EPA Risk Assessment
EPA Releases Risk Assessment Showing Significant Risks to Human Health from the Herbicide DCPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step…
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Alert!
Bee aware that “Stop Varroa, Varroa Treatment” (through stopvarroa.com) does not have an EPA registration number and may not be a legitimate product approved…
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Meeting Update
EPA and FDA Consider Change in Pest Management Product Oversight On Wednesday, members of the IR-4 team joined a public meeting exploring potential changes…
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EPA Rules on Oxalic Acid and Glycerin
NEWS FLASH EPA RULES ON OXALIC ACID AND GLYCERIN Below is an overview of the EPA’s response to Vermont’s approval of the use of…
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Deadline for Registration
Virtual Public Meeting: EPA and FDA Product Oversight MARCH 22, 2023 Date: March 22, 2023 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Organized By:…
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Comment on EPA/FDA Bee Oversight
Virtual Public Meeting: EPA and FDA Product Oversight MARCH 22, 2023 Date: March 22, 2023 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Organized By:…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – “Saving America’s Pollinators Act Stalled in Congress, and, Pollinator Biodiversity has Wide-Ranging Benefits for Farms
By: Marc Heller – E&E News Reporter Neonicotinoid Bill Held Up by Busy Agenda. Rep. Earl Blumenauer said he’s looking for a lull in…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA Proposal Would Shrink Buffer Zones Around Farm Pesticides.
By: Chuck Abbott , Successful Farming In the name of making safety regulations easier to implement, the EPA proposed on Thursday to reduce the size of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Trump’s EPA Said this Bee-Killing Insecticide is Safe, Now Beekeepers are Suing.
Today, beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, sued Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing sulfoxaflor, a bee-killing pesticide linked to a nation-wide honeybee die-off, back on…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Sulfoxaflor Continues to Be a Bee Killer.
Michele Colopy, Program Director, Pollinator Stewardship Council, Inc. EPA’s announcement1 to expand the use of Sulfoxaflor means expanded loss of managed and native pollinators. …
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CATCH THE BUZZ – What Soybean Farmers Should Do To Prevent Dicamba Damage
Soybeans showing the cupped leaves, which are a symptom of dicamba injury. (Photo: University of Arkansas Research and Extension) COLUMBUS — New restrictions the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA Needs Experts on its FIFRA Panel – Dr. Jeff Pettis is the perfect choice. Tell EPA today!
EPA is looking for Expert Advisors for its FIFRA panel. Dr. Pettis is a perfect choice because of his experience. Please make a copy…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Dow is Trying to Expand Use of Another Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths
By: Amy Martyn Consumer Affairs The agrochemical industry is seeking permission for more widespread use of a pesticide that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) previously…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA Considers 300,000-acre Expansion of Flupyradifurone, a Toxic Insecticide
Flupyradifurone Poses New Threat to 38 Protected Species in Southeast PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity today urged the Environmental Protection Agency to deny Bayer CropScience’s…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Supports EPA’s Conclusion That the Available Scientific Evidence Does Not Indicate the Need for a Total Ban on the Use of Chlorpyrifos.
(Washington, D.C., September 24, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to request a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – US Federal Court Urged to Order Ban of Chlorpyrifos
A federal court will determine if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be ordered to ban a pesticide linked to brain damage in children….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Farm Bill Abandons Endangered Wildlife.
By: Jamie Rappaport Clare The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the farm bill, H.R. 2, this week. The legislation contains…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Grower Comments on Pyrethroids Being Sought by EPA
EPA reopened the official comment docket (https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0384-0092) regarding the preliminary ecological risk assessment for the pyrethroid class of insecticides in late May. It will remain…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – E.P.A. Chief Chooses Not to Ban chlorpyrifos, going against his own agency’s findings
From The New York Times Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, moved late on Wednesday, March 29, to reject the scientific…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday canceled its approval of Sulfoxaflor giving environmentalists a major victory.
By Carey Gillam, Posted on Yahoo News (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on March 2, that federal regulators erred in allowing an…
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