PESTICIDE NOTES NEWSLETTER from the Pesticide Safety Education Program at MSU
In this issue: [September 2003]
* REGULATORY & CERTIFICATION UPDATES - Fee increases; New credit form; Section
18 follow-ups
* PESTICIDE Q & A's - Water gardens
* NEW TRAINING MATERIALS - Free Stuff!!; Bad Bubble Sheets; Poisoning Poster;
Global IPM Book
* CALENDAR of PESTICIDE RELATED PROGRAMS
* PESTICIDES in the NEWS
* CHANGES in PESTICIDE LABELS/REGISTRATION
* SUBMISSIONS to this NEWSLETTER
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REGULATORY & CERTIFICATION UPDATES
*** Fees increase for certification***
Fees for applicator certification in Michigan are increasing. For commercial applicators,
the new fee has already increased from $50 to $75. As of October 1, 2003, the
fee for private applicators will increase from $10 to $50. In both cases, the
certification is valid for three years. This is the first fee increase since 1976,
when the law requiring certification was passed in Michigan. Note to extension
contacts: some of your offices may provide application forms to people interested
in becoming certified applicators. These forms list the old fee. New forms will
not be immediately available, so MDA recommends simply crossing out the old fee
and writing the new fee in its place.
*** New Form to request credits for recertification***
If you are requesting recertification credits from MDA for a training program
or meeting, please note that there is now a "Request for Seminar Credit" Form
that must be filled out and mailed to MDA at least 30 days prior to your meeting.
Hard copies of the form should be available from your MSUE Office or from the
Michigan Department of Agriculture. The form is also on the web from MDA or from
the MSU Pesticide Program. http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1569_16988-66352--,00.html
http://www.pested.msu.edu.
*** Extension can help with Section 18 Follow-up***
Many commodity groups and individual growers in Michigan have benefited in recent
years from Section 18s, emergency exemptions to use a pesticide on a crop/ site
that is not currently on the label. Section 18 requests are quite involved; they
are usually prepared by extension personnel, edited and processed by the Michigan
Department of Agriculture, and then approved by EPA. But the granting of a Section
18 by EPA is not the end of the process. EPA actually requires that MDA conduct
follow-up inspections (usually five) for each Section 18 request. The information
collected in follow-up inspections is used by MDA to write a final report, and
the information is helpful to develop Section 18 requests in subsequent years.
Every fall, Robin Rosenbaum, the Pesticide Registration Program Manager with MDA,
is faced with the challenge of finding five growers who have used each Section
18 exempted pesticide during the field season. MDA inspectors then contact the
growers (usually by phone) and ask 5-6 quick questions about product performance
and the importance of the Section 18 chemical to their farm operation. The questions
are not regulatory - they are geared towards finding out if the Section 18 was
a success for the grower. How can extension help? You are on the ground in the
counties, with contacts in the grower community, so you are in the best position
to provide the names, phone numbers and/or addresses of people who may have used
section 18 exempted pesticides in 2003. Again, the contact with MDA is not regulatory,
and the questions are painless! If you can help Robin, contact her directly at
517-335-6542 or rosenbaumr@michigan.gov. Remember, the success of future Section
18 requests depend partly on meeting requirements of current exemptions! Below
is a list of the Section 18s granted in Michigan in 2003: Admire/Provado - blueberries
Api Life VAR - bee hives Checkmite - bee hives Dithane - Ginseng Eminent - sugarbeets
Folicur - wheat Folicur - asparagus Gavel - Ginseng Indar - blueberries Mycoshield
- apples Outlook - onions Reflex - snap beans Reflex - dry beans Spartan Herbicide
- strawberries Topsin M - blueberries
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PESTICIDE Q & A's
Q: Can a backyard water garden be treated by someone certified in categories 3A
(turf) or 3B (ornamental)? A: NO - in Michigan, the individual would have to be
certified in Category 5. This question was posed recently on a national pesticide
education listserv. As home water gardens increase in popularity, there are questions
about who can actually treat these areas with pesticides (perhaps, for example,
treating the pond for algae growth or the aquatic plants in the garden for insect
damage). The question was: if a landscaper is at a home treating the lawn and
ornamental plantings, can he or she legally take care of treatments in the water
garden as well. Under Michigan law, applications directly to water, or water that
may be discharged into the environment, require separate certification. Outdoor
applications to ponds, lakes, and other water bodies including aquatic water gardens,
fall under category 5, Aquatic. There are two other water-related certifications
in this group: category 5A for swimming pool treatments, and category 5B for cooling
towers and pulp/ paper mills.
