Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Objects to Tolerances for Five Pesticides

May 3, 2002
From: Rick Melnicoe
Director
Western Region Pest Management Center

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is objecting to tolerances established for five pesticides: imidacloprid (Admire, Provado), mepiquat (PIX), bifenazate (Floramite), zeta-cypermethrin (Fury), and diflubenzuron (Dimilin).

There is a similar submission concerning a sixth product, halosulfuron (Manage, Permit, Sempra).

NRDC is objecting to the tolerances for various reasons outlined in their submission.

You should note that, except for mepiquat, each of these products has been classified as either an organophosphate (OP) replacement, a methyl bromide replacement, and/or a reduced risk product. As for mepiquat, it was reregistered in 1997 and, according to the EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document, mepiquat has a very low risk profile.

This is a PDF (1, 178K or 26 pages) of their objections submitted to the EPA on March 19, 2002.