Pest Management Office

EPA Update on Next Steps for Chlorpyrifos

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[EPA Pesticide Update. Posted 12/19/2023]. In light of the November 2, 2023, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2021 final rule effectively prohibiting the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food or feed crops, EPA is issuing an update on its intended next steps. Background In April […]

EPA Requests Comment on Modernizing Pesticide Label System to Improve Safety and Accessibility

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[Released by EPA 11/15/2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection agency is requesting feedback on its plan to adopt digital pesticide labels that will make labeling information clearer, more consistent, and more accessible to users. The Agency is specifically requesting feedback on the proposed organization of digital labels and the proposed phases of developing these labels. EPA’s […]

EPA Requests Stakeholder Input on Proposed Training Program for Healthcare Providers to Address Pesticide Injuries

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[EPA Update: 25 September 2023]   Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on the design of a health care provider (HCP) training program on pesticide-related illness and injury. Specifically, EPA seeks feedback from the public through a request for information (RFI) titled Request for Stakeholder Input on the Proposed Design of a […]

DCPA (Dacthal) Technical Herbicide Product Suspended by EPA

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[USEPA OPPT Update September 1, 2023]. Effective August 22, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suspended the technical-grade product containing the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA), marketed under the trade name Dacthal, for failure of the registrant to submit required data to support its continued registration. Technical-grade products are high-concentration forms of pesticides that are formulated […]

Bilingual Labeling: Parts of Pesticide Labels Will be Required to Also Be In Spanish

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EPA Seeks Public Comments to Ensure Information on Bilingual (Spanish) Pesticide Labels Reaches the Hands of America’s Farmworkers [Posted to EPA OPP Update August 3, 2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comments on how to make bilingual pesticide labeling accessible to farmworkers. As part of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of […]