The Chemogram newsletter is a production of the Agricultural and Environmental Safety Unit for the express purpose of providing up-to-date information to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel on regulatory changes, modifications or exemptions to pesticide labels, and topics of interest.
• Texas Pesticide Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (TPDES • EPA Rodenticide Risk Mitigation • 2012 Last Chance Video and Aerial Applicator Course Numbers
• It’s a Privilege and a Responsibility • EPA Cancellation of Over ‘n Out™ (Fipronil) • • Methyl Parathion and Supracide™ Pesticide Cancellations • New Regulations for Use of Phosphide Fumigants • Question Corner (Certification, Recertification, and CEUs) • New Herbicide Registration • Structural Pest Control Service Update • Last Chance Video Course Numbers • First West Nile Virus Case of 2010.
• New “Drift Minimization CEU” for Aerial Applicator • Pesticide Cancellations • Proposed Cancellations and Label Changes • New Vector Control Category License • Reminder of Changes in the Law Relating to Structural Pest Control Service • Nursery Floral Certificate No Longer Required for Ornamental and Turf Category License • Last Chance Video Course Numbers to Change.
• Texas Department of Agriculture and Structural Pest Control Service Update • Structural Pest Control Advisory Committee Members • Private Applicator Training DVD • Last Chance Video Course Numbers 2009 • Section 18 Exemptions • Proposed Cancellations and Label Changes • The Reemergence of Dengue in Texas.
• Recertification Reminders • Section 18s and Proposed Cancellations • Private Applicator Training DVD • Last Chance Video Course Numbers 2006.
• New Private Applicator Training DVDs on the Way • EPA Issues Final Remainder of “Stop Sale” Date for Diazinon • Avoid Making off Label Pesticide Recommendations – Check the Label First • CEU Presentation – Appropriate Content and Time Requirements • Scheduling CEU Speakers • Last Chance Videos Need New 2005 Approval Numbers • Asian Soybean Rust.
• New Field Crop Manual Ready • New Order Forms • No Home Study CEUs for TCE • Mosquito Control is not Acceptable Content for TDA CEUs • Illegal and Invasive Plants • New Pesticide Actions by EPA.
• Chemogram Notes •Last Chance Videos Receive New 2003 Approval Numbers • Agricultural Waste Pesticide Collection Program • Renovate Aquatic Herbicide • Deformed Frogs Result from Parasite and not Pesticides • Rinsate Container Issue
• Texas Pest Management Center • IR-4 • Recent EPA Tolerances Resulting from IR-4 Petitions • Release of USDA’s Organic Standards Brings Forth Claims and Debate • Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
• West Nile Virus in North America • Comparative Efficacy of Insect Repellents Against Mosquito Bites • Reminder to Agricultural Employers about Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for Agricultural Pesticides.
