Pesticide Regulations
Category: Environmental
Area of Effect: Agriculture
The World Assembly,
Applauding previous efforts at enviromental protection,
Recognizing that in many member nations farmers need to rely on chemical pesticides to keep their crops healthy,
Concerned of the effects that pesticides may have on the environment and inhabitants of member nations, such as contamination of waterways, soil and groundwater, as well as unintended harm to non-target organisms,
Hereby,
1. Extends the mandate of the World Assembly Science Program (WASP) to monitor the use of pesticides in the member nations, their unintentional environmental effects, as well as disseminate information on how to best avoid environmental contamination,
2. Defines "chemical pesticide" as a chemical designed to prevent or kill pathogens and non-sapient pests, and which is used to protect farmed organisms,
3. Establishes these regulations on chemical pesticides used and produced in the member nations:4. Encourages member nations to research and use more environmentally-friendly pesticides as well as non-chemical forms of pest control,
- The active and inert ingredients can only be ones that are permitted for protection of crops by the nation where the product is used,
- The active and inert ingredients must be listed on the label of the pesticide, which must also contain instructions for safe handling and use,
- No false advertising or unsubstantiated claims are allowed on the label,
- The producer of the pesticide shall include its name and contact info on the label,
5. Reaffirms that the use of pesticides as chemical weapons does not fall under the domain of this resolution.
Co-Authored by Araraukar and Unibot III
OOC: I moved some clauses around, combined some, changed some - the minimum risk pesticides don't really exist (nothing is ever completely harmless) and aren't used in the rest of the text, so removed that - changed ingredient approver from WASP to the nation where it's used, added clauses 2 and 5 to prevent overlap/contradiction with existing resolutions, unified punctuation, removed mention of humans, added the list code, and tweaked words here and there.
EDIT: Sorry it took me this long to get back to you.