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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 to Hold Virtual Environmental Modeling Public Meeting
This original announcement was published by the EPA on June 6, 2020. Click here for more. On Aug. 5, 2020, EPA will virtually hold its annual Environmental Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM). The EMPM is a public forum for EPA, pesticide registrants, and other stakeholders to discuss issues related to modeling pesticide fate, transport and exposure […]
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Dicamba Registrations
This original article was published on June 4, 2020 by AgriPulse. You can access the original article here. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the registrations of three dicamba herbicides — Bayer’s Xtendimax, BASF’s Engenia and Corteva’s FeXapan — after finding that EPA substantially understated or failed to consider the social and economic costs. When it granted […]
EPA Releases Temporary Guidance on Respiratory Protection During COVID-19
This original announcement was published by the EPA on June 1, 2020. Click here for more. There is no higher priority for EPA than protecting the health and safety of Americans, especially during the COVID-19 public health emergency. EPA has heard from states and stakeholders about Personal Protective Equipment shortages in the agricultural sector. To […]
EPA Proposes Registration of New Biopesticide and Product
This original announcement was published by the EPA on May 23, 2020. Click here for more. EPA is opening the 15-day comment period on a proposal to register the new active ingredient Ea peptide 91398 and the biopesticide product PHC-91398, which would contain this new active ingredient. Ea peptide 91398 was derived from a naturally […]
EPA Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposed Interim Decisions for Neonicotinoids
This original announcement was published by the EPA on May 21, 2020 and can be accessed here. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the public comment period for 30 days on the proposed interim decisions for the neonicotinoids acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. EPA is taking this action to extend the comment […]