Monthly archive for August 2015

St. Louis, MO—The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) recently elected officers for 2011. The group also elected two board of director positions and elected the chairman. New officers include President Cary Hamilton, New Mexico Department of Agriculture; Vice President Sandra Keil, Earth 911; and Secretary Brad Bittleston, Interstate

The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) held its 11th annual conference in San Antonio, Texas in February 2011 and continued its tradition of presenting stewardship awards for outstanding contributions and programs. Five awards were presented: Outstanding Member: Kevin Neal, Office of Indiana State Chemist. Kevin rose up through

Thursday, April 14, 2011 Contact: Cary Hamilton, TPSA President Phone:  575-646-7049 E-mail: chamilton@nmda.nmsu.edu St. Louis, MO – The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) held its 11th Annual Conference at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas, February 13-15, 2011. One hundred and thirty two conferees from across the

Network, participate and learn from movers and shakers who are making a difference in pesticide stewardship and the management of agricultural plastics. SAVE THE DATES Wednesday, February 8th – Thursday, February 9th, 2012 TPSA Board meeting on February 7th, Tuesday afternoon Sessions begin Wednesday morning and run

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) is Australia’s national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. CSIRO has successfully tested an enzyme to treat water contaminated with atrazine, as summarized in a CSIRO press release that is

YAKIMA – After lengthy investigations, the state departments of Ecology and Agriculture have issued penalties totaling $200,200 to a Grandview, Wash., farming partnership for violating dangerous waste and pesticide management laws. The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has issued a civil penalty of $165,000 to Double H

For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Contact: Lee Van Wychen Science Policy Director National & Regional Weed Science Societies Lee.VanWychen@wssa.net 202-746-4686 Paul W. Borth President Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section Entomological Society of America pwborth@dow.com 317-337-3592 Barbara J. Christ President American Phytopathological Society ebf@psu.edu 814-865-2541     RALEIGH,

On June 30, 2010, the U.S. EPA Region 9 issued a request for proposals to conduct a pilot pesticide container collection event in the San Joaquin Valley of California to collect intermediate bulk containers (IBCs, sometimes called Mini Bulk containers) and recycle them. Containers that cannot be

On June 4, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of a draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) pesticide general permit (PGP) for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) has made new pesticide label training available online. The training was developed primarily for EPA staff who review and approve pesticide labels, but the material is also expected to be useful for pesticide safety educators and for pesticide industry employees who