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EPA
Conditionally Registers new Bt Corn Product
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Proposal/Request Status
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Parathion Cancellation Requests by Registrant
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Cancellations
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Microbial Pesticide Registered
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Cancellations
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EPA
Conditionally Registers new Bt Corn Product (posted 5/30/01)
A new Bt corn
plant-incorporated protectant has been conditionally registered for use
until September 30, 2001. EPA granted this conditional registration
after reviewing the results of experimental trials, analyzing numerous
scientific studies looking at both human health and environmental impacts,
considering public comments, and consulting with FDA and USDA. EPA
determined that granting a conditional registration for this use would
not pose unreasonable risks to public health or to the environment.
The active pesticidal protein, Cry1F, can help protect corn crops from
European corn borer, Southwestern corn borer, Fall armyworm and black cutworm.
The product was developed by Mycogen Seeds (a Dow AgroSciences company)
and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (a Dupont company). In conjunction
with EPa's ongoing comprehensive reassessment of all Bt plant-incorporated
protectants, EPA will use data from this time-limited registration as one
component of its comprehensive reassessment of all Bt plant-incorporated
protectants, scheduled for completion in September 2001. Check out
the Cry1F
fact sheet for more info.
Voluntary
Cancellations (posted 5/30/01)
On March 28th, the
Environmental Protection Agency announced that it had received 42 requests
to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. 18 of these
registrations are section 24(c) (state) registrations for states west of
the Mississippi river. The remaining 24 registrations are section
3 (national) registrations and their cancellation means that the product
will no longer be available for sale. Among this list are consumer,
wood treatment, seed treatment and a few commercial products. These
products, their manufacturers, their active ingredients, and their associated
uses are as follows:
Product:
Bronate Gel Herbicide
Company:
Aventis
Active Ingredient:
MCPA & Bromoxinil Premix
Use:
Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye, CRP Acres
Product:
Diva Fungicide
Company:
Aventis
Active Ingredient:
Chlorothalonil & Iprodione Premix
Use:
Potatoes, Carrots, & Onions
Product:
Security Brand Captan Garden Spray
Company:
Farnam
Active Ingredient:
Captan
Use:
Home Garden
Product:
Chipco Nivral Brand Thiodicarb
Company:
Aventis
Active Ingredient:
Thiodicarb
Use:
No Information Available
Product:
Whitmire PT 1300 Total Release Insecticide
Company:
Whitmire
Active Ingredient:
Acephate
Use:
Commercial Greenhouse Ornamentals
Product:
Rockland Tree Fruit Spray
Company:
Rockland
Active Ingredient:
Methoxachlor, Malathion, Sulfur & Captan Premix
Use:
Apples, Strawberries
Product:
SA-50 Fruit Spray Concentrate
Company:
Southern Ag Insecticides
Active Ingredient:
Methoxachlor, Malathion, Sulfur & Captan Premix
Use:
Apples, Cherries, Grapes Peaches, Strawberries
Product:
Agrosol
Company:
Agriliance
Active Ingredient:
Thiabendazole & Captan Premix
Use:
Seed Treatment
Product:
Agrosol Flowable Systemic Commercial Seed
Treatment Fungicide
Company:
Agriliance
Active Ingredient:
Thiabendazole & Captan Premix
Use:
Seed Treatment
Product:
Gammasan Insecticide -- Fungicide Hopper Box
Seed Treatment
Company:
Agriliance
Active Ingredient:
Lindane & Captan Premix
Use:
Seed Treatment
Product:
Granox PFM
Company:
Agriliance
