MORE ON: Department of Pesticide Regulation

Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Environment

PetSmart selling unregistered pesticide products despite state order

December 5, 2012, 12:05 AM
About two months after the state’s environmental agency ordered a major pet products retailer to immediately cease selling unregistered pesticide products, many of those products remain on the retailer’s shelves and website. “It’s illegal to sell a product that makes... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Environment

Memo points to industry pressure on pesticide

October 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
Environmentalists say a newly uncovered memo shows how the California Department of Pesticide Regulation gave in to industry pressure when it approved the controversial soil fumigant methyl iodide for use in California agriculture at levels more than 100 times higher than those its own scientists... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

State scientists ignored in pesticide's approval

August 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
California’s former top pesticide regulatory official dismissed safety guidelines suggested by her own staff scientists on the grounds that they were "excessive" and too onerous for the pesticide manufacturer, recently released internal documents show. In response, the... + read more
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