Announcements and Schedules
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Submit a Technology Solution
Submit a technology solution for the Gold King Mine spill and cleanup.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017
Nominations to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Open until April 21, 2017
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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).
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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EPA Releases Updated Data for 2021 Toxics Release Inventory Reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the updated 2021 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data about chemical releases, chemical waste management, and pollution prevention activities that took place between January 1 and December 31, 2021.
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ICYMI: Recording of 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Webinar
Listserv announcing the availability of a recording of a webinar on the 2023 green chemistry challenge awards.
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Virtual Meeting on the Charge Questions for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) Meeting on Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling
Public meeting for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel
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EPA to Hold Scientific Advisory Panel on Organophosphates in September
In September 2020, EPA's OPP plans to convene a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act SAP on activities that could inform human health risk assessment for organophosphate pesticides and reduce animal testing.
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EPA Takes Next Step in the Review of Anthraquinone
EPA is taking the next step in the registration review process for the pesticide anthraquinone by releasing the final work plan and draft human health and ecological risk assessments.
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Biofuels Webinar Series: New Chemicals Program Risk Assessments and Applications of Tools and Models
Listserv announcing biofuels webinar.
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Methods and Guidance for Testing the Efficacy of Antimicrobials against Spores of Clostridium difficile
EPA has released test methods for evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial pesticides against Clostridum difficile
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EPA Requests Comments on Prospective Candidates for the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel on EPA’s Proposed Guidelines for Efficacy Testing of Certain Flea and Tick Products for Pets
EPA is seeking comments on the experts who are candidates to serve as ad hoc panelists for the review of the EPA’s Proposed Guidelines for Efficacy Testing of Topically Applied Pesticides Used Against Certain Ectoparasitic Pests on Pets.