PESTICIDE NOTES NEWSLETTER
*** From the Pesticide Safety Education Program at MSU ***
In This Issue [May 2004]
* Regulatory and Certification Updates - Category 1A manual, WPS Interpretations, diazinon cancellation, PRIA, School IPM regs
* New Training Materials and Web Resources - Free Stuff, Pyrethroid poisonings, Cicada invasion, Journal of Pesticide Safety
* Q and A: Ladybug vacuuming tip
* Pesticides in the News - Newspaper articles on DDT, bed bugs; Ontario physician report
* Changes in Labels, Registrations
* Calendar of Pesticide-related Programs - NC & National pesticide education conferences
* Job/ Grant Announcements - EPA summer jobs * Submitting to this Newsletter
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REGULATORY and CERTIFICATION UPDATES
***Update - Field Crops Pest Management Manual***
The Category 1A manual, Field Crops Pest Management, E-2034 has been reprinted.
Only minor changes were made and existing stock is still good to sell. However,
the price has dropped from $15.50 to $12.00 per copy after this reprinting.
To reflect this price change, a new manual order form is now available in pdf
from the following site: http://www.pested.msu.edu/BullSlideNews/bulletins/index.html
Click on "training manual order form" to download the pdf. It should be dated
"April 2004" at the top. If you get an older version, you may have to hit "refresh"
or delete the memory cache on your browser.
***WPS Interpretations Web Site - An Interesting Read***
No regulation can anticipate all situations in the workplace, and WPS is no
exception. Each year, EPA still receives many questions asking the Agency to
interpret the WPS regulation for a particular pesticide, crop, or type of worker.
For example, some classic questions include: - Are university researchers covered
by WPS? - Is a crop advisor/ crop scout a worker, a handler, something else?
- Is a turf sod farm a nursery? - What is a 'closed system' for pesticide application?
- What is a greenhouse, for WPS purposes? A national committee reviews such
questions and provides answers (or 'guidance', in fancy terms). Their interpretations
are available on an EPA web site. It makes for interesting reading, and highlights
the difficulty of applying WPS in some situations. Visit the WPS Interpretive
Policy Document Web Site at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/workers/wpsinterpolicy.htm
***Reminder about home-use diazinon cancellation***
Remember - diazinon uses for home, garden, and landscape are being phased out,
and this is the last summer that you should see products containing diazinon
in the store. - The last day that retail stores can sell diazinon products targeted
for home/ garden use is December 31, 2004. The manufacturers will buy back remaining
product after that date. - Consumers who still have diazinon can use it up according
to the label. - Ag products containing diazinon are not affected by this cancellation,
only the products labeled for home, garden and landscape use. - For questions,
here is a contact number at Syngenta = 1-800-334-9481.
***Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA)***
The PRIA took effect in March of 2004 - it changes the way that the EPA Office
of Pesticide Programs reviews and registers pesticides. Here are some of the
changes under the PRIA: - Sets up REGISTRATION FEES for EPA to review new applications
and set tolerances for all pesticides, including conventional, reduced-risk,
antimicrobials and bio-pesticides. EPA must receive payment before it will start
its review of a product. - Allows for partial or full FEE WAIVERS for 'small
businesses', defined as having less than 500 employees or less than $60 million
in sales. Waivers will also be granted to applications from the IR-4 Program.
- Once a fee is paid or a waiver granted, the application is added to a list,
and a countdown begins. EPA-OPP has a certain amount of time to conduct its
review (depending on the type of review and the product). EPA-OPP must finish
its review in this time frame unless EPA and the registrant agree to extend
the deadline. - PRIA has a sunset provision, i.e. it will expire in 2008 unless
renewed by Congress.
***School IPM Regulations List***
Each year, the National Pest Control Association compiles a chart of school
IPM requirements by state. Requirements include such things as posting, pre-notification
of parents, re-entry time beyond the label REI, applicator certification/ licensing
guidelines, and IPM training. If you would like a copy of the 2004 document,
email me (Chris D. at difonzo@msu.edu). The list will come back to you as an
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TRAINING MATERIALS and WEB RESOURCES
***FREE FREE FREE Stuff***
You must arrange for pick-up at the Pesticide Ed Office on the MSU campus. 1)
EPA Steps to Protect Yourself From Pesticides (1995) - Small booklets in English/
Spanish, would be useful for training programs for Spanish-speaking workers.
