WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Since its launch, SprayDays California has drawn more than 72,000 website views and more than 3,700 text and email sign-ups for notification messages, connecting thousands of Californians with real-time pesticide information. …
What you need to know: The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is accepting nominations for a new advisory committee to provide scientific advice and additional public transparency to the department’s efforts to protect people and the environment …
Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) is key to advancing California’s vision for safe and effective alternatives to high-risk pesticides. Continuing education (CE) approved by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) are an effective way for …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: DPR launches the second phase of its CalPEST system, expanding digital tools that streamline pesticide registration and improve public access to product information. SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Pesticide …
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today released the draft first annual report examining the effectiveness of its 2024 regulation in mitigating short-term acute and long-term cancer risks to residents and other non-occupational …
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has released the final, annual Air Monitoring Network (AMN) Report for 2023. Although there were detections from the air samples, DPR analysis showed that there were no pesticide concentrations that …
On October 29, DPR will host an informal public workshop to provide an overview of the department’s proposed regulation of pesticide-treated seeds. The Department will share a draft regulatory proposal for pesticide-treated seeds in California to gain …
On Sept. 12, 2025, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) published a Notice of Proposed Regulatory Action in the California Regulatory Notice Register that will update and clarify chemical-resistant suit requirements and remove a duplicative and …
SprayDays California, the state’s first-of-its-kind pesticide notification system, was designed to give Californians timely information about restricted material pesticide use in production agriculture. DPR recently added two new features that make the …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today released its latest Pesticide Use Report, showing continued reductions in pesticide use in California. In total, approximately 176 million pounds of pesticides were used in 2023, a …
SACRAMENTO – On August 25, 2025, the California State Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Dr. Karen Morrison as Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). During the confirmation hearing held before the Senate Rules Committee on …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today rolled out enhancements to SprayDays California, the state’s innovative pesticide mapping and notification system. SprayDays provides timely, public information from farms across …
SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced the appointment of eleven members and three alternates to its first-ever Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC). The committee’s formation represents a significant …
The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) are in the final stages of the rulemaking process for regulations to restrict 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) use to address cancer risks for …
DPR Director Karen Morrison joined California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross, UC ANR Vice President Glenda Humiston, and eight other agricultural leaders this summer on a tour of Sao Paulo, Brazil that examined farmers’ adaptation …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced today that it is awarding over $3.6 million in funding for projects to support research, development, and implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) systems and …
The Office of Administrative Law this week approved a regulation that exempts from registration the biopesticide chitosan, which is an alternative to more-conventional insecticides and fungicides. The regulation was proposed by the Department of Pesticide …
On September 24, DPR will host an informal public workshop to provide an overview of the department’s proposed mitigation for anticoagulant rodenticides, responsive to new statutory requirements and DPR’s ongoing reevaluations. The purpose of this workshop …
Local engagement training materials for community members and County Agricultural Commissioner (CAC) staff are now available on the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR’s) Resource Hub for Local Engagement, under the “Training Resources for Local …
To assist those who prefer to use paper forms to submit Pesticide Use Report (PUR) data, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has created a one-page document with tips in both English and Spanish for reducing errors, including: double-checking …
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