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Types of Pesticide Ingredients

Pesticide active ingredients are described by the types of pests they control or how they work. For example, algicides kill algae, biopesticides are derived from natural materials, and insecticides kill insects.

Inert Ingredients - Reassessment Decision Documents: A

Find completed inert ingredient tolerance reassessment decision documents starting with A.

Program Contacts for San Antonio River Basin Bexar County (Texas)

This page contains contact information for people who lead the San Antonio Watershed Urban waters partnership

Climate Adaptation and Wetland Protection

EPA works with local, state and tribal governments to restore and protect wetlands to support natural water resources.

S.H. Bell Chicago Facility

S.H. Bell, final consent order, and air monitoring for fugitive dust and manganese issues.

November 6, 2017, Virtual Meeting on the Charge Questions for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) Meeting on Endocrine Disruption

This virtual FIFRA SAP meeting will be discus questions on Continuing Development of Alternative High-Throughput Screens to Determine Endocrine Disruption, focusing on Androgen Receptor, Steroidogenesis, and Thyroid Pathways

Test Guideline Methods for Bed Bug Pesticide Products Now Available

EPA’s final test guidelines, 810.3900 - Laboratory Product Performance Testing Methods for Bed Bug Pesticide Products, provides recommendations for the design and execution of laboratory studies to evaluate the performance of pesticide products.

EPA Releases Guidance on a Voluntary Pilot Program to Reduce Animal Testing

EPA is announcing the start of a voluntary pilot program to evaluate the usefulness and acceptability of a mathematical tool that estimates the toxicological classification of a chemical, which is used in the GHS.

EPA Holds Online Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting in May

Online public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on May 12-13, 2021

EPA Proposes Registration of Product Containing New Microbial Active Ingredient

EPA is opening a 15-day comment period on a proposal to register a pesticide product, Vintec, that contains the new microbial active ingredient Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1 (T. atroviride SC1).

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Proposed Guidelines for Efficacy Testing of Certain Flea and Tick Products

On April 15, 2019, EPA published a Federal Register notice announcing a meeting of the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) on June 11-14, 2019.

EPA Extends Comment Period for Meeting Materials and Opens Comment Period for Candidates being Considered to Serve as Ad Hoc Members for the May 8-10, 2018, FIFRA SAP Meeting

EPA is extending the written public comment period for all docketed peer review materials, including the charge questions, for the May 8-10 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)

Contact for Caño Martín Peña (Martín Peña Channel, Puerto Rico)

Contact person for the Martin Pena Channel location

Modeling Improvements in Public Health in Sun Valley Denver, CO

Predicting/Modeling Improvements in Public Health and Ecosystems Goods and Services (EGS) Associated with Major Urban Redevelopment and Infrastructure Projects at Sun Valley in Denver.

Detroit Clean Data Determination for the 2015 Ozone Air Quality Standard

In the last 20 years, ozone levels in the Detroit area have declined significantly. EPA has taken multiple actions related to attainment planning for the 2015 ozone standard in the Detroit area.

Program Updates - Patapsco River Baltimore

This page contains project updates from the Patapsco River Baltimore urban waters partnership location.

FIFRA SAP Meeting Minutes and Final Report for November 2019 Meeting on Approaches for Quantitative Use of Surface Water Monitoring Data in Pesticide Drinking Water Assessments

The meeting minutes and final report for the November 19 to 21, 2019, FIFRA SAP face-to-face meeting regarding "Approaches for Quantitative Use of Surface Water Monitoring Data in Pesticide Drinking Water Assessments," is now available.