Kelley Green Law
Happy Hemp-days! EPA Grants First Ever Approvals for Pesticides Used on Hemp for Consumable CBD Products
Just in time for the holidays - and the growing season - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted new registrations for pesticides to be used on hemp crops, including, for the first time, hemp used in…
Tylenol and Pot Smoke: California Prop 65 Targets New Listings
The headline may sound like a Frank Zappa tune, but in reality, California in fact is considering listing both acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) and cannabis smoke, along with…
Transatlantic Trade Sensitivities Come to the Fore with Regulatory Divergence on Pesticides
More than a quarter of pesticides used by U.S. farmers are banned in the European Union. Atrazine which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates to be the most widely used herbicide in the U.S., for instance,…
New York Mandates First in Nation Feminine Product Ingredient Disclosure
With the signature of Governor Andrew Cuomo last Friday, October 11 (not coincidentally also the United Nations' "International Day of the Girl"), New York became the first state to require manufacturers of tampons and…
New York Continues to Debate Next Step with Cleaning Product Disclosure Program
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) is debating its next step after what would have been the nation's first mandatory disclosure program for cleaning product ingredients was invalidated by a…