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In This Issue
Calling All Extension Educators This inservice is for Extension educators, specialists, associates or program assistants involved with pesticide applicator training. The agenda will include special segments on “The IPM Dilemma in a Sales-Driven World” during the day of Wednesday, December 6 with agronomic crops, regulation and core updates. Thursday, December 7, will focus on livestock, stored grain, forestry and horticulture topics. Again, this year there will be an Educator Planning and ANR Issues Meeting on Wednesday evening, 5:30 - 8:00. The dinner meeting is coordinated by Steve Baertsche, Assistant Director, Agriculture and Natural Resources. EPA Releases New Brochure for Healthier Lawns The brochure was developed by EPA’s GreenScapes Alliance program which is a group of organizations, large and small, that implements and promotes sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance. To order copies of the brochure, contact EPA at (800) 490-9198 for orders up to 100 brochures. Larger orders need to e-mailed to: Seikel.Kathy@epa.gov Candidates Considered for Endangered Species List For more information, go to the Fish and Wildlife Service media release at: http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=A2679687-0B76-ACD6-3634DEBD6A81AAAB OSU Commercial Recertification Conferences This year’s conferences have two new locations. The location choices were based on attendance data from past years. We moved to Wilmington from Dayton for the general conferences and from Columbus to Wooster for the field crop conferences to better serve our clientele. The 2006-2007 dates and locations will be: General Schools (turf, ornamental, industrial vegetation and pest control)
Field Crop Conferences (agronomic pest control)
Exposure of Children to Pyrethroids One study looked at the exposure of children in daycare centers to lead, allergens and pesticides. This study was conducted by the U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. consumer Product Safety Commission and the U.S. EPA. The study found that pyrethroids were the most commonly used pesticides among the daycare centers in the study. Samples collected by wiping the floor in the centers found numerous organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides. The study can be found at: http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/sep/science/pt_daycare.html An article published in the September issue of “Environmental Health Perspectives” summarized a study done by Emory University and the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found that pesticide use in the home increased the level of pyrethroids in the study children’s urine when compared to children in homes with lower usage of pesticides. The study can be found at: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/9043/abstract.html (Sources: EPA Office and Pesticide Programs, Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, Vol. 34, No. 47) Fungicides EPA has determined that triadimefon is eligible for reregistration with the following measures because of concerns with human toxicity and potential for runoff into surface waters. Some of the risk mitigation measures include the packaging of wettable powder products in water-soluble bags and a 17-day waiting period between the application to sod and its transplantation in a residential setting. There will be restrictions for golf course applications and added PPE requirements when using the product. More information is available at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/triadimefon_triadimenol_fs.htm Triadimenol – a metabolite of the above triadimefon used as a seed treatment for grains. Triadimenol is also eligible for reregistration with the same risk mitigation requirements. More information is available at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/triadimefon_triadimenol_fs.htm Ohio Commercial Recertification Schools Field Crop Conferences (agronomic pest control and agriculture weed) Pesticide Applicator Training Inservice For County Educators ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OSU Extension embraces human diversity and is committed to ensuring that all educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or veteran status. Keith L. Smith, Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Director, OSU Extension TDD No. 800-589-8292 (Ohio only) or 614-292-1868
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