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
Read more →Archive for the 2010 News Category
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
Read more →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,
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →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
Read more →Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Contact: Kevin Neal, TPSA President Phone: 765-494-1585 E-mail: nealk@purdue.edu St. Louis, MO – Introduced as a mentor, visionary, and advocate, Dr. Terry Collins, Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University spoke to a
Read more →Friday, April 23, 2010 Contact: Kevin Neal, TPSA President Phone: 765-494-1585 E-mail: nealk@purdue.edu St. Louis, MO – Dr. Steve Bradbury, Acting Director, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, presented the first keynote address of the 10th Annual Conference of The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) Feb. 21-23, 2010.
Read more →Thursday, April 22, 2010 Contact: Kevin Neal, TPSA President Phone: 765-494-1585 E-mail: nealk@purdue.edu St. Louis, MO – The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) held its 10th Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah, Georgia, Feb. 21-23, 2010. The theme of the conference was “Pesticide and Ag Plastics
Read more →For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Contact: Kevin Neal, TPSA President Phone: 765-494-1585 E-mail: nealk@purdue.edu St. Louis, MO – The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) recently presented four stewardship awards at the 10th Annual Pesticide & Ag Plastics Stewardship Conference held February 22 in Savannah, Georgia. The
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