Monthly Archives March 2012

EPA Issues Stop Sale Order to DuPont on Sale and Distribution of Imprelis Herbicide

EPA Issues Stop Sale Order to DuPont on Sale and Distribution of Imprelis Herbicide

March 20, 2012 | by | No Comments

EPA Issues Stop Sale Order to DuPont on Sale and Distribution of Imprelis Herbicide WASHINGTON â?? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued an order to E.I. DuPont de Nemours (DuPont) directing the company to immediately halt the sale, use or distribution of Imprelis, an herbicide marketed to control weeds that has been reported to be harming a large number of trees, including Norway spruce and white pine. The order, issued under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), requires DuPont to stop the sale and distribution of Imprelis in the U.S. and outlines specific conditions to ensure
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Categories: Pesticides.
Tags: DuPont, herbicide damage, Imprelis herbicide, Norway spruce injury, and white pine injury.
RE: MINNESOTA RECORDS FIRST DEATH FROM TICK-BORNE (deer tick) POWASSAN VIRUS

RE: MINNESOTA RECORDS FIRST DEATH FROM TICK-BORNE (deer tick) POWASSAN VIRUS

March 20, 2012 | by | No Comments

Release Date: 11/02/2011 Contact Information: Dale Kemery (News Media Only) kemery.dale@epa.gov 202-564-7839 202-564-4355 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today took another step in the process to cancel 20 mouse and rat control products that do not adequately protect people, particularly young people, from exposure to toxic chemicals. EPA has determined that safer rodent control products are now widely available, effective, and affordable. The products EPA plans to remove from the consumer market are those that contain the most toxic and persistent active ingredients, products sold as loose bait and pellets and any remaining products without protective bait
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Categories: Insect pests and Uncategorized.
Tags: deer ticks and Powassan virus.
EPA News Release: Poisoning is a Major Cause of Death from Injury in the U.S. US Government raising awareness of accidental exposures during National Poison Prevention Week

EPA News Release: Poisoning is a Major Cause of Death from Injury in the U.S. US Government raising awareness of accidental exposures during National Poison Prevention Week

March 20, 2012 | by | No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2012 WASHINGTON â?? The Environmental Protection Agency is joining forces with its federal partners to raise awareness of the dangers of poisoning, especially to children, during National Poison Prevention Week, March 18-24. In just the past year, Americaâ??s 57 poison control centers fielded 4 million calls, treating 2.4 million human poison exposures and handling 1.6 million information calls. EPA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, Consumer Products Safety Commission, Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the American Association of Poison Control Centers are urging parents and
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Categories: Poison prevention.
Tags: children and pesticides and poison prevention.