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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
PERC is pleased to announce a NEW suite of WPS training resources in Spanish!
Printed copies are available for purchase here, with a portion of proceeds benefiting pesticide safety education programs. – Cómo Cumplir con la Ley de Protección al Trabajador para Pesticidas Agrícolas, Revisada en 2015 Lo que los Propietarios y Empleadores Necesitan Saber In English: How to Comply with the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard For Agricultural Pesticides – What Owners and […]
2019 USA PAm-Costco Scholar Fellowship Awards for Honey Bee Health Announcement
Scholarship: In 2013 Costco and Project Apis m. (PAm) launched the first PAm-Costco Scholar Fellowship Program. Costco has an admirable commitment to sustainability, and is a champion supporter of honey bee research, recognizing it as an investment to ensure an ethical and sustainable food supply. Investing in research that has real and practical impacts on the sustainability of honey bee health, honey […]
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs presents Children in the Fields Campaign
Since 1997, AFOP’s Children in the Fields Campaign (CIFC) has been dedicated to ensuring that farmworker children are protected and given an opportunity to succeed in life. AFOP strives to educate the public, advocate for educational programs for farmworker children, and support fair living wages for all farmworkers. CIFC has partnered with the Child Labor […]
Pollinator Protection: Residual Time to 25% Bee Mortality Data Released
The original article was published by the Environmental Protection Agency March 21, 2019 and can be found here. RT25 Data: What They are and Where They Come From The residual time to 25% mortality (referred to as the RT25) values provided in the table below were compiled from registrant-submitted data submitted in order to fulfill the […]
EPA Releases for Public Comment Draft Guidance for Plant Regulators, Including Plant Biostimulants
EPA is releasing for public comment Draft Guidance for Plant Regulators, Including Plant Biostimulants. Read a pre-publication copy of the draft guidance here. In recognition of the growing categories of products generally known as plant biostimulants, this draft document gives guidance on which products are (and are not) subject to regulation under FIFRA as plant regulator […]