Sentences with phrase «limits use of pesticides»

This includes the Department of Public Health's plan for management of mosquito - borne diseases, which limits use of pesticides based on the levels of mosquito and disease activity.

The DPH plan calls for limited use of pesticides, based on the levels of mosquito and disease activity in a specific location.

In response, this week Michigan officials are considering new rules to limit the use of the pesticide.

Not exact matches

He has refused to limit the use of numerous pesticides; he has repealed regulations on methane flares; he has punted on the question of addressing lead in water, which we know is definitely not a problem in this country, insisting that the question demands at least six years of further study.

There are conflicting studies on this topic, but farmer's growing organic produce are limited to the use of pesticides that are naturally occurring, while conventional farming practices use synthetic pesticides that are linked to various health problems such as ADHD in children.

Researchers with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that any amount of ingestion of pesticide - laced lanolin by a newborn was unacceptable, and that standards and limits of pesticides shouldn't be arbitrarily set based on regulations used for food.

Chicago is touting its fifth year of working with the Midwest Pesticide Action Center to limit the use of weed - killing chemicals in parks.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

The EPA has been instructed to draw up new limits for hundreds of pesticide ingredients already in use.

«Although such retrospective studies can not identify specific chemicals used or quantify the exposure, our findings add another reason to advise mothers to limit their exposure to pesticides around the time of pregnancy,» said Nicolas Vidart d'Egurbide Bagazgoïtia, lead author of the study.

But Peter Hurst of the World Wide Fund for Nature says the limit could be achieved at less cost by inducing farmers to use fewer pesticides, as has been done in Sweden.

Agricultural Biologist II Merced County Agricultural Commissioner, Merced • CA 1999 — 2002 Spearheaded inspections and investigations to verify compliance with agricultural laws and regulations in pesticide use, plant and pest quarantine compliance and farming practices designed to limit the spread of pests.