Approx 60 available. 2) WPS / Central Notification Poster - Appropriate for
use at Central Notification Site on a farm or at a research facility. Approx.
100 available.
***Pyrethroid Poisoning***
We all know that exposure to OPs and carbamates can cause significant health
effects, but what about pyrethroids, which have replaced many OPs and carbamate
insecticides? Pyrethoids are not cholinesterase inhibitors; instead the health
effects tend to be dermal reactions and respitory problems. Pyrethroid poisonings
can and do occur as a result of farm exposure. Here is a fact sheet from the
Oregon Dept of Human Services, "Pesticide Poisoning from Synthetic Pyrethroids":
http://www.healthoregon.org/cdsummary/2004/ohd5306.pdf
***Preparing for a Cicada Invasion***
Some parts of Michigan and surrounding states will experience a major hatch
of 17-year cicada. While entomologists like myself welcome such an exciting
event, the Region 5 EPA Office suggests 'preparing for this emergency', because
people may panic and misuse pesticides to try to kill the big bugs. Here are
some web sites provided by Don Baumgartner, the Pesticide Program Manager in
Chicago, to help you answer questions from the public. The University of Michigan
Museum site has a map for this years brood, Brood X. Cicada mania web site:
http://www.dancentury.com/cicada/cicadalinks.html University of Michigan Museum
Cicada Page http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magicicada/Periodical/Index.html Indiana
University Cicada Project: http://www.indiana.edu/~act/cicada/project.htm Bulletin
- Periodical Cicada in Indiana: http://www.entm.purdue.edu/entomology/ext/targets/e-series/EseriesPDF/E-47.pdf
Illinois Home, lawn, and Garden Newsletter: http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/cespubs/hyg/html/200319d.html
***Latest Article in the Journal of Pesticide Safety Education***
'Use of a Survey as an Educational Tool for Record-keeping'. 2004, Volume 6,
on the AAPSE web site http://www.jpse.org.
*** New Extension Bulletin****
U of Florida, 'German Cockroach Management in Low Income Housing' http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IG/IG11500.pdf
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Q AND A
Extension offices continue to get numerous call about the Asian multicolored
lady bugs. Some common questions:
What are these things that look like lady-bugs?
* They are lady-bugs!
Did the DNR release the lady-bugs to control the gypsy moths.?
* No on both counts. The best guess is that they accidently came in to the Port
of New Orleans on a ship, probably from Asia. They have since spread up the
east coast into the NE and Midwest United States. These aphids feed on aphids,
so they are mostly beneficial - until they enter homes to spend the winter.
Is there anything I can plant to keep them away?
* Not that I know of. Certainly with the large number of soybean aphids (lady
bug food) over the last few years, homes near soybean field may have had MORE
ladybug problems.
How can I get rid of them?
* Ladybugs are looking for a way out of your house in the spring, so some of
them will leave your home on their own. For the ones still remaining, the easiest
thing to do right now is vacuum them up. Here is a homeowner tip, courtesy of
Jerry Lindquist (Osceola County Extension Office) that makes vacuuming up ladybugs
easier. Use a regular home vacuum that has more suction than a shop vac, and
utilize the hose attachment for vacuuming ceilings, windows and "hard to get
at areas". If the hose attachment has segments, pull apart one of the segments.
Place an old panty hose stocking in the vacuum hose and leave an inch of overlap
on the outside of the vacuum segment. Put the vacuum hose section back together
- this secures the panty hose in place - and vacuum up the beetles. When done,
pull the panty hose out, tie the top, and take the pantyhose-bag outside and
dispose of the beetles. The panty hose keeping the beetles out of vacuum bag.
It works well and keeps your vacuum clean without having to buy or use a shop
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PESTICIDES in the NEWS
***Various pesticide-related newspaper stories***
Below are several articles published in newspapers. I can't provide a direct
web link because the web sites require you to 'subscribe' or login before you
can access the article, which you'll have to do with your own password.
