to list the active ingredients in a pesticide product, leaving consumers and applicators unaware of the possible toxic substances present in the inert ingredients of pesticide products they are using. \u00a0Even more concerning is EPA’s failure to require testing of these \u201cinert\u201d ingredients or the complete \u00a0pesticide formulation before it is registered by the agency.<\/p>\n

Pesticide manufacturers argue against the disclosure of inert ingredients on pesticide product labels, maintaining that \u00a0their products could be duplicated. Quite often, inert ingredients constitute over 95% of the pesticide product. Limited review of inert ingredients in pesticide products, like this study and others find, has highlighted a primary flaw with the regulatory process. Rather than adopt a precautionary approach when it comes to chemicals with unknown toxicity, \u00a0EPA allows uncertainties and relies on flawed risk assessments \u00a0that do not adequately address exposure and hazard. Then, when data becomes available and hazards, these pesticides, both active ingredients and inerts, have already left a toxic trail on the environment and people\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n

In 2009, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) seemed on track to clear up some of the mystery of undisclosed ingredients when it `proposed mandating public disclosure of all inert ingredients<\/a>. However, the agency has taken follow-up actions to promulgate a final rule or publish suggestive guidance.<\/p>\n

This study raises yet another interesting issue for EPA concerning not only disclosing inert ingredients and testing them individually, but reassessing how pesticide products on the whole are approved and assessed for safety.<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides continues to advocate for improved pesticides safety standards that take into account the full-spectrum of health and environmental impacts. For more information about inert ingredients and pesticides as a whole, please visit Beyond Pesticide\u2019s webpage, \u00a0What\u2019s in a Pesticide?<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Environmental Health News<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Bey<\/em>ond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The team then exposed the cell lines to the well-known commercial formulations that include these active ingredients which also contained “inerts,” and compared the results. Overall the study concluded that the commercial combinations had a magnifying effect on the toxicity of the active ingredients. While many might assume \u00a0that three insecticides tested ranked highest in toxicity, the study actually ranked fungicides as having the highest on-average toxicity, followed by herbicides, then insecticides. 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The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) as a nonprofit membership organization in 1981, felt that without the existence of such an organized, national network, local, state and national pesticide policy would become, under chemical industry pressure, increasingly unresponsive to public health and environmental concerns. Beyond Pesticides believes that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly. We believe decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. Learn more about our work, read A Year in Review\u20142021, our accomplishments are your victories! Beyond Pesticides seeks to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, we reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. Beyond Pesticides provides hands-on services to the public and supports local action by: identifying and interpreting hazards; and, designing safe pest management programs. With the information provided by Beyond Pesticides, people may not only be able to make informed choices and adopt practices that protect themselves and their families from unnecessary exposure to pesticides, but they will be able to effect changes on community-wide pest management decisions and policies that govern pesticide use, such as pesticide uses in parks, schools, for community insect control and along roadsides. 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