Pesticides

Highlights

• 4:30: Final Risk Assessment for Children Who Contact CCA-Treated Structures Available

• 4-25: Starlink™ Corn Regulatory Information White Paper has been published.
  

• 4-23: EPA orders Scotts to stop selling certain Miracle-Gro products. These products are illegal, unregistered and misbranded pesticides. EPA will also issue a stop sale order to Scotts Lawn Care Service. Find out what consumers should do.
  

• 4-16: Ethylene Oxide RED - is available.

• 4-11: 21 Day Initial Content Screen Review Worksheet - Under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2), the Agency has 21 days after it receives the application and the fee to conduct an initial screen of the application’s contents for completeness and for the applicant to make any necessary corrections.

• 4-10: Guidance on IR-4 Exemptions - On March 6, 2008, the President signed a technical correction to PRIA 2 to exempt fees for certain registration applications associated with IR-4 tolerance petitions which became effective retroactively to October 1, 2007.

Quick Finder

About Pesticides
about EPA's pesticides program,   contacts,   types of pesticides,  frequent questions,  fact sheets,  information sources,  annual reports,  publications,  hotlines,  Pesticide News Stories,  pesticide issues in the works

Health and Safety
human health issues,  protecting children,  protecting pets,   worker safety and training,  using pesticides safely,  public health issues,  illegal pesticide products,  reducing risk,  emergency information,  resources

Environmental Effects
endangered species,  ecological risk assessments,  other resources

Controlling Pests
around the home,  lawn & garden,  at school,  in agriculture,  questions,  other resources

Regulating Pesticides
registering pesticides, registration review,  antimicrobial pesticides,  biopesticides,  pesticide producing establishments,  reevaluation - pesticide review,  pesticide tolerance reassessment and reregistration,  laws,  labeling consistency,   international issues,  adverse effects reporting,  storage & disposal,  restricted and canceled uses,  emergency exemptions,  pesticide tolerances,  registration information sources

Compliance and Enforcement
planning and results,  assistance,  monitoring,  enforcement

Grants and Partnerships
urban initiative,  agricultural initiative,  Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program,  grant tools,  research and development grants

Science and Policy
advisory committees,  policy and guidance,  test guidelines,  models and databases, analytical methods & procedures

Regions, States and Tribes
EPA Regional Offices,  State Regulatory Agencies 

For Kids
"Learn about Chemicals around Your House",  Help! It's a Roach!,  Join Our Pest Patrol,  Endangered Species Coloring Book,  Save Our Species Poster,  EPA Explorers' Club, EPA High School Environmental Center,  EPA Student Center