Pesticide Newsletters

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An EPA Region 4 pesticides information update to inform regulators, organizations, and the interested public about the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), sustainable agriculture projects, and FIFRA registration actions and policy.

These documents are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

August 2004 (1.243 MB, 7 pages)

• Biological Control May Foreshadow Fire Ant Fate
• Endangered Species Protection Program In Florida
• Operation Safe City in Memphis Tennessee
• Pesticides And Water Quality in Kentucky
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools in South Carolina
• Assessing Hazards Of Pesticides to Native Freshwater Mussels
• University of Tennessee Honeybee Colonies Grant
• Enforcement Update

May 2004 (1.18 MB, 4 pages)

• English Classes Help with Pesticide Safety
• Worker Protection Standard
• Pesticides in Rural Honduras
• Enforcement and Compliance
• Updates Introducing Amber Davis

November 2003

• Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Grant Provides IPM Education for School Children
• Organizations Recognized for Significant Progress in Reducing Pesticide Risk
• Strategic Agricultural Initiative (SAI) Grant Nets Big Rewards for Southern Sweet Potato Growers
• Chinese Delegation Visits EPA Region 4
• Pesticide Inspector Residential Training (PIRT) Held in Asheville, North Carolina
• PESP and SAI Grants Awarded
• School IPM Grant IPM for Beekeepers
• Enforcement & Compliance Updates: Quail Plantations (Furadan); Initial Health Care; Southern States Cooperative; Sun Pine; Frontline; Advantage
• Introducing Christine Cairns, Life Scientist for Worker Safety

January 2003

• Harry Wells: Tribute to EPA's Sustainable Agriculture Champion
• Few Pesticides for Tropical Fruits
• Region 4 Hosts National Agriculture Sector Contact's Meeting
• Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Grants Awarded
• North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Spanish Language Outreach
• Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Factsheets
• Enforcement: Lentek International, Inc. agrees to pay fines
• Compliance Assistance: Farm Worker protection Focus on Lyons, Georgia
• Carlton Layne, EPA National Pesticide Expert Retires
• LoriAnn Thrupp goes to work for Fetzer Vineyards
• Introducing Phillip Beard and Erica Wyatt

May 2002: Peachtree City Spotlight

• EPA HQ Week in Residence Education Program in Atlanta
• Urban Agriculture
• Pest Management Needs of Peach Farmers
• Strategic Agricultural Initiative Grants Selected
• Pesticide Imports Enforcement Priority
• New Branch Chief: Joanne Benante
• Enforcement Updates
• Herbicide Restrictions Implemented in Mississippi Delta

December 2001

• Mississippi Delta F.A.R.M. Project: The Model
• EPA Region 4 Funds New Strategic Agricultural Initiative Projects
• North Carolina Cotton Research Yields Pesticide Reduction Using Precision Application Equipment
• Alternate Row Middle Applications a Success in Peach Orchard
• AG Center Website Publishes New Information
• North Carolina Pesticide Safety Education Video for Farm Workers
• Urban Initiative Funds Florida School/Daycare IPM Project

March 2001

• "Walt Disney World Resort is New EPA Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Partner"
• Small Farm Sustainability
• "Gerber Works with Southern Apple Growers to Promote IPM"
• Eastern Peach Pest Management Transition Strategy Meeting
• Region 4 Pesticides Section Gains New Expertise
• Diazinon Use Reduction
• New Fire Ant Bait Registered
• Starlink Registration Canceled
• EPA's Draft Public Involvement Policy Summary

• "Building Capacity in Organic Agriculture" Workshops
• Community Supported Agriculture
• Post Properties Organic Gardening
• Restaurant Feature Organic Food
• Connections with Organic Community
• Organic Certification
• Organic Program Proposed Rule
• Pesticide Environmental Stewardship
• Methyl Parathion & Chlorpyrifos
• Residential Pesticide Disposal Instructions
• Organic Websites

February 2000

• Christmas Tree Integrated Pest Management Reduces Pesticide & Fertilizer Use
• Websites With Pesticide Safety Information
• Health Care Providers Discuss Agromedicine
• GAO Releases Pesticide Use in Schools Study Report
• Region 4 Actively Supporting IPM in Schools
• FQPA Affects Section 18 Emergency Exemptions
• Azinphos Methyl Risk Management Decision
• Organic Workshop

• Rex Livingston, Mississippi Farmer, Wins Pesticide Stewardship Award
• Florida, Georgia, North Carolina & Tennessee Nominees are Recognized with Certificates of Merit for Pesticide Stewardship Actions
• Preserving Paradise
• GAIA Organic Farm Located in Downtown Atlanta
• Georgia Station Research & Education Garden Has Open House
• MS Delta Farmers Protect Water and Wildlife

August 1999

• GA/SC Peach Tour Features IPM Research
• Region 4 Funds Two Projects Under the Regional Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
• IPM and the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP)
• The National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL) Promotes IPM Research
• Eighth New Active Ingredient-A Reduced Risk/OP Alternative-Registered by EPA for FY99
• Bifenthrin Replaces Methyl Parathion for Snap Beans and Some Sweet Corn

• NC Peanut Farmers Explore Alternatives to Organophosphate Pesticides
• Michigan Briefing on Agricultural Initiative Project
• OP Pesticide Use Information Posted on the Internet
• EPA's Report Card on Tolerance Reassessments
• EPA Releases Manual, "Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings
• Consumer's Union Issues Report on Pesticides in Food

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Regional Pesticides Newsletter

The quarterly newsletter of the Pesticides Section of the Region 4 Environmental Protection Agency.

These documents are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

November 1999

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