Rodenticide

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Rodenticide: - A chemical or agent used to destroy rats or other rodent pests, or to prevent them from damaging food, crops, etc.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Rodenticide::

EPA Calls Out Nation’s Largest Manufacturer Of Hospital Disinfectants  -  05 Aug 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...it must go through EPA’s rigorous registration process, dictated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

Rat may greet Lieberman if he goes to GOP convention  -  Jul 29, 2008
Greenwich Time,By Neil Vigdor Joe Lieberman might want to pack some rodenticide if he decides to stump for John McCain at the upcoming Republican National Convention in

Are Toxins Killing The Bees?  -  Aug 4, 2008
Hartford Courant,Sure, they are regulated — but badly — under the antiquated Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. This law allows a chemical on the market

Minor, newly-wed woman end life  -  Jul 22, 2008
Times of India,Police said that Tina had consumed rodenticide after being reprimanded by her parents. She was admitted to Mayo Hospital on Sunday afternoon after her

Neogen profits set new record  -  Aug 3, 2008
Lansing State Journal,Only the company's rodenticide and disinfectants saw sales declines. Anton Brenner, senior research analyst at Roth Capital Partners, said Neogen is

Neogen Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 05/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript  -  Jul 22, 2008
Seeking Alpha,The only real product line disappointment in fiscal year 2008 was rodenticide and disinfectant sales that sell below last year by approximately 5%.

Misapplied Herbicides Enter Klamath River Tributary  -  Jul 21, 2008
Environment News ServiceFailure to follow instructions on the label is a violation of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. This law requires that pesticide

Garden: The ‘miracle’ of plant food  -  Jul 27, 2008
Vail Daily News,Staying within the lines of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act of 1972 kind of makes that difficult to spell out.

Local Professor Appointed to EPA Panel  -  Jul 14, 2008
KBTX,...was appointed to serve on the Environmental Protection Agency Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel.

Rat clearing timeline on Lehua Island altered  -  Jul 11, 2008
Lihue Garden Island,Diphacinone, an anticoagulant, is a form of rodenticide that causes internal hemorrhaging in rodents, resulting in a painless death.

Bacteria Killer  -  Jul 8, 2008
RedOrbit,...a public health registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The organization wanted to treat the prospect with caution.

[E3 2008] Sony utilise du Rodenticide pour Rat Race  -  Jul 18, 2008
Play3-Live,C'est au cours de l'E3 que Sony a annoncé que son jeu PSN Rat Race ne verrait jamais le jour. En effet, à l'instar de The Getaway & Eight Days,

Haryana starts campaign to save rabi crops from rats  -  Dec 3, 2007
Hindu,Sufficient amount of rodenticide has been made available to all the Plant Protection Officers of the state, he said. The department said materials like

EPA settles with ABC Corporation for $52000 for pesticide violations  -  Nov 25, 2007
WebWire (press release),Disinfectants are considered pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, which regulates the production, distribution,

Rat population increases dramatically  -  Nov 19, 2007
FarmersWeekly,Producers are advised to monitor rat activity and use a maximum uptake rodenticide in well sited bait points as soon as a rat population is detected.

Postcards from the edge: 24-month outcomes of a randomised ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription),...pharmaceuticals plus alcohol, 217 (28%); opioid or amphetamine, 20 (3%); carbon monoxide, 17 (2%); herbicide or rodenticide, 11 (1%); insulin, 7 (1%);

US EPA fines Gardena pesticide producer $15500  -  Nov 26, 2007
WebWire (press release),The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act regulates the sale, distribution, and use of pesticides within the United States.

New Yorkers vs. the Rat  -  Nov 25, 2007
Gotham Gazette,You can bring a trainload or boatload of rodenticide into the city," Edgar Butts, who work on environmental health for the city, told the New York Times.

Biologists prepare for assault on rats  -  Nov 22, 2007
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,On Rat Island, plans call for using helicopters to drop rodenticide, a powerful and toxic anticoagulant that will cause the rodents to bleed to death.

Say 'No' to Holiday Pests  -  Nov 17, 2007
Signal,Lewis also uses rodenticide, though he warns that this may not be the best plan of prevention, since it may kill rodents that are inside walls or ceilings,

EPA announces Hawaii environmental enforcement accomplishments for ...  -  Nov 15, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Disinfectants and products that control mold are considered pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Both products make

EPA Takes Steps to Better Protect Farm Workers in Puerto Rico  -  Nov 6, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...four Puerto Rico farms for multiple violations of the worker protection provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

US EPA fines Fresno pool supply company $5200 for failing to ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
WebWire (press release),Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, companies must annually report pesticide production to the EPA by March 1.

Guelphites support pesticide ban: poll  -  Aug 18, 2007
Guelph Mercury (subscription),A pesticide can be a herbicide, an insecticide, a rodenticide or a fungicide. Many fertilizers include pesticides in the mix.

Urban raptors, too, fall victim to rodenticides  -  Aug 1, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Now the necropsy results are in: Liver tissue from both hawks tested positive for brodifacoum, a potent anticoagulant rodenticide.

Exit more than strategy  -  Jul 30, 2007
Newsday,...the decontamination process has been demanding: water blasting of equipment, treatment with insecticide, rodenticide, inspections, certifications.

EPA: 2,4-D Not a Human Carcinogen  -  Aug 10, 2007
Kansas Farmer,EPA scientists reviewed to assess the herbicide's safety under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Food Quality Protection Act.

Concord Enterprises, Inc. pays $59000 fine to settle alleged ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act regulates the sale, distribution, and use of pesticides within the United States.

Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Approved  -  Aug 6, 2007
Hoosier Ag Today,PRIA is a component of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act that regulates pesticides. Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and Saxby Chambliss of

Farm worker groups sue EPA to stop pesticide use  -  Jul 31, 2007
The Hill,Protection Agency (EPA) is violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act by allowing the use of chlorpyrifos on farm fields.

Board to clamp down on illegal pesticides  -  Jul 31, 2007
AntiguaSun,He said that in addition to being misused as a rodenticide there have also been reports of its being used in murders. The products being sold by the woman

Pesticides Board issues rat bait alert  -  Jul 30, 2007
AntiguaSun,He said that the use of “Three Steps,� an ‘acute’ or fast acting rodenticide, can ultimately prove detrimental to the island’s rodent control programme.

Fluoridation – Just Say No!  -  Jul 28, 2007
American Chronicle,...reports sodium silicofluoride [as used for fluoridation in Australia] as, "... an insecticide, fungicide, bactericide and rodenticide [rat poison] .

Forest Service considers poisoning prairie dogs  -  Jul 28, 2007
Billings Gazette,The plan would allow for expanded use of rodenticide poison. Currently, poison can be used to control prairie dogs only if there is a human safety issue or




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