RISE joins 350-plus pesticide user groups in support of current pesticide regulation
Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment joined 350-plus pesticide user groups in support of current pesticide regulation. read more
PBI-Gordon issues Section 2(ee) recommendation for Kabuto Fungicide SC
PBI-Gordon Corp. issued Section 2(ee) recommendations for use of Kabuto Fungicide SC in select states for the treatment of spring dead spot (SDS) in warm-season turfgrass. Labeled for use on golf courses, sports fields and residential and commercial turf, Kabuto is a proprietary formulation that inhibits all stages of development in the fungal life cycle of SDS. It can be... read more
EPA fines Amazon $1.2 million for FIFRA violations
Amazon will pay a $1.2 million penalty to settle nearly 4,000 alleged violations of U.S. law related to illegal pesticide sales. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleges Amazon violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), selling and distributing imported pesticide and insecticide products that weren’t approved in the U.S. The online behemoth agreed to monitor and remove illegal... read more
Surge OK’d for doveweed control
PBI-Gordon Corp.’s Surge Broadleaf Herbicide for Turf received a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act section 2(ee) recommendation for control of doveweed in nine states: Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; Texas; and Virginia. The recommendation comes on the heels of research at Mississippi State University that found the water-based formulation delivered 85 percent control of doveweed.... read more
DuPont to pay up for FIFRA violations from Imprelis
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) came to a settlement with DuPont for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). DuPont will pay a $1,853,000 penalty to resolve allegations the company failed to submit reports to EPA about potential adverse effects of an herbicide product called Imprelis and sold it with labeling that did not ensure its safe... read more
