Items Tagged with 'pesticide spray drift exposure to the public'

The budget advisors are recommending lawmakers use the state's tax on pesticide sales to cover more of the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s environmental justice costs.

Agricultural interests feel left out of the discussion with the Newsom administration’s plan to phase out the use of certain controversial pesticides by 2050.

Aerial applicators have opposed a measure sponsored by the California Farm Bureau to modernize the training process for drone applicators.

The lawmaker argued Gov. Gavin Newsom has not followed through with a commitment to examine the backyard use of neonicotinoids.

Agricultural groups have been closely watching the Newsom administration's development of an ambitious pesticide plan—and they remain skeptical.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation has drafted a new regulation to further restrict the use of Telone. Farm groups are calling the science conservative and the justification weak, while activists say it doesn't go far enough.

Farmers are growing frustrated that public workshops on a new pesticide proposal by the Newsom administration have devolved into aggressive shouting and personal attacks.

A state superior court judge has ruled against a company providing aerial pesticide applications in a case involving four spray drift incidents.

CalEPA is planning to add more restrictions on applications to prevent public exposure to the fumigant.