ASTA's Comments to EPA on Ethylene Oxide Tolerances
ASTA issued comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) in March 2009 concerning the proposal to change the tolerance for Ethylene Oxide, Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0834.
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