(Sacramento) – Tests on produce collected by the Department of Pesticide Regulation indicate the vast majority of fruits and vegetables available for sale in California meet stringent federal pesticide safety standards. During its 2014 survey, DPR found 96 …
(Sacramento) – The California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has taken decisive action against six companies that ignored warnings, and repeatedly sold imported fruits and vegetables with illegal pesticide residues to predominantly ethnic minority …
(Sacramento) – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced today that it has suspended the license of a Northern California pest control aircraft pilot (commonly known as a crop duster) for violating state pesticide laws designed to …
(Sacramento) – Once again, air monitoring results released from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) show that most of the monitored pesticides, in various rural agricultural communities, were found well below levels that indicate a …
(Sacramento) – California used less fumigants and carcinogenic pesticides in 2013 than the previous year, according to data in the Annual Summary of Pesticide Use released today by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) “Information is a …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will hold a series of statewide public workshops to hear ideas about how to address concerns about the use of pesticides around schools from May 28 – June 9th 2015. Schools have been …
(Editors/reporters: Honorees work in San Francisco, Riverside and Del Norte Counties.) SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has announced the winners of the 2014 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Innovator Award, the …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has announced new rules for the use of the pesticide chloropicrin, providing enhanced protections for people who work and live near fields treated with the fumigant. Chloropicrin is …
SACRAMENTO – Two Bay Area organizations are being awarded almost $400,000 in grants to find ways to deal with pests around homes and children, that will reduce the risk of harmful pesticide exposure, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) …
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SACRAMENTO – In an ongoing effort to protect California’s environment, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is proposing to make all pesticide products containing the active ingredient chlorpyrifos, used to produce an agricultural …
SACRAMENTO – For the third year in a row, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) air monitoring in various California rural agricultural communities shows that the majority of the monitored pesticides were found well below levels that …
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced that once again, the majority of produce it tested annually had little or no detectable pesticide residues and posed no health risk to the public. 98 percent of all …
SACRAMENTO, CA – Next year the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will likely not allow some pesticides that are high in Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to be used in the San Joaquin Valley non-attainment area between May and October …
SACRAMENTO, CA – Continuing in its efforts to help find “greener” i.e. less toxic ways to tackle soilborne pests, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced that it will give almost half a million dollars in grants to three …
Sacramento, CA – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is urging all homeowners to check that their maintenance gardener (landscaper) has a state business license if they are applying pesticides on their lawns. Homeowners can do so on …
Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday June 17, some of the California’s most innovative farming operations will join scientific experts and creative biopesticide firms for a one-day seminar, sponsored by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to …
(Sacramento – CA) As you may know, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has recently adopted a regulation to restrict a type of rat poison known as Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARS). These products, often referred to …
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has launched an online survey to encourage California growers to help identify better ways to manage pests through integrated pest management (IPM). IPM is a strategy that focuses on long-term …
SACRAMENTO – Concerned about endangered species such as the San Joaquin kit fox? California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has created a new exciting free mobile app to help protect California’s wildlife. Called ‘PRESCRIBE’, the powerful app, …
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