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Formaldehyde

Information on formaldehyde and the regulation of formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products under the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Reevaluation: Review of Registered Pesticides

Learn about the process for periodically evaluating registered pesticides to ensure they meet current science standards for risk assessment, as required by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

Occupational Pesticide Safety and Health

Protect people who work with pesticides and in pesticide-treated areas; educate medical personnel and the public about recognizing and treating pesticide-related illnesses; promote safe use of pesticides.

Protecting Pets from Fleas and Ticks

RD to include a summary of what EPA is doing to protect pets, updated product labeling efforts and summaries of incident data for the use of pet products.

Pesticide Science and Assessing Pesticide Risks

EPA protects human health and the environment by evaluating the risk associated with pesticides before allowing them to be used in the United States. Learn about the tools and processes used in risk assessment for pesticides.

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Administration Fees

Learn about the types and levels of fees EPA collects for the administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Air Quality Implementation Plans

States must develop plans to attain and maintain air quality standards. These plans, known as SIPs, are submitted to EPA for approval. This web site contains information about this process and the current status of the state submittals.

Soil Fumigant Toolbox

This Toolbox provides training, outreach, and resource materials for applicators and handlers, communities, state/local agencies, and others interested in understanding and implementing the current requirements for safe use of these pesticides.

Reducing Pesticide Drift

Provides information about pesticide spray drift, including problems associated with drift, managing risks from drift and the voluntary Drift Reduction Technology program that seeks to reduce spray drift through improved spray equipment design.

Recent Updates to Predictive Models and Tools

The tools are grouped as Specialized Priority Setting Tools, Screening Level Tools, Higher Tier Tools and each of these groups contains some tools.

Soil Fumigant Labels - Dazomet

Updated labels include new safety requirements for buffer zones and related measures. Find information from the Pesticide Product Labeling System (PPLS) for products such as Basamid G, manufactured by Amvac.

Soil Fumigant Labels

The 2012 updated pesticide labels include new safety requirements for buffer zones and related measures. Find labels for each different type of fumigant: chloropicrin, dazomet, dimethyl disulfide, metam sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide.

Presentations at 2013 Pollinator Summit --Dust Focus Group

These presentations covered pesticide exposure risks posed to honey bees by the dust from planting treated corn seed, and research on reducing dust by means such as talc replacement and standards for planter technology.

Presentations at 2013 Pollinator Summit--Seed Treatment Group

These presentations cover seed treatment history and quality, formulation assessment, seed coating polymer alternatives, stewardship of neonicotinoids, and how advances in technology can reduce pesticide exposure risks to honey bees.

Presentations at 2013 Pollinator Summit--Best Management Practices and Communication

These presentations cover quality management of treated seeds and education and outreach efforts for reducing exposure of bees to pesticides from the seed coating in corn dust.

Premanufacture Notices (PMNs) and Significant New Use Notices (SNUNs) Table

This document contains the Premanufacture Notices (PMNs) and Significant New Use Notices (SNUNs) Table.

Control of Nanoscale Materials under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Many nanoscale materials are regarded as chemical substances, but they may have different properties than their larger counterparts. EPA is working to ensure that nanoscale materials are manufactured and used in ways that prevent risk to health.

Inert Ingredients - Reassessment Decision Documents: T

Find completed inert ingredient tolerance reassessment decision documents starting with T

Inert Ingredients - Reassessment Decision Documents: V

Find completed inert ingredient tolerance reassessment decision documents starting with V

Label Review Training: Module 5: Emerging Issues and Course Completion

This module of the pesticide label review training provides basic information about pesticides, their labeling and regulation, and the core principles of pesticide label review.