Pesticides

Highlights

• 2/5: EPA Extends Comment Period on Worker Risk Policy Paper

• 1/28: Registration Decisions Opened for Public Comment for the Week of January 25, 2010: S-Abscisic Acid

• 1/25: Spirotetramat – Notice of Cancellation Order; Opportunity for Public Comment - Comments due by February 8, 2010 (6pp, 109 KB, About PDF)
  
  
• 1/22: New Educational Video Available on Preventing Rodent Infestations in the Home

• 1/20: Pesticide Establishment Reporting - File Form 3540-16 by March 1, 2010

• 1/7: Registration Decisions Opened for Public Comment for the Week of January 4, 2010: Laminarin

• 12/31: Registration Decisions Opened for Public Comment for the Week of December 28, 2009: Trichoderma asperellum strain ICC 012 and Trichoderma gamsii strain ICC 080

• 12/22: Registration Decision Opened for Public Comment for the Week of December 21, 2009: Lavandulyl Senecioate

• 12/22: EPA Seeks to Disclose Pesticide Inert Ingredients

• Increased Scrutiny of Flea and Tick Control Products for Pets

• Scotts Miracle Gro Products -- Stop Sales, Recalls and Other Actions

Quick Finder

About Pesticides
about EPA's pesticides program,   contacts,   types of pesticides,  frequent questions,  fact sheets,  information sources,  Pesticide Program 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
residents,  housing managers,  lawn & garden,  at school,  in agriculture,  questions,  other resources

Regulating Pesticides
registering pesticides, registration review, registration service fees, antimicrobial pesticides,  biopesticides,  pesticide producing establishments,  pesticide product labels,  reevaluation - pesticide review,  pesticide tolerance reassessment and reregistration,  laws,  NPDES permitting, labeling consistency,   international activities,  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, Pesticide Field Programs, 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