7 U.S.C. § 136r : US Code - Section 136R: Research and monitoring

Search 7 U.S.C. § 136r : US Code - Section 136R: Research and monitoring

(a) Research
The Administrator shall undertake research including research by
grant or contract with other Federal agencies, universities, or
others as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
subchapter, and the Administrator shall conduct research into
integrated pest management in coordination with the Secretary of
Agriculture. The Administrator shall also take care to ensure that
such research does not duplicate research being undertaken by any
other Federal agency.
(b) National monitoring plan
The Administrator shall formulate and periodically revise, in
cooperation with other Federal, State, or local agencies, a
national plan for monitoring pesticides.
(c) Monitoring
The Administrator shall undertake such monitoring activities,
including, but not limited to monitoring in air, soil, water, man,
plants, and animals, as may be necessary for the implementation of
this subchapter and of the national pesticide monitoring plan. The
Administrator shall establish procedures for the monitoring of man
and animals and their environment for incidential (!1) pesticide
exposure, including, but not limited to, the quantification of
incidental human and environmental pesticide pollution and the
secular trends thereof, and identification of the sources of
contamination and their relationship to human and environmental
effects. Such activities shall be carried out in cooperation with
other Federal, State, and local agencies.