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NEW TRAINING MATERIALS
*** FREE STUFF from the Pesticide Office Store Room***
We cleaned our storeroom last week, and made a list of extra bulletin that should
go out for training programs or give-aways. While we do not have the funds to
mail out boxes of materials, we can set aside boxes for pick-up (if you really,
really promise to pick stuff up). Bulk orders are appreciated. Reply to this email
to place your order, or call Carolyn Randall at 517-353-5147. Two full color bulletins
from Purdue University: - Pesticides & Wildlife: testing, Registration, & Risk
Management. 40pgs, 200 copies - Pesticides & Water Quality: Principles, Polices,
& Programs. 60 pgs, 200 copies EPA Pest Control in the School Environment - 25
copies EPA Protecting Children in Schools from pests, pesticides - 50 copies Spanish
version of Help Its A Roach, Kids activity booklet - 75 copies Michigan Mosquito
Control manual ('Fight the Bite'), 20 copies Bat Brochures from Michigan Public
health - 200 copies Roach pamphlets from EPA - 75 copies Healthy Lawn, Healthy
Environment - 15 copies EPA Read the Label first brochures - 50 copies MSU Bulletin
Choosing a Lawn Care Company 100 copies MSU Bulletin Choosing a Pest Control Company
75 copies Poison Safety Pamphlet (Published by Devos Children Hosp. In Grand Rapids),
gives emergency action for poisoning, medication guide, poisonous plant guide,
babysitters info) - Many copies USDA Record-keeping pamphlets - Many! USDA Private
Applicator Record-keeping Books - 250 copies Protect yourself from Pesticides
for WPS training - Many! Protect yourself from Pesticides in Spanish - 100 copies?
*** Bubble Sheets Gone Bad: A new slide set for recertification program hosts
***
Many of you hold programs or seminars that provide credits towards applicator
recertification in Michigan. At the end of each meeting, applicators fill out
a bubble sheet. The sheets are returned to MDA, scanned with a special machine,
and the credits are recorded. Each year, hundreds of bubble sheets cannot be scanned
, or the information on the sheets is credited to the wrong person or category.
Many hours are wasted at MDA trying to correct sheets or to call hosts and applicators
to get the correct information. In the worst cases, applicators do not get credit
for programs they attended. It is the responsibility of the program host to check
and correct bubble sheets at the end of each program. The better job we do with
the bubble sheets, the more time MDA can devote to approving credit applications
or improving access to credit information. A new slide set, Bubble Sheets Gone
Bad, outlines the responsibilities of program hosts, and provides examples of
incorrect bubble sheets. We surveyed both MDA staff and extension agents to develop
a list of mistakes found on bubble sheets. If you are new to the credit business,
this slide set will show you the requirements of a seminar host. Even if you are
a seasoned host, this set is a good way to refresh your memory about the seminar
process, and alert you to mistakes you may not have considered. The Bubble Sheets
Gone Bad slide set is on the MSU Pesticide Education Web site at http://www.pested.msu.edu.
*** Caveat about EPA's latest poster about kids, poisoning***
EPA recently distributed a poster called Protect Children from Poisonings. The
poster text reads "Lock It Up! Store pesticides and other household chemicals
up high in a locked cabinet". The color photo shows a small child gazing up longingly
at a locked kitchen cabinet. The poster seems to go against two pesticide recommendations.
1) Never store pesticides in the kitchen or other food preparation. 2) Don't store
pesticides above your head. Pesticide coordinators across the country contacted
EPA with their concerns. The EPA designer indicates the poster is aimed specifically
at people living in apartments who have no cabinets to lock, other than those
in the kitchen. If you run across this poster and use it in training, be aware
of the intended audience. Also make mention that the best place to store pesticides
is away from the kitchen.
*** New Global IPM book published with MSU ties***
'Integrated Pest Management in the Global Arena', published in August 2003. Edited
by Karim Maredia (MSU Institute of International Ag), D. Dakouo, and D. Mota-Sanchez.
Hardback, 560 pages. Describes the issues and institutions for IPM implementation
around the world, and is a useful reference for international IPM courses. Chapter
authors with MSU ties include George Bird, Edward Grafius, Karim Maredia, David
Mota-Sanchez, Larry Olsen, and Sig Snapp. Available for purchase from CABI Publishing
on the web at http://www.cabi-publishing.org/bookshop/ or 1-800-451-7556.
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CALENDAR of PESTICIDE RELATED PROGRAMS There were no pesticide-related programs
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PESTICIDES in the NEWS Sorry...no pesticide news in this issue!
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CHANGES in PESTICIDE LABELS / REGISTRATION Changes in a given pesticide label
or registration may apply to one manufacturer, but not to products manufactured
by another. Check directly with the manufacturer, or read the most current label,
if you are unsure about the current status of your pesticide. Pesticides in the
list below are separated into insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and others.
They are listed alphabetically by Trade name (active ingredient: Manufacturer).
