News / Blog
This section of the webpage contains information regarding pesticide safety issues of significant interest or impact for PSEPs, or the stakeholders they serve. Information is archived for future reference.
Recent News
Register for Upcoming Webinar on EPA’s Research and Regulation of Pesticidal Air Treatment DevicesAugust 29, 2023 - 12:40 pm
Register for Upcoming Webinar on EPA’s Research and Regulation of Pesticidal Air Treatment DevicesAugust 26, 2023 - 12:07 pm
EPA Registers New Active Ingredient PyraclonilAugust 26, 2023 - 12:04 pm
EPA Releases New Calculator and Updated Data for Occupational Pesticide Seed Treatment Exposure
This original announcement was published by the EPA on January 19, 2022. Click here for more information. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new calculator and updated worker exposure data used to assess occupational safety for new seed treatment pesticides, new seed treatment uses of registered pesticides, and existing seed treatment pesticides currently […]
EPA Renews Enlist Product Registrations with New Control Measures, Providing Growers with Certainty for the 2022 Growing Season
This original announcement was published by the EPA on January 11, 2022. Click here for more information. Today, EPA is issuing seven-year registrations for two herbicide products, Enlist Duo and Enlist One, to ensure growers have access to effective pesticide tools for the 2022 growing season. The new product labels, which incorporate robust control […]
EPA Proposes Rule to Improve Several Pesticide Crop Groupings
This original announcement was published by the EPA on January 11, 2022. Click here for more information. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is opening a 60-day comment period requesting public comments on the sixth proposed rule in an ongoing series of revisions to the pesticide crop grouping regulations. Crop groups are established […]
Federal Interagency Working Group to Hold Public Meeting on Endangered Species Pesticide Issues
This original announcement was published on January 6, 2022. Click here for more information. A federal interagency working group (IWG) is holding a public listening session on January 27, 2022, to hear stakeholder perspectives on improving the Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 consultation process for federal pesticide decisions. At the listening session, the […]
EPA Releases Summary of Dicamba-Related Incident Reports from the 2021 Growing Season
This original announcement was published by the EPA on December 22, 2021. Click here for more information. Today, as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to transparency and scientific integrity, the Agency is providing a summary of dicamba-related incident reports from the 2021 growing season obtained from pesticide registrants, States, the general public, and non-governmental […]