[Tuesday June 25, 2024]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final cancellation order for Corteva’s chlorpyrifos product “Dursban 50W in Water Soluble Packets” and three Gharda chlorpyrifos products, and an amendment to the existing stocks provisions for two Liberty and three Winfield chlorpyrifos end-use products. The Agency has also updated the frequently […]
DCPA (Dacthal) Technical Herbicide Product Suspended by EPA
[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
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 […]
USDA is requesting input on rodent control in agriculture (due Monday January 23rd)
[Posted to NACAA listserv, and provided courtesy of Rick Van Vranken]. Request to agricultural producers: if you (as a Private Applicator) and/or your agent (a Commercial Applicator) makes applications of rodenticides, please respond to this survey yourself and also forward to any Commercial Applicator service you hire to perform rodenticide treatment(s). Thank you. USDA’s Office […]