1) What the World Needs Now Is DDT" by Tina Rosenberg (very interesting!!) New
York Times, Sunday, April 11, 2004 Topic: Use of DDT in the developing world
http://www.nytimes.com
2) "Birth Weights Up After EPA Pesticide Ban, Study Finds" by Mike Kaufman Washington
Post, Thursday March 25, 2004. Topic: After-effect of cancellation of diazinon
and chlorpyrifos used in homes http://www.washingtonpost.com
3) "Bed bugs find warm reception on their Return to the West" The Scotsman,
April 14, 2004 Topic: Huge resurgence in bed bug infestations in Europe and
the U.S. Yuck! http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/
***Ontario physicians report on pesticide effects***
In April, the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) in Canada released
a review of the literature of pesticides effects on human health. The OCFP report
strongly recommended that people reduce exposure to pesticides. The complete
report is on the web at: http://www.ocfp.on.ca/local/files/Communications/Current%20Issues/Pesticides/Final%20Paper%2023APR2004.pdf
Meanwhile, an interesting rebuttal appeared on the Canadian Hort web site ICanGarden.Com.
It mostly focuses on health risks of 2-4 D herbicide. See "All Members of the
Ontario College of Family Physicians Should be Ashamed of their Organization?s
So-called Review of Literature on Pesticides!" written by Art Drysdale, a Canadian
Horticulturist. http://icangarden.com/document.cfm?task=viewdetail&itemid=5029
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CHANGES in LABELS, REGISTRATIONS [From Federal Register Notices]
###Algaecides
PAK 27 Algaecide (sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate: Solvay Interox, Inc.): Application
received to change the use pattern of this biochemical algaecide for control
of blue-green algae in lakes, ponds and drinking water reservoirs.
###Fungicides
boscalid (BASF Corporation): tolerance established on apple pomace, hops cones,
pome fruits, and soybean hulls.
fludioxonil (Syngenta): IR-4 proposed tolerances on leafy greens, dry and succulent beans, pome fruit, yam, and melons.
Muscodor albus Strain QST 20799 (AgraQuest, Inc.): petition received to establish an exemption from a tolerance for the microbial fungicide in or on all food commodities.
propamocarb hydrochloride (Bayer CropScience ): proposed tolerances on head and leaf lettuce; wheat grain, straw, forage, and hay; cucurbit and fruiting vegetables, and tomato paste.
Reynoutria sachalinensis (an extract of giant knotweed): The IR-4 Program proposed a tolerance on all food commodities.
Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant (Jeneil Biosurfactant Company): proposed exemption from a tolerance on all food commodities tetraconazole: Section 18 application made by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for this fungicide to treat up to 3.5 million acres of soybeans to control soybean rust, should rust be discovered in the state in 2004.
ZONIXTM Biofungicide (rhamnolipid biosurfactant; Jeneil Biosurfactant Company): biochemical fungicide approved for the prevention and control of pathogenic fungi in agricultural, horticultural and turf settings.
Zoxamide: a time-limited tolerance was established on ginseng to meet a Section 18 request. Tolerance expires December 31, 2006.
###Herbicides
carfentrazone-ethyl (FMC): tolerances proposed on many crops - grape; strawberry;
lingonberry; pawpaw; pome and stone fruit; berry group 13; tuberous and corm
vegetables, root and tuber vegetables; leafy, brassica, cucurbit, and legume
vegetables; flax, sunflower, and safflower seed; and grass, forage, fodder,
and hay.
flumioxazin (Valent): The IR-4 Program proposed tolerances on peppermint, spearmint, onions, shallots, garlic, and tuber/ corm vegetables.
mesosulfuron-methyl (Bayer CropScience): tolerance established in or on wheat.
molinate (Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., Helm Agro U.S. Inc) : Cancellation order issued at the request of the registrants, effective June 30, 2008. Any distribution, sale or use of molinate product will be permitted in accordance with the terms of the cancellation order.
thifensulfuron-methyl: EPA is withdrawing its rule (dated Feb. 2004) reinstating tolerances for this product on corn. 'Relevant adverse comments' were received, thus EPA withdrew its reinstatement.
###Insecticides:
amitraz (Bayer CropScience ): EPA received request from the registrant to voluntarily
cancel registration containing amitraz. Trade names affected are Ovasyn and
Amitraz.
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 protein (Monsanto Company): exempted from the requirement for a tolerance in field, sweet, and popcorn when expressed in transgenic plants. A Cry 3Bb protein is currently expressed in transgenic field corn marketed as "Yield Gard Rootworm" for corn rootworm larval control.
buprofezin (Nichino America): IR-4 proposed tolerances on pome fruits, peach, apricot, and nectarine.
