Continuing education (CE) is part of California’s requirements for the professional licensing of pest control advisers and applicators. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recently updated online resources for CE sponsors to provide …
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released its annual produce monitoring report which found that about 97% of fruits and vegetables sold in California had either no detectable pesticide residues or had residues …
California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is driven by a commitment to accountability, transparency and continuous improvement in advancing protections for human health and the environment. In the first half of 2025, DPR continued to modernize …
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released an update on its ongoing work to evaluate or mitigate registered pesticides to protect people and the environment, a process known as continuous evaluation. Registration …
DPR has released a report on the department’s evaluation of the impacts on aquatic organisms from the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on non-production outdoor ornamental plants, trees and turf. As required by Assembly Bill 363, DPR in March initiated a …
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has released the 2025 update to the department’s Surface Water Database (SURF). This SURF update includes DPR monitoring studies conducted in 2023, as well as recent versions of pesticide data from the …
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SACRAMENTO – The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) today announced next steps in the joint-and-mutual development of regulations to restrict 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) use to address …
Nomination for committee members open through June 30, committee on track to convene first meeting in late 2025 SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation opened its first nomination period to identify representatives from rural and …
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released proposed regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 1864, signed by Governor Newsom on September 25, 2024, to require field identification and reporting on pesticide use near schools to …
AB 2113, signed into law in July 2024, requires the Department to post on its website the total cases of appeals to the Restricted Material Permit that were not reviewed by DPR within the timeline requirements in statute, the average number of days …
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is accepting public comments on proposed regulations released today to update DPR’s Groundwater Protection List. The updates in the proposed regulation are based on a new, peer-reviewed method for …
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced an enforcement action against an Idaho company, Keystone Pest Solutions, for alleged violations of California state law governing the sale of restricted material pesticides in …
The draft 2023 VOC Emission Inventory Report is now available at DPRs Reports Directory. DPR is accepting comments on its online public comment portal SmartComment until June 13th, 2025. The VOC Emission Inventory Report will be discussed at an upcoming …
Trying to read up on the California Code of Regulations for Pesticides and Pest Control Operations? We’ve got you covered! DPR’s redesigned website now has multiple options for viewing regulations dealing with pesticides and pest control operations. The …
It’s been one month since the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) launched SprayDays California—the first-of-its-kind statewide notification system that provides timely and accessible information about restricted material pesticide use in …
Do you get your water from a well on your property? Have you ever wondered if there are pesticides in that water? The Department of Pesticide Regulation is offering free, at-home well testing kits to hundreds of Californians. This information is added to …
At the IPM Achievement Awards Ceremony on February 26, 2025, DPR highlighted cross-sector collaboration to advance a wide-scale transition to sustainable pest management by 2050. To kick off the awards ceremony, DPR Director Karen Morrison moderated a …
DPR is accepting comments on its online public comment portal SmartComment through May 8 following a Pesticide Prioritization Workshop held on April 8. At the workshop, DPR shared information on its work to characterize pesticide risk and develop …
On February 26, 2025, DPR rolled out the green carpet to honor this year’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Achievement Award recipients for their leadership in the adoption and promotion of safer, more sustainable IPM practices in agricultural, urban, and …
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