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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.

Pesticide Program Update: EPA Seeking Public Nominations for Experts to Serve as Ad Hoc Reviewers for Analysis of Atrazine Ecological Risks

This original announcement was published by the EPA on March 25, 2023. Click here for more information! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public nominations of scientific and technical experts for consideration to serve as ad hoc reviewers assisting the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) with the review of […]

Pesticide Program Update: EPA Posts Draft Biological Opinion for Carbaryl and Methomyl for Public Comment

This original announcement was published by the EPA on March 16, 2023. Click here for more information. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is posting and seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) draft biological opinion for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl. Carbaryl and methomyl are insecticides used on a variety […]

EPA Announces Accelerated Action on Four Organophosphate Pesticides Based on Updated Exposure Assessments

This original announcement was published by the EPA on March 15, 2023. Click here for more information. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an effort to expedite protections on some high-risk uses of four organophosphate pesticides. The Agency is releasing the updated occupational and non-occupational spray drift exposure risk assessments for […]

EPA Finalizes Updates to List of Pests of Significant Health Importance

This original announcement was published by the EPA on March 1, 2023. Click here for more information. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released an updated list of pests of significant health importance. The list identifies the pests that EPA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

EPA Implements Protections for Endangered Fish Species from Four Pesticides

This original announcement was published by the EPA on February 2, 2023. Click here for more information. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented measures to protect 28 federally endangered and threatened (listed) Pacific salmon and steelhead species and their designated critical habitat from the effects of bromoxynil, prometryn, metolachlor, and 1,3-D (also […]