SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has granted the 2013 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Innovator Award to five California businesses and organizations that use ‘greener’ methods to effectively control pests. This award …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has created a fun, useful series of seven exciting videos that show “green” ways for controlling pests. The videos, filmed in child care centers in Yolo County, can help prevent pests …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced today that the majority of produce it tested in 2012 had no detectable pesticide residues and posed no health risk to the public. DPR tested 3,501 samples of different fruits …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced that two California organizations will receive almost $400,000 in grants for innovative projects that could ultimately promote reduced use of chemical pesticides in …
SACRAMENTO – For the second year in a row, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) air monitoring, in various California rural agricultural communities, shows nearly three dozen pesticides have residue levels well below levels established to protect …
SACRAMENTO – Taking swift enforcement action, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) ordered a Santa Cruz County grower to destroy 10 acres of strawberries, estimated to be worth about $200,000, after an illegal pesticide was detected on …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced that four California research teams will receive almost $1 million in grants for cutting-edge research to reduce risks associated with pesticide use in California. The …
SACRAMENTO – The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced it has released the Nonfumigant Strawberry Production Working Group’s “Action Plan.” The plan was created by a diverse working group of scientists and other specialists brought together by …
Four Organizations Honored for Reducing Pesticide Use (Editors/reporters: Honorees are based in Fresno, San Diego, Ventura, San Francisco, and Alameda counties.) SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recognized the …
SACRAMENTO – Reducing pesticide use in child day care centers and Southern California’s urban landscapes is the target of two innovative projects receiving grants from the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), Director Brian R. Leahy announced today. …
SACRAMENTO – The majority of fresh produce samples collected by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) in 2011 had no detectable pesticide residues, and residues that were detected generally fell well below allowable limits to protect …
SACRAMENTO – Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Director Brian R. Leahy announced today that PetSmart Inc. has paid a $392,842 settlement for selling 33 unregistered pesticide pet products to California consumers. The products range from …
WHY: In 2010, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) awarded a $200,000 grant to the city of San Jose to create a model, pesticide-free urban park in its Courtyard Gardens within Guadalupe River Park. Today, Nature’s Inspiration Gardens …
SACRAMENTO – The Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR) plan to improve air quality by reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from pesticide applications has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest …
SACRAMENTO – Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Director Brian R. Leahy announced today that air monitoring of nearly three dozen pesticides in California for the past year shows residues well below levels established to protect human health and the …
SACRAMENTO – Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Director Brian R. Leahy announced that tomorrow new restrictions will take effect to limit where structural pest control businesses can apply pesticides in an effort to protect water quality in urban …
SACRAMENTO – In San Diego County in March 2011, three teenagers watched YouTube videos that prompted them to combine pool chlorine tablets with vinegar, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide in plastic bottles to cause explosions. One boy threw some of the …
What: Public hearing to accept comments on proposed regulations to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from nonfumigant pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley When: June 6, 2012, 6 p.m. Speakers can sign up beginning at 5 p.m …
SACRAMENTO – Two San Joaquin Valley pesticide dealers were penalized a total of $105,000 for knowingly selling a pesticide product for a use not allowed by the label – controlling mites on peaches, Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Director Brian R …
SACRAMENTO – The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is convening a diverse work group of scientists and other specialists to develop a five-year action plan to accelerate the development of management tools and practices to control soil-borne pests …
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