In this issue:

ECB and CEW Moth Flight Update

Comprehensive Review of Carbaryl (Sevin) Completed

Daily Crop "ET's" at their Peak

Use of Mosquito Trapping Devices on the Homefront

Comprehensive Review of Widely-Used Insecticide Carbaryl (Sevin) Completed

David Deegan, U.S.-EPA

On June 30, EPA completed a thorough assessment of the pesticide carbaryl, one of the most widely-used insecticides in agriculture. Stemming from the Agency's evaluation, EPA is requiring new measures to ensure protection for homeowners, agricultural workers and the environment. EPA's actions will reduce potential exposures of residential users and children to this pesticide by eliminating most pet care and aerosol products, as well as liquid lawn care applications. Exposures to people who apply carbaryl in agriculture and those who enter treated areas will be reduced in the following ways: canceling some uses and application methods; reducing maximum application rates; eliminating aerial application for certain crops; requiring more personal protective equipment and engineering controls; and extending restricted entry intervals for many crops. Carbaryl can pose risks to honey bees, aquatic invertebrates and other aquatic animals. No concerns were identified related to dietary exposure to residues of carbaryl. EPA will also conduct a cumulative risk assessment for carbamate pesticides, and when this is completed, the Agency will evaluate whether further risk mitigation may be needed for carbaryl. A Federal Register notice announcing the beginning of a public comment period on the decisions contained in this action will be published shortly. For complete details, status of the re-registration, go to the EPA Fact Sheet on Carbaryl at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/carbaryl_factsheet.pdf

All details regarding the current status can be found at the "Interim Re-registration Eligibility Decision" for carbaryl, at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@tc.umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, IPM Program, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Production Editor: Suzanne Wold, Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@tc.umn.edu

Last Revised July 23, 2003.
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