In 2022 Rutgers provided growers with regulatory updates in presentations at NJACTS, the Blueberry Open house and South Jersey Vegetable and Field Crop, North & South Jersey Tree Fruit, and Blueberry Twilights. Thanks to all host farms. Laminated WPS Pesticide Safety Posters and other WPS Resources were distributed at all Twilight meetings. Slide Guide: Hastings […]
Pesticide Applicator or Dealer Storage Inventory with Cover Letter Due May 1st to Fire Department
All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. In New Jersey, all licensed pesticide applicators and dealers who store pesticides are required per N.J.A.C. 7:30-9.5 […]
New State Law (P.L. 2021, c.386) Restricting Neonicotinoid Pesticide Use
Notice received from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Pesticide Rules Manager John Orrok. Recent legislation (P.L. 2021, c.386) signed by Governor Murphy on January 18, 2022 will affect the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in New Jersey. This law amends the New Jersey Pesticide Control Act and will make pesticides in the class known as […]
Chlorpyrifos: Revocation of All Food Tolerances Effective February 28, 2022
In August 2021, EPA released a final rule revoking all “tolerances” for chlorpyrifos, which establish an amount of a pesticide that is allowed on food. In addition, the agency issued a Notice of Intent to Cancel under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to cancel registered food uses of chlorpyrifos associated with the revoked […]
EPA Requires Cancellation of Pentachlorophenol to Protect Human Health
[Friday 2/4/2022]. Today, EPA issued a final registration review decision requiring the cancellation of pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative used primarily on utility poles. During the registration review process, EPA found that given the emergence of viable alternatives, the risks pentachlorophenol poses to workers’ health outweigh the benefits of its use. Following EPA’s March 2021 proposal […]