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EPA Solicits Proposals for the Field Implementation Meeting Support Cooperative Agreement

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to manage a Field Implementation Meetings Support program. EPA expects to provide up to $500,000 annually, depending on the Agency’s budget, for a total of

EPA Proposes Action to Protect Soybeans from Major Agricultural Pest

EPA is opening a 15-day comment period on a proposal to register Cry14Ab-1, a new plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) product that acts against the soybean cyst nematode.

EPA Proposes Registration of Nootkatone, A New Active Ingredient in Insect Control

EPA is seeking public comment on the proposed registration of a new active ingredient called nootkatone, which was discovered and developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and can be used as an insect repellent.

Children's Environmental Health: A Workshop on Future Priorities for Environmental Health Sciences

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is hosting a free, virtual public workshop to discuss the state of science and knowledge about children's environmental health.

EPA Proposes Registration of Animal Repellents Containing New Active Ingredient

EPA is opening the 15-day comment period on a proposal to register two pesticide products containing sheep fat which is being used as a biochemical active ingredient for the first time.

EPA Announces Opportunity to Nominate Additional Experts to Serve as Ad Hoc Members for the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Reviewing Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling

EPA is announcing opportunities to nominate additional experts as ad hoc members to FIFRA SAP reviewing physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

Attend EPA’s Webinar about the Experimental Use Permit for the Oxitec Genetically Engineered Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

On May 5, 2021, EPA will host a webinar for the public to learn about the approval of an experimental use permit (EUP) to allow Oxitec Ltd. to field test the use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a way to reduce mosquito populations.

Updated Human Health Risk Analyses for Chlorpyrifos

EPA has revised the human health hazard assessment and drinking water exposure assessment for chlorpyrifos that supported our October 2015 proposal to revoke all food residue tolerances for chlorpyrifos.

Federal Interagency Working Group to Hold Public Meeting on Endangered Species Pesticide Issues

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.

Scientific Advisory Panel to Meet on Cancer Potential of Glyphosate (rescheduled meeting)

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) has been rescheduled and will meet December 13-16, 2016 on the cancer potential of glyphosate

EPA Awards Oregon State University with the National Pesticide Information Center Cooperative Agreement

EPA has awarded a cooperative agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) to support the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC).

EPA Grants Extension of Experimental Use Permit for ‘Wolbachia Mosquito’

EPA has approved and expanded an existing experimental use permit (EUP) for Wolbachia pipientis-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017

New EPA Guidance for Testing Pesticides Will Reduce Animal Testing

EPA is issuing guidance for requesting waivers of acute dermal toxicity testing requirements for pesticide formulations, which will lead to fewer animal tests for acute dermal toxicity for pesticides.

EPA Issues Advisory on Disinfectants Making False and Misleading COVID-19 Claims

This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance released a compliance advisory on products claiming to kill SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

EPA Proposes Registration of Picarbutrazox, a New Fungicide Active Ingredient

EPA is proposing to register the new active ingredient picarbutrazox, which represents a new tool for managing resistant fungi.

National Estuary Program Reports

A collection of reports about The National Estuary Program

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Airborne Chemicals

Acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) describe the risk to humans from a once-in-a-life-time, or rare, exposure to airborne chemicals.

Assessing and Managing Chemicals under TSCA

This "umbrella" site provides information on EPA's assessment and management of existing industrial chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

EPA Announces Proposed Registration of New Active Ingredient Isocycloseram

Announcement for the proposed registration of isocycloseram as an active ingredient for pesticides.