Citronellol (Natural Plant Protection S.A.): established exemption from a tolerance for residues on all food commodities when used to control Tetranychid mites.
esfenvalerate: tolerances proposed by the IR-4 Program on Brussels sprouts (regional registration), canola seed, chinese cabbage (limited to areas east of the Mississippi River), and sweet potato.
fenpropathrin: IR-4 proposed tolerances on currants, lingonberry, fruiting vegetables (except tomato), and succulent peas fenpyroximate: time-limited tolerance extended on wine grapes and hops.
Geraniol (Natural Plant Protection S.A.): established exemption from a tolerance for residues on all food commodities when used to control Tetranychid mites.
imidacloprid (Gaucho: Gustafson LLC) Proposed tolerances on soybean seed and soybean meal. It is being registered as a seed treatment for insects such as bean leaf beetle and soybean aphid.
Indoxacarb (DuPont): proposed tolerances on tart and sweet cherries.
###Nematicides
fosthiazate (ISK Biosciences): tolerance established in or on tomato. This product
is a replacement for methyl bromide for nematode control.
###Plant growth regulator
6-benzyladenine (Valent BioSciences Corporation): exemption from a tolerance
was expanded and application rate increased on apple. forchlorfenuron (KIM-C1,
LLC): proposed to establish a time-limited tolerance on almonds, apples, blueberries,
grapes, pears, and plums.
###Other
Ammonium Bicarbonate (Certis USA, LLC): EPA established an exemption from a
tolerance when used according to its label instructions as a feeding attractant.
tributyltin methacrylate and bis(tributyltin) oxide (Atofina Chemicals, Inc.):
Product Cancellation Order submitted voluntary by the registrant for certain
anti-fouling paint products containing these ingredients. The registrants requested
that they be allowed to sell the subject products only until November 30, 2003.
No further distribution, sale or use of the affected products by Atofina is
permitted.
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CALENDAR of PESTICIDE-RELATED PROGRAMS The North Central Region Pesticide Education and Certification Workshop is scheduled for June 6-9 2004 in St Louis. Early registration deadline was May 14, 2004, but you can still register on-line after that date. Hotel accommodations are at the Radisson Hotel downtown St Louis, $89/ night. The conference includes a tour of the Monsanto facility in Chesterfield. For details of the agenda, hotel, and tour go to http://muconf.missouri.edu/ncr_pesticides/. The North American Pesticide Applicator Certification and Safety Education Workshop will be held in Madison, WI on August 16-18 2005. This location is close enough to Michigan that some of you may be able to attend. The meeting will be at the Concourse Hotel located in the heart of downtown Madison near the University of Wisconsin. An optional ag tour will precede the Workshop on Aug. 15th. Specific details on program content and registration will be forthcoming in 2005. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
JOB/ GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS **EPA summer jobs for students** A web site for EPA
Summer Opportunities for Students is now on-line. Students can learn about summer
jobs and submit an application directly to the EPA location that has a vacancy.
The EPA Jobs website is located at: http://www.epa.gov/epapages/epahome/jobs.htm
The direct link to the Summer Student Employment Opportunities website is http://www.epa.gov/ohros/student
The site is available until June 5, 2004. If you have any questions about the
EPA summer hiring program, please call Dinah Griggsby at 202-564-7903.
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SUBMITTING to this NEWSLETTER If you have pesticide-related information that you would like to provide to MSU extension agents, MSU campus specialists, agribusiness, and others, we welcome submissions to this newsletter. The newsletter is sent out on the 15th of each month. Submissions can be emailed to difonzo@msu.edu; please put 'newsletter submission' in the subject line. Do not email attachments. Include all relevant information within the body of the email message, so it can be directly copied into the newsletter. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Newsletter prepared by:
Chris DiFonzo
MSU Pesticide Safety Education Program
B18 Food Safety and Toxicology Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Web site: www.pested.msu.edu
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Chris DiFonzo
Field Crops
Entomologist & Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator
Michigan State University
B18 Nat'l Food Safety & Toxicology Building
East Lansing, MI 48824 tel: 517-353-5328 fax: 517-353-4995
web site: www.pested.msu.edu
"... we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method
it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion,
inefficiency, and demoralization." Caius Petronius, Roman philosopher and writer,
66 A.D
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