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The Massachusetts Environmental Police is a Massachusetts, US, state government law enforcement agency, which is the primary enforcement agency of Massachusetts's boating and recreation vehicle laws and regulations and is responsible for registering boats, off-highway vehicles and snowmobiles in Massachusetts. The agency is also responsible for ...
California controls applicator licensing and pesticide registration at the state level. Enforcement and compliance of pesticide regulations occurs at the county level by the County Agricultural Commission (CAC). [26] In 2015, the DPR set regulation of the pesticide chloropicrin higher than the EPA. [27]
Aminocyclopyrachlor (AMCP) is a selective, low-toxicity, auxin-mimicking herbicide that provides pre- and post-emergent control of broadleaf weeds on several non-food use sites including rights of way, wildlife management areas, recreational areas, turf/lawns, golf courses and sod farms.
In 1988, Congress amended the pesticide registration provisions requiring re-registration of many pesticides that had been registered before 1984. [7] The act was amended again in 1996 by the Food Quality Protection Act. [9] More recently the act was amended in 2012 by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. [10]
Ethofumesate is a pre- and post-emergence [1] herbicide used on sugar beets to control weeds, notably blackgrasses.UK registration in 2016 is planned for pre-emergence use on wheat as an auxiliary component of tank mix. [2]
The purpose of the label is "to provide clear directions for effective product performance while minimizing risks to human health and the environment". A label is a legally binding document that mandates how the pesticide can and must be used and failure to follow the label as written when using the pesticide is a federal offence. [16] [17]
Lead hydrogen arsenate, also called lead arsenate, acid lead arsenate or LA, chemical formula PbHAsO 4, is an inorganic insecticide formerly used to control pests including gypsy moth, potato beetle and rats.
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union regulation dating from 18 December 2006, [1] amended on 16 December 2008 by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. [2] REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment.