WASHINGTON—Long-standing NPR radio personality Diane Rehm invited Aaron Hobbs, president of RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), to join a panel discussion on pesticides on her Feb. 3 show. Hobbs was joined by Les Glasgow, herbicide technical product lead for Syngenta; Erik Olson, director of health programs for the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC); […]
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RISE Takes Pro-pesticide Message Online
By Seth Jones TUCSON—At the 24th Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE) meeting, the message was about the message itself....
Pesticide Stewardship is Key
The growing number of infestations of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) worldwide likely will bring a proportionately greater risk of pesticide...
How to select a new pesticide
The next time you walk into a distributor’s office or somebody drops off a “free sample” of a pesticide for...
Study: Pesticide applicators’ cancer risk is low
MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND—The U.K.’s government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), considered to be “the national independent watchdog for work-related health, safety...
NRC: Agencies should use common scientific approach to pesticides
WASHINGTON—When determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Marine...
PPMA responds to PANNA report
FAIRFAX, VA.—The National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) has released the following background and statement regarding...
Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act passes in the House and Senate
Editor’s Note: The following statement has been provided to trade media this afternoon by associations in the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act...