May 25
Brazil Anvisa approves bioinsecticide Deladenus siricidicola
The Board of Directors of National Health Surveillance Agency have included active ingredient D54 (Deladenus siricidicola) in the list of monographies of active ingredients used in agrochemicals, household cleaning products and wood preservatives. The dec
May 24
Argentina bans dichlorvos and trichlorfon
The National Service of Health and Food Quality (Senasa), banned the import, commercialization and use of insecticides/ acaricides based on dichlorvos, which is used on tobacco and grain storage facilities, in keeping with international norms for residue
May 23
Change and Challenge in Agrochemical Formulation Development in Brazil
Formulation professionals are increasingly facing big challenges in the development of new products containing a mixture of multisite active ingredients. In Brazil, where the climate is hot and humid for most of the year, conditions are perfect for the em
May 22
Canada plans the re-evaluation of insecticide spinosad
The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) notified registrant of spinosad of the initiation of the re-evaluation of spinosad.
Spinosad is a broad spectrum systemic insecticide registered for use on agricultural crops including greenhouse vege
May 21
Emamectin benzoate released for sale in Brazil until July 2019
Considered the most efficient insecticide for the control of Helicoverpa armigera, emamectin benzoate was released for use and commercialization until July 2019 in Brazil. The decision was ratified through Decree 44 of the Department of Agricultural Defen
May 18
Brazil introduced new bill aiming to reduce registration time for agrochemicals by half
A new legislative bill numbered 3200/2015, introduced at the end of April in the House of Representatives of Brazil, could reduce the registration time for agrochemicals by half. The new legislation aims at modernizing the system of releasing agrochemical
May 16
Chinese scientists develop new kind of light-responsive herbicide with high efficiency but low cost
Recently, a research team led by WU Zhengyan from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a new kind of light-responsive herbicide with high efficiency but low cost, which is expected to be widely applied.
May 15
Herbicide fumonone will exit the EU market
According to the World Trade Organization’s WTO, the EU will no longer approve the registration of the herbicide furnidone (CAS No 96525-23-4), which will be formally released this autumn in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Furazonin was fir
May 09
Heilongjiang Province plans to use 16 million tons of organic fertilizer this year
This year, Heilongjiang Province will aim to purify the agricultural development environment, increase the utilization of agricultural by-products such as livestock and poultry manure and straw, develop green organic foods, and improve the quality of cult
May 08
Hawaii becomes first state in the U.S. to ban chlorpyrifos
Last Tuesday Hawaii made history, as it became the first state in the U.S. to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a highly toxic neurotoxin that causes significant damage to brain development in children. The pesticide's detrimental health effects led the U.S
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