The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced last Thursday that it has recommended new interim restrictions on the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which is used on more than 800,000 acres and more than 60 crops in the state including tree nuts, grapes, citrus, vegetables...
Any money collected from violations will go to the Department of Pesticide Regulation to cover its costs in administering and enforcing the rules, and potentially other activities. Advertisement The department estimated the law would create a one-time cost of $258,000 and an ongoing annual cost of...
KAREN MORRISON, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION More than a decade in the making, California’s reevaluation of neonicotinoids began in 2009, after the agency received a report from pesticide manufacturer Bayer CropScience that ″showed potentially harmful effects of imidacloprid to pollinato...
Brian Leahy, director of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, said Tuesday that the higher standard is needed in California, the nation's leading agricultural producer and most populated state, where farms are often next to people. Costs are sure to rise for farmers, who will pass ...
Reports on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's ban on pesticide products containing the fungicide chloreneb, the wood preservative creosote and aromatic petroleum distillates. Suspension of the products for the failure of manufacturers to comply ...
Ground-level ozone is created in the atmosphere from a combination of reactive or volatile organic compounds (VOC), hydrocarbons or nitrogen oxide gases, and sunlight. As part of California's 1997 SIP to meet Federal air quality standards, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) has ...
California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is adding about 10 toxicologists and other scientists to its staff of 400 to deal with the pot industry, said Jesse Cuevas, assistant director of programs. “It’s not too often we get a multibillion-dollar industry regulated overnight...
California's Department of Pesticide Regulation is adding about 10 toxicologists and other scientists to its staff of 400 to deal with the pot industry, said Jesse Cuevas, assistant director of programs. "It's not too often we get a multibillion-dollar industry regulated overnight," Cuevas sai...
California's Department of Pesticide Regulation is adding about 10 toxicologists and other scientists to its staff of 400 to deal with the pot industry, said Jesse Cuevas, assistant director of programs. "It's not too often we get a multibillion-dollar industry regulated overnight," Cuevas sai...
Five years ago the California Department of Pesticide Regulation prohibited the sale of super-toxic rat poisons to the general public. But in light of ongoing harm to protected wildlife, today’s legal action asks the state to extend that prohibition to agricultural users and licensed p...