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EPA Publishes Draft Human Health Assessments for Pyrethroids

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Last Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published draft human health and ecological risk assessments for the registration review of several pesticides important to the structural pest management industry.  The chemicals with draft human health and ecological risk assessments now open for public comment are: aliphatic esters, cyclanilide, cymoxanil, d-phenothrin, dimethomorph, fenpropathrin, imiprothrin, kresoxim-methyl, linuron, metalaxyl and mefenoxam, MGK-264, momfluorothrin, phosmet, prallethrin, tau-fluvalinate, tefluthrin, and tetramethrin. In addition, the following chemicals with only draft ecological risk assessments now open for public comment are: bifenthrin, cyfluthrins (& beta), cypermethrin (alpha & zeta), cyphenothrin, deltamethrin, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, flumethrin, gamma-cyhalothrin, lambda- cyhalothrin, permethrin, and pyrethrins.

As directed by FIFRA section 3(g), EPA is reviewing the pesticide registration for these pesticides to ensure that that these chemicals can still be used without unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.  NPMA is in the process of reviewing this information in conjunction with the Pyrethroid Working Group (PWG) and the Pesticide Policy Coalition (PPC).  NPMA will be asking for an extension to submit comments past the proposed January 30, 2017 deadline and will be submitting comments to defend the use of important products for the structural pest management industry. 
 

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