EPA Launches New Program to Incentivize the Development of Novel Mosquito...
[US EPA. December 21, 2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new program, the Vector Expedited Review Voucher (VERV) Program, to incentivize companies to develop novel or...
View ArticleRespiratory Protection for Pesticides – Two Rutgers Resources for Growers!
In 2015 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised its Worker Protection Standard (WPS) at 40 CFR 170.507 (b)(10) and adopted a subset of OSHA’s Standard for Respiratory Protection (29 CFR...
View ArticleNJACTS 2024 WPS RESPIRATORY PROTECTION WORKSHOP: Pre-Registration Extended to...
WORKSHOP: WPS RESPIRATORY PROTECTOIN TRAINING, FIT TESTING & RECORD KEEPING Organizer and Host: PATRICIA HASTINGS Email: hastings@njaes.rutgers.edu Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 9:00 AM – 1:00...
View ArticleEPA Update on the Use of the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos on Food
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing an update on the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide used for a large variety of...
View ArticleEPA Update on Existing Stocks Provisions for Three Chlorpyrifos Products...
[EPA OPP Post Date 03 15 2024].The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing an update on existing stocks provisions for three chlorpyrifos pesticide products made by the company Adama –...
View ArticleUSDA Memorandum to U.S. Growers on Use of Chlorpyrifos Insecticide Products...
Courtesy of Dr. Anne Nielsen SEE ORIGINAL USDA EMAIL Memorandum to U.S. Growers on Use of Chlorpyrifos Insecticide Products in Food Crops for 2024 Background: On February 2, 2024, the U.S....
View ArticleHow to Prepare a Pesticide Container for Recycling or Reconditioning – What...
Always refer to the current pesticide label “Storage and Disposal” requirements for disposal requirements of pesticide containers. EPA’s pesticide container regulations [40 CFR 156] establish standards...
View ArticleEPA Warns Farmworkers about Risks of Dacthal – Agency developing next steps...
WASHINGTON — Today, April 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its next steps to protect people from the herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA, or Dacthal). EPA is...
View ArticlePesticide Storage Inventory Due May 1st: Download Rutgers Templates
All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company...
View ArticlePurdue Agricultural Spray Nozzles: A Comprehensive Review (PPP-153)
Courtesy of Dr Fred Whitford, Purdue University Pesticide Safety Education Program for Illinois: Purdue Pesticide Programs has just published Agricultural Spray Nozzles: A Comprehensive Review...
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