#chlorpyriphos

Glyphosate being sprayed over a cover crop President-Elect Trump spoke last week about how Europe is not using pesticides like the United States. This talk should give us great hope for what Trump will address in laws that govern pesticides in the future. Trump pointed out that autism has grown substantially. In the United States, the Center for Disease Control announced that in the year 2000,…

US EPA Mulls Dow, FMC Requests to Redo Endangered Species Studies | AgroNews

"An U.S. EPA official appeared to welcome the opportunity to re-evaluate three contentious scientific assessments on pesticides that harm rare species, saying the agency wanted more time to finish the evaluations before fully considering outside recommendations.

  Anita Pease, the agency’s acting associate director for the Office of Pesticide Programs’ Biological and Economic Analysis Division,…

Dow Issues Statement On Associated Press’ Story Regarding Chlorpyrifos | Agrimarketing

"The recent Associated Press story regarding government reviews of chlorpyrifos contained a number of misleading and inaccurate statements. Chlorpyrifos is, in fact, one of the most widely used and thoroughly studied pest control products in the world, supported by more than 4,000 studies examining chlorpyrifos in terms of health, safety and the environment.

It is approved not only for use in the…

5X5 – 4. CROP PROTECTION

1 • Advocates Say EPA Chlorpyrifos Review Bolsters Push for Stronger WPS

"Advocates say U.S. EPA’s finding of risks to workers in a recent draft human health risk assessment of the commonly used pesticide chlorpyrifos bolsters their push for the agency to strengthen proposed revisions to its worker protection standards (WPS), due out this year, though advocates argue banning the pesticide is…

1 • Arysta LifeScience – FORTIX® Fungicide Receives Registration for Use in Winter and Spring Wheat

"FORTIX® FUNGICIDE RECEIVES REGISTRATION FOR USE IN WINTER AND SPRING WHEAT

CARY, N.C. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (January 6, 2015) – Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC and Cheminova, Inc. today announce that FORTIX® Fungicide, jointly produced and marketed by both companies, has received…

NORWAY – Asian Bazar AS is recalling Pari Agro Eksports rice because exceeded limits of pesticide Chlorpyriphos have been detected in the product. During a routine testing it has been found 0.15 mg/kg of Chlorpyriphos. Chlorpyriphos is an insecticide that is moderately toxic to humans, but...