INSECTICIDES Acaritouch (propylene glycol monolaurate; Toagosai) - registration
proposed to control mites on many food and ornamental plants. Baytex (fenthion;
Bayer) - company has requested to cancel this product by June 30, 2004. Use would
be allowed until November 30, 2004. (diazinon; Syngenta) - company continues to
phase out the use and sale of its many products containing diazinon. dimethoate
(Dimethoate; BASF, Cheminova, Drexel, Gowan, & Microflo) - The five registrants
asked EPA to delete certain crops from their labels. The crops are apples, cabbage,
collards, grapes, lettuce and spinach. EPA is accepting public comments on this
request until Oct. 10, 2003. Distance (pyroproxyfen; Valent) - several pests (euonymous
scale, fungus gnats, mealy bugs) added to the label. Envidor (spirodiclofen; Bayer)
- Registration was proposed on pome and stone fruits to control mites. Comments
were due in August 2003. F1785 50WG (flonicamid; FMC/ ISK) - registration proposed
for use on ornamental and landscape plants. (fenvalerate; Sumitomo/Bayer) - Companies
requested cancellation of the registration for this product. Comments were due
in August, 2003. Calypso 4F/ 70WP (thiacloprid; Bayer) - registration was proposed
on pome fruits. Comments were due in August 2003. Kanemite (acequinocyl: Arvesta)
- registration was proposed on ornamental plants, pome fruits, and strawberry.
Comments were due in August 2003. Kryocide (cryolite; Cerexagri) - Pumpkins and
winter squash were added to the label. The spray interval was changed for grapes.
Intrepid (methoxyfenozide; Dow AgroSci.) - residue tolerances were established
for cranberry, cucurbits, and turnip greens. Methoprene (Wellmark Int.) - given
an exemption from residue tolerances. Mustang Max (zeta-cypermethrin; FMC) - residue
tolerance were proposed on pome and stone fruit. Nut Guard/ Fruit Guard (Indian
meal moth granulosis virus; AgriVir LLC) - registration approved to control meal
moths on dried fruit and nuts. Poncho (clothianidin; Bayer) - registration approved
for use as a seed treatment on corn. Proclaim (emamectin; Syngenta) - residue
tolerances were established for tomato paste, turnip greens, and brassica/ fruiting/
leafy veggies. Provado (imidacloprid; Bayer) - residue tolerances were established
for artichokes, cranberry, currants, gooseberry, huckleberry, legume vegetables
except soybean, lingonberry, popcorn, root and tuber vegetables except sugar beet,
stone fruit, and strawberry. Pylon (chlorfenapyr; BASF) - residue tolerances were
proposed for food handling establishments. Pyramite (pyridoben; BASF) - residue
tolerances were proposed for stone fruits, strawberries, and tomatoes. Starkle
(dinotefuran; Mitsui Chem.) - registration submitted to register this pesticide
on certain crops, ornamental and turf, for an ant and roach bait, and for use
on pets. Residue tolerances were proposed on cucumber, cucurbits, grapes, potatoes,
and many other vegetables.
HERBICIDES Axiom (flufenacet; Bayer) - residue tolerances were established for
corn grain, forage, and stover, and soybean. Discover (clodinafop; Syngenta) -
lower label rates to control green/yellow foxtail Distinct (diflufenzopyr/ dicamba;
BASF) - use on popcorn, as well as control of volunteer potato, added to label.
(flufenpyr-methyl; Valent) - residue tolerance were proposed for corn and soybeans.
(propanil; Dow AgroSci./ Rice Company) - companies requested cancellation of use
on oats, spring barley, and spring/ durum wheat Roundup (glyphosate; Monsanto)
- residue tolerances were established on corn forage.
FUNGICIDES Abound (azoxystrobin; Syngenta) - residue tolerances were established
on artichoke, asparagus, herbs (dried and fresh), and certain brassica vegetables.
Curzate (cymoxanil; DuPont) - residue tolerances were established for cucurbits,
fruiting vegetables, grapes, and lettuce. Elevate (fenhexamid; Bayer) - residue
tolerances were proposed for cucumbers, fruiting and leafy vegetables, and stone
fruit. GB34 (Bacillus pumilus GB34; Gustafson) - registration approved for use
as a seed treatment on soybean. Famoxate (famoxadone; DuPont) - residue tolerances
were established for cucurbits, fruiting vegetables, grapes, lettuce, potatoes,
raisins, and tomatoes. Maxim (fludioxomil; Syngenta) - residue tolerances were
established for many brassica vegetables, carrots, herbs (dried and fresh), and
turnip greens. ProStar (flutolonil; Bayer) - control of rhizoctonia and rust on
ornamental plants added to the label. Quintec (quinoxyfen; DowAgroSci.) - residue
tolerances were proposed for cherries and grapes.
OTHERS (acetic acid; Eastman Chem. Co.) - exemption from a residue tolerance was
proposed when acetic acid is used as a hay or grain preservative.
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SUBMISSIONS to this NEWSLETTER If you have pesticide-related information that
you would like to provide to MSU extension agents, MSU campus specialists and
others, we may include it in this newsletter. * What? Pesticide programs, changes
in pesticide product labels, questions for the Q & A Section. * When? Newsletter
will be sent out around the 15th of each month. * How? Submissions can be emailed
to difonzo@msu.edu; please put 'newsletter submission' in the subject line. Do
not email attachments...please include all relevant information within the body
of the email message, so it can be directly copied into the newsletter.
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Newsletter prepared by: Chris DiFonzo, Carolyn Randall, and Rebecca Hines MSU
Pesticide Safety Education Program B18 Food Safety and Toxicology Building East
Lansing, MI 48824 Web site: www.pested.msu.edu