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Six chemicals prioritized for re-evaluation in New Zealand

Insecticides used in ant baits and chemicals found in wood treatment substances are among the additions to the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) priority list for re-evaluation. The EPA is responsible for regulating chemicals…

EPA proposes new safety measures for chlorpyrifos

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is taking the next step in its regulatory review of the active substance chlorpyrifos. What is Chlorpyrifos? It is an insecticide used for a wide variety of agricultural and non-agricultural…

The U.S. EPA celebrates its 50th anniversary

The United States Environmental Protection Agency celebrated its 50th anniversary last Wednesday. EPA was founded on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The Environmental Protection Agency was created to protect the health of people…

The European Union will ban the use of mancozeb, which must be reviewed by the EPA in the USA.

Europe, will soon run out of mancozeb fungicide. This fungicide is mainly used to combat late blight and other leaf diseases caused by endoparasite fungi. The European Union Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed voted not to…

U.S. EPA Announces Changes to Pesticide Application Regulations

EPA has restricted a rule to protect people from pesticide spraying by establishing a 25-foot "Application Exclusion Zone" for all ground spray applications and limiting AEZ's to the boundaries of the agricultural establishment. The agency…

The US Crop Protection Agency accepts comments on the proposed action on chitosan

Comments are accepted until November 30th on a federal proposal to add chitosan to EPA's list of active ingredients eligible for EPA's minimal risk pesticide exemption. What is chitosan? It is a naturally occurring active substance found…

US EPA takes next step in review process for insecticide chlorpyrifos, making draft risk assessments available

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step in the Agency’s review of chlorpyrifos. Meeting an important commitment made in the Agency’s July 2019 response to the related petition denial, EPA has released…

US EPA Opens Comment Period on Pyridate Proposed Decision

U.S. EPA is taking comments on pyridate, a pesticide active ingredient that could help consumers with weed management and resistance. EPA has opened a 30-day comment period on the Agency’s proposed decision to register one technical product…

US EPA proposes registration of new agricultural fungicide active ingredient inpyrfluxam

U.S. EPA is opening a 30-day comment period on its proposal to register the new active ingredient inpyrfluxam. Inpyrfluxam is a pyrazolecarboxamide fungicide proposed for foliar and seed treatment agricultural uses. The chemical provides…