Active Ingredient:
Maneb & Captan Premix
Use:
Seed Treatment
Product:
Granox CHM Soybean Seed Treatment Fungicide
Company:
Agriliance
Active Ingredient:
Captan
Use:
Seed Treatment
Product:
Hilo Dip
Company:
Roccorp
Active Ingredient:
Rotenone & Cube Resins Other Than Rotenone
Use:
Dogs
Product:
Solve LV Ester 6
Company:
Wilber Ellis
Active Ingredient:
2, 4-D
Use:
Various Crops
Product:
Water Base Residual Insect Spray II
Company:
Bullen Companies
Active Ingredient:
Diazinon, Piperonyl Butoxide, & Pyrethrins Premix
Use:
Dogs
Product:
Troysan Polyphase P15H
Company:
Troy Chemical
Active Ingredient:
Carbamic Acid (IPBC)
Use:
Wood Treatment
Product:
Woodsman Solid Color Oil Stain
Company:
Troy Chemical
Active Ingredient:
Carbamic Acid (IPBC) & Tributyltin Oxide
Use:
Wood Treatment
Product:
Troysan Polyphase GWP-1 Wood Preservative - Clear
Company:
Troy Chemical
Active Ingredient:
Carbamic Acid (IPBC)
Use:
Wood Treatment
Product:
Real-Wood Wood Preservative
Company:
Troy Chemical
Active Ingredient:
Carbamic Acid (IPBC)
Use:
Wood Treatment
Product:
Rozol Laq-Berry Rat & Mouse Bait
Company:
Lipahtech
Active Ingredient:
Chlorophacinone
Use:
Rat & Mouse Bait
Product:
Iprodione 4F
Company:
Agriliance
Active Ingredient:
Iprodione
Use:
Stone Fruits, Grapes, Strawberries, Beans, Potatoes,
and Other Vegetables
Product:
Unicorn Rotenone Dip
Company:
Unicorn
Active Ingredient:
Pyrethrins, Rotenone, & Cube Resins Other
Than Rotenone Premix
Use:
Ornamental & Flowering Plants, Dogs & Cats
Product:
Formulation RTU-6075
Company:
H & S Chemical
Active Ingredient:
BTC
Use:
Disinfectant
Product:
Eptam Manufacturing Concentrate
Company:
Zeneca (Syngenta)
Active Ingredient:
EPTC
Use:
Eptam Production
Bayer Corporation
has requested that the agency delete the following uses from Di-Syston
(disulfoton) product labels (including Di-Syston 68%,
Di-Syston 15% and
Dy-Syston 8): greenhouses, non-bearing fruit trees,
strawberries, raspberries,
Bermudagrass (seed crop) and triticale.
Decco, Cerexagri,
Inc. has requested that post harvest uses for apples be
deleted from the
Deccosol 125 label. It also requested that post harvest
uses for cantaloupes
be deleted from the Decco 254 Sanitizer label. Both of these former
Elf AtoChem products contain the active ingredient sodium o-phenylphenate.
Helena Chemical and Nufarm Limited requested amendments to formulations of 2,4-D LV Ester. Helena has asked that the label for aquatic weed control be deleted from the Barrage HF label and Nufarm has asked that drainage ditch-banks be deleted from the Weedone LV4 label.
Diazinon
(posted 5/30/01)
On May 7th, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an amendment to the list
of agricultural crops that may appear on diazinon labels. On January
10th, the EPA and Syngenta announced an agreement to maintain only 70%
of the current diazinon agricultural crop registrations. This would
eliminate the use of diazinon on the remaining 30% of currently labeled
crops. Strawberries, tomatoes, and spinach were among the crops scheduled
for cancellation.
Grower and USDA comments
submitted to the EPA (after that list was
published) indicated
a nationwide need for the application of
diazinon products
on strawberries, tomatoes, and spinach. This is in
addition to specialized
local needs for diazinon (scheduled for
cancellation) on
15 other crops in seven separate states (also indicated by
public comments
after the initial list was published).
As a result of this
public comment process, the EPA has allowed
manufacturers of
products containing diazinon to maintain nationwide uses for the three
crops. This announcement also indicated that the seven individual
states with specialized local needs may consider pursuing 24(c) registrations
for the 15 other crops mentioned in the announcement.
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