Posts Tagged: Department Pesticide Regulation

California Places Further Restrictions on Rodenticides

In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1788, which prohibits almost all uses of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) statewide. Rodenticide products containing brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, or...

Carbaryl Becomes Restricted Material

Starting August 1, 2020, all pesticides containing the active ingredient carbaryl will be designated as restricted materials in California, except for baits labeled only for agricultural use. Once this regulation goes into effect, only licensed...

Healthy Schools Act Report: Your Feedback is Needed!

Do you work at or service a school or multiple schools? If so, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is seeking your input about the Healthy Schools Act. Feedback from stakeholders—school district staff, child care providers,...

Dress correctly for work: new online course on personal protective equipment

Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner. If you work in agricultural, turf, landscape, or structural settings, you are probably at your busiest. If you handle pesticides as part of your work, you most likely wear some sort of...

Pesticide Horrors from the CA Deptartment of Pesticide Regulation

With Halloween again upon us, what better time to unearth a few true horror stories of reported pesticide accidents from DPR and county agricultural commissioners' records? These recent tales illustrate the perils of misusing or carelessly handling...

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