(SACRAMENTO) – Guided by a new scientific assessment of health risks, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced an update to the way the fumigant pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene (1,3-D) is managed and used in California. This …
(Sacramento) – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has released a proposed regulation that would give further protections to children when agricultural pesticides are applied close to schools and child day-care facilities*. Many K-12 …
(SACRAMENTO) – Taking swift enforcement action, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) fined a Kern County grower $10,000 after an illegal pesticide was detected on his crop of grapes at his 43-acre vineyard. The enforcement action comes …
(SACRAMENTO) – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will hold two workshops to hear ideas from various stakeholder groups on how to notify residents living around agricultural fields, when certain types of pesticides, known as fumigants …
(SACRAMENTO) – The amount of pesticides used statewide declined in 2014 according to data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. For a second year in a row, there was a drop in the use of various chemical categories including carcinogens, …
For more information about DPR’s free IPM training, go online to www.cdpr.ca.gov. (SACRAMENTO) – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is providing free, online training for people who work at schools or child care centers and use …
(SACRAMENTO) – An outdoor clothing manufacturer has agreed to pay the state $86,715 for making unsubstantiated health claims on its pesticide infused clothing, according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). In addition, Alfwear Inc …
(Editors/reporters: Honorees work in Alameda, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus Counties.) (SACRAMENTO) – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will honor four organizations for finding a variety of ways to manage and solve pest …
(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 …
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