17
May
(Beyond Pesticides, May 17, 2013) California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) have proposed restrictions on the use of chloropicrin, a fumigant commonly applied to strawberries, peppers, tomatoes, raspberries, and blackberries. The proposed rule would not only increase buffer zones around application sites, but also restrict application acreage, impose notification requirements, enhance emergency preparedness requirements, and [...]
Posted in Agriculture, California, Chemicals, chloropicrin, Farmworkers, Fumigants, Pesticide Regulation, State/Local, Take Action | No Comments »
08
Apr
(Beyond Pesticides, April 8, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring new restrictions on aluminum and magnesium phosphide products in an attempt to better protect people, especially children, from dangerous exposures. The new restrictions prohibit all uses of the products around residential areas and increase buffer zones for treatment around non-residential buildings that [...]
Posted in aluminum phosphide, Children/Schools, Fumigants, magnesium phosphide, Pesticide Regulation, Phosphine, Rodents | No Comments »
