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Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage 2006 and 2007 Market Estimates

These reports provide economic profile information on sectors producing and using pesticides covered by FIFRA mandated regulatory programs. The reports contain contemporary and historical data estimating values and amounts of active ingredients used here.

Cooperative Agreement Providing Technical Support for the Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC)

Cooperative Agreement Providing Technical Support for the Tribal Pesticide Program Council

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Meeting May 8-9, 2019

New Cooperative Agreement Supports Training for Healthcare Providers on Pesticide-Related Health Conditions

EPA has awarded a cooperative agreement, Pesticide Education for Medical Professionals, to the University of California Davis Extension to educate the medical community on how to prevent, recognize and treat pesticide-related health conditions.

EPA Proposes Registration of New Biopesticide and Product

EPA is opening the 15-day comment period on a proposal to register the new active ingredient Ea peptide 91398 and the biopesticide product PHC-91398, which would contain this new active ingredient.

Upcoming Environmental Modeling in Ground Water Public Meeting

This meeting provides a public forum for pesticide registrants, other stakeholders and EPA to discuss current issues related to modeling pesticide fate, transport, and exposure for pesticide risk assessments in a regulatory context.

EPA Releases EJ 2020 Agenda

EPA released the EJ 2020 Action Agenda, the Agency’s environmental justice strategic plan for 2016 to 2020. EJ 2020 will further integrate environmental justice considerations in all of the Agency’s programs.

Tribal Pesticide Program Council Meeting - October 3-4, 2017

The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will meet on October 3-4, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time in Sloan, Iowa

Register for Oct 25 Webinar on Best Practices for Pesticide Ground Application

EPA is hosting a webinar titled “Best Practices for Ground Application” on October 25, 2018 and it is tailored for growers, pesticide applicators, pest management professionals, and other interested stakeholders who work in crop production.

EPA Seeks Comment on Proposal to Harmonize Human Subjects Research Regulations with Revised Common Rule

On December 6, 2018, EPA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public comment.

Atrazine Human Health Risk Assessment Now Available for Public Comment

EPA is releasing the atrazine draft human health risk assessment for public comment.

EPA Releases Draft Policy to Reduce Animal Testing for Skin Sensitization

The document, Draft Interim Science Policy: Use of Alternative Approaches for Skin Sensitization as a Replacement for Laboratory Animal Testing, describes the science behind the non-animal alternatives that can now be used to identify skin sensitization.

Drinking Water Infrastructure Grants - Tribal Set-Aside Program

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA), as amended in 1996, established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to make funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements.

Land Revitalization - Coal Plant Reuse and Redevelopment

Coal Plant Reuse and Redevelopment

Fact Sheet: Benzidine-Based Chemical Substances

EPA's existing chemicals programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.

Environmental information for Idaho

Find links to some of EPA's priority work on air, water, land and waste cleanups, pesticides, and other environmental issues in Idaho.

Developmental Neurotoxicity Study Guidance

This guidance covers review and interpretation of DNT data and was developed collaboratively by EPA and Health Canada, with the goal of more consistent reviews of DNT data.

The Use of Data on Cholinesterase Inhibition for Risk Assessments of Organophosphorous and Carbamate Pesticides

This revised science policy emphasizes the weighing of all relevant evidence when selecting endpoints for the hazard assessment of anticholinesterase pesticides.

Consideration of the FQPA Safety Factor and Other Uncertainty Factors in Cumulative Risk Assessment of Chemicals Sharing a Common Mechanism of Toxicity

This guidance document provides OPP's current thinking on application of the provision in FFDCA about an additional safety factor for the protection of infants and children in the context of cumulative risk assessments.

Exception for Limited Contact Activities and Irrigation Tasks under the Worker Protection Standard

An exception to the worker protection standard allows, under specified conditions, workers to enter pesticide treated areas during an REI to perform certain tasks. Learn about the necessary conditions.