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 …
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 …
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