Pesticide Safety Education Newsletter
for Hawaii's Certified Pesticide Applicators
September 2019
CONTENTS
- Earning Recertification Credits
- EPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications for Hemp
- EPA Takes Action to Provide Accurate Risk Information to Consumers, Stop False Labeling on Products
- New Disease of a Podocarpus Tree in Hawaii’s Landscapes
- Toxicity of Pesticides (recertification article).
- Title of Article 4 (recertification article)
- Title of Article 5 (recertification article)
- Title of Article 6 (recertification article)
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Earning Recertification Credits
Hawaii-certified “commercial” or “private” pesticide applicators may earn recertification credits by scoring at least 70% on the open-book quiz about certain articles in this newsletter issue. The articles have titles followed by “(recertification article).” Some of the articles are actually stories on other websites, so click the link below the article’s title to view the story.
Recertification credits--also called "continuing education training" or "CET" units--may not necessarily apply to the following certification categories: Private 2, Private 3, Commercial 7f, and Commercial 11.
The quizzes are administered by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s staff. There is a link to the Department’s “List of Available Quizzes” at the bottom of the Department’s webpage:
http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/pi/pest/pesticide-applicator-certificationrecertification-2/
Also on that webpage are the procedures for certification and recertification. For help, call one of the Department’s phone numbers for the Pesticide Branch’s Education Section:
Kaua’i – 1-808-241-7140 (Lihue)
Oahu – 1-808-973-9424 or -9409 (Honolulu)
Maui, Molokai or Lanai – 1-808-873-3078 (Kahului)
Hawai’i – 1-808-974-4143 (Hilo)
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EPA Seeks Public Comment on Pesticide Applications for Hemp
On August 21, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the receipt of 10 pesticide applications to expand their use on hemp. The 10 requests are the result of the December 2018 Farm Bill provisions that removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, legalizing hemp for commercial use and production. The complete news release is at https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-seeks-public-comment-pesticide-applications-hemp.
The 10 pesticide products contain nine active ingredients: azadirachtin, neem oil, extract of the plant Reynoutria sachalinensis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain F727, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain D747, soybean oil, garlic oil, Capsicum oleoresin extract, or potassium salts of fatty acids, according to a notice in the 8/23/19 isssue of the Federal Register.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/23/2019-18151/pesticide-product-registrations-receipt-of-applications-for-a-new-site
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EPA Takes Action to Provide Accurate Risk Information to Consumers, Stop False Labeling on Products
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's press release dated August 8, 2019 -- "EPA is issuing guidance to registrants of glyphosate to ensure clarity on labeling of the chemical on their products. EPA will no longer approve product labels claiming glyphosate is known to cause cancer – a false claim that does not meet the labeling requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The State of California’s much criticized Proposition 65 has led to misleading labeling requirements for products, like glyphosate, because it misinforms the public about the risks they are facing. This action will ensure consumers have correct information, and is based on EPA’s comprehensive evaluation of glyphosate."
The complete press release is at https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-provide-accurate-risk-information-consumers-stop-false-labeling.
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New Disease of Podocarpus Trees in Hawaii’s Landscapes
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture posted information about a fungal disease of Podocarpus gracillior, an ornamental plant grown as a shrub or tree.
[Insert photo of diseased trees here.]
[caption] Unhealthy trees displaying uneven growth, chlorosis, and browning. (Hawaii Department of Agriculture)
The June 2019 advisory titled “Pestalotiopsis podocarpi: Podocarpus Foliage Blight and Tip Dieback” describes the cause, signs and symptoms (with color photos), and management of the plant disease in HawaiI. The signs and symptoms may be mistaken for dieback of branches caused, not by the fungus, but by a tiny beetle called the "black twig borer" or "BTB".
Get the two-page advisory from https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/pi/ppc/new-pest-advisories/.
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Toxicity of Pesticides (recertification article)
Get the article from https://extension.psu.edu/toxicity-of-pesticides. Read pages 1, 2 and 3. They explain how a pesticide's characteristics determine the words and symbols found on the product's label.
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Title of Article 4 (recertification article)
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Types of Pests
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Chemical Characteristics of Pesticides
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Breakdown or degradation
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[caption]Breakdown or degradation of pesticides by microbes, chemical reactions and sunlight.
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SOURCE.[8/21/19 NOTE TO REVIEWERS: THIS SECTIONIS ONLY A PLACEHOLDER & TEMPLATE FOR AN ACTUAL LIST OF REFERENCES. YOU SHOULD SKIP IT FOR NOW. ]The preceding article “Pharetra Convallis Posuere Morbi” is based on two sources:
(1) National Pesticide Information Center’s Topic Fact Sheet “Pesticide Half-life.”
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/half-life.html (as viewed on 7/31/19)
(2) Chapter 1 "Pest Management" in the booklet "National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual, second edition, 2014" published by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation. https://www.nasda.org/foundation/pesticide-applicator-certification-and-training (as viewed on 7/22/19)
https://utahpests.usu.edu/schoolipm/structural-pest-id-guide/house-mouse (as viewed on 7/30/19)
The two drawings, Figures 7.1 and 7.2, are from the same guide.
Photo of a house mouse is from the webpage "Rats in the Compost Bin?" on the website for the "Official Blog of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County" published July 11, 2016.
https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21498 (as viewed on 7/31/19)
Title of Article 5 (recertification article)
8/21/19 NOTE TO REVIEWERS: THIS ARTICLE IS ONLY A PLACEHOLDER & TEMPLATE FOR AN ACTUAL ARTICLE. YOU SHOULD SKIP IT FOR NOW.
March 2019
Diam vulputate ut pharetra sit amet aliquam id. Sed risus ultricies tristique nulla aliquet enim tortor. Paraquat manufacturers as part of EPA’s 2016 risk mitigation requirements and approved by EPA.
Paraquat is one of the most widely u...er pesticide handling activities.
Since 2000, 17 deaths have been caused by accidental ingestion of paraquat. Many of these deaths resulted from people illegally transferring the pesticide to ... with it.
See details of EPA’s regulatory actions in the article “Paraquat Dichloride: One Sip Can Kill” (recertification article)” in this issue.
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SOURCE. The preceding article "Paraquat Certified Applicator Training to Prevent Poisonings Now Available" is a slightly modified version of an email message dated 3/18/19 from Kerry Richards, PhD, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, University of Delaware.
Title of Article 6 (recertification article)
8/21/19 NOTE TO REVIEWERS: THIS ARTICLE IS ONLY A PLACEHOLDER & TEMPLATE FOR AN ACTUAL ARTICLE. YOU SHOULD SKIP IT FOR NOW ... Kill, view the Agency's webpage at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/paraquat-dichloride-one-sip-can-kill
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