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EPA Extends Coronavirus Enforcement Against On-Line Sales of Unregistered Disinfectants

Earlier this week, EPA issued another "stop sale" order to Amazon directing the company to take steps to prevent the continued sale "of potentially dangerous or ineffective unregistered pesticides and pesticide devices…

Biden EPA Continues Aggressive Enforcement Against Disinfectant Products and UV Devices Claiming to Kill Coronavirus

One of the few areas of EPA policy continuity between the Biden and Trump eras is the aggressive enforcement attention being paid to products that claim to fight the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus . While EPA has long…

Cleaning Product Enforcement Challenge Highlights Reach of EPA's Antimicrobial Regulatory Authority

For years, EPA has asserted broad authority to regulate products that are labeled or marketed with express or implied pesticidal (including antimicrobial) claims. During the current pandemic, that authority has been…

EPA Establishes New Expedited Approval Pathways for Long-Lasting Residual Antimicrobial Products

As part of the agency's ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic, EPA has issued new interim guidance outlining the path for expedited approval of products that demonstrate the ability to provide durable residual…

EPA Approves First "Long-Lasting Anti-Viral" for Emergency Use to Fight Coronavirus

Today, EPA announced that it has issued the first ever emergency use exemption for a "long-lasting" anti-viral coating. The exemption was granted upon request by the state of Texas to permit use of the coating at…