Archive for February, 2015

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Webinar: February 25, 2015

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs will hold a webinar for the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, from 1:00-2:30 EST. During the webinar, EPA will provide brief updates on a few key issues for 2015, including

  • Chlorpyrifos: Revised Human Health Risk Assessment
  • Pollinator Protection Activities
  • Enlist & Managing Herbicide Resistance and
  • Corn Rootworm: EPA’s Proposal for Addressing Resistance and Public Participation

The public is welcome to listen to the updates. Click here for the PPDC website.

EPA’s new website provides “Pesticide Contacts and Organizational Information”

This useful new site provides information that includes and Organization chart/current headquarters leadership and Regional pesticide contacts. It also includes HQ Contacts by Division and Topic; a full EPA staff directory; a way to contact EPA staff by last name; and a way to contact EPA to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.

Click here for EPA’s pesticides contact site.