Pesticide Broadcast Volume 11, Number 1, February 2000

Stephen J. Toth, Jr., Pest Management Information Specialist
Wayne G. Buhler, Pesticide Education Specialist

Volume 12, Number 1, March 5, 2002

Retail Sale of Most Chlorpyrifos Home Use Products Stopped

In December 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reissued a notice to retailers as a reminder that the retailers' stop sale date is December 31, 2001 for almost all chlorpyrifos home use products and many other indoor and outdoor non-residential use products to which children could be exposed. The notice provided information for retailers on what to do with chlorpyrifos inventories remaining after December 31, 2001. Consumers may still use chlorpyrifos residential products according to label directions and precautions. If consumers choose to discontinue use, they should contact their state or local hazardous waste disposal program or local solid waste collection service for information on proper disposal.

EPA first issued the notice to retailers in January 2001, as a follow-up to the June 8, 2000 Agency announcement on an agreement with pesticide manufacturers to phase out and eliminate many uses of chlorpyrifos, one of the most widely used insecticides in the United States.

Information on chlorpyrifos and the Agency's June 2000 risk mitigation agreement with the manufacturers is available at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/chlorpyrifos.htm. Additional information is available from the Communications Services Branch in the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs at (703) 305-5214.

Source: EPA Pesticide Program Update, December 19, 2001

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Last modified on March 5, 2002 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.