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US EPA to host webinars on assessing risks to bees from pesticides

Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs will host a two-part webinar series on July 21st and 28th as part of its series dedicated to pollinator health and habitat. ...

US EPA responds to Ninth Circuit Vacatur of dicamba registrations

Date：Jun. 9, 2020 Category：Regulations

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler released the statement on the Ninth Circuit Vacatur of dicamba registrations.

US EPA proposes registration of new agricultural fungicide active ingredient inpyrfluxam

Date：Jun. 8, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA is opening a 30-day comment period on its proposal to register the new active ingredient inpyrfluxam. Inpyrfluxam is a pyrazolecarboxamide fungicide propose...

US EPA proposes action to protect soybeans from major agricultural pest

Date：May. 25, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA is opening a 15-day comment period on a proposal to register Cry14Ab-1, a new plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) product that acts against the soybean cyst...

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US EPA proposes registration of new active ingredient and biopesticide product

Date：May. 25, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA is opening the 15-day comment period on a proposal to register the new active ingredient Ea peptide 91398 and the biopesticide product PHC-91398, which woul...

US EPA reopens public comment period on proposed interim decisions for neonicotinoids

Date：May. 22, 2020 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the public comment period for 30 days on the proposed interim decisions for the neonicotinoids aceta...

US EPA opens comment period on pethoxamid proposed decision

Date：May. 20, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA has opened a 30-day comment period on the Agency’s proposed decision to register the new pesticide active ingredient pethoxamid, a broad-spectrum herbicide...

US EPA holds online pesticide program dialogue committee meeting in May

Date：May. 11, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) will hold an online public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on May 20-21, 2020.

US EPA extends comment period on draft biological evaluations for carbaryl and methomyl

Date：Apr. 27, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA is extending the public comment period for 45 days on the draft biological evaluations (BEs) for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl. The comment period ...

US EPA announces new tool for soybean growers to combat weeds

Date：Apr. 2, 2020 Category：Products

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the registration of the use of isoxaflutole on genetically engineered soybeans, providing soybean farme...

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US EPA Offers webinar to discuss draft biological evaluations for carbaryl and methomyl

Date：Mar. 30, 2020 Category：Regulations

On April 16, 2020, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs will host a webinar to present the draft biological evaluations (BEs) for the insecticides carbaryl and m...

US EPA to hold Scientific Advisory Panel on organophosphates pesticides in September

Date：Mar. 16, 2020 Category：Regulations

In September 2020, EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) plans to convene a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP...

US EPA takes important step to reduce unnecessary pesticide testing on animals

Date：Feb. 21, 2020 Category：Regulations

On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another important step carrying out Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s directive to reduce animal...

US EPA reapproves glyphosate, claims pesticide poses no human health threat

Date：Jan. 31, 2020 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it finished a regulatory review that found glyphosate, the most widely used weed killer in the United ...

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US EPA issues proposed interim decision on neonicotinoids, opens comments

Date：Jan. 31, 2020 Category：Regulations

Earlier in January, the U.S. EPA released its Proposed Interim Decisions for acetamiprid, clothianidin/thiamethoxam, dinotefuran and imidacloprid. These active ...

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US EPA to approve first beehive uses of biopesticide to control wax moths

Date：Jan. 16, 2020 Category：Regulations

EPA is proposing to register a pesticide product containing Bacillus thuringiensis, subsp. aizawai strain ABTS 1857 (Bta ABTS 1857) to prevent and control wax m...

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EPA finalizes list of next 20 chemicals to undergo risk evaluation under TSCA

Date：Dec. 31, 2019 Category：Regulations

After reviewing input from stakeholders and the public, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the next 20 chemicals to undergo risk evaluatio...

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US EPA proposes two major corn pesticide application changes

Date：Oct. 28, 2019 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding application exclusion zones (AEZ).

US EPA makes paraquat draft risk assessments available for public comment

Date：Oct. 16, 2019 Category：Regulations

Yesterday, the US EPA is taking an important step in its regulatory review of paraquat—an herbicide used in agricultural and commercial settings only. The draf...

US EPA proposes registration of new rodenticide alphachloralose

Date：Oct. 8, 2019 Category：Products

The U.S. EPA invites public comment on its proposal to register alphachloralose, a new rodenticide used to control mice inside homes and buildings. Alphachloral...

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