Issues concerning “home remedies”
This message is from
Eric Harrington
Assistant Director for Occupational & Environmental Health
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Dean’s Office
Cornell University e-mail: eh22@cornell.edu
I would like to remind Cornell pesticide applicators of issues concerning using and recommending “home remedies.”
The Environmental Conservation Law (specifically Article 33) requires a commercial pesticide applicator when performing the commercial application of pesticides to apply a pesticide product that is registered by both NYS DEC and US EPA. Article 33 also allows a commercial applicator to apply a pesticide which has been specifically exempted from registration by the US EPA (25b list of exempted materials). Since a “home remedy” is neither a registered or exempted pesticide, a commercial applicator is prohibited from commercially applying a “home remedy.” As a certified commercial pesticide applicator, it is not a good practice to recommend “home remedies.”
If you have any questions or concerns about this, please let me know and I would be happy to discuss it further with you.
Eric
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Eric Harrington
Assistant Director for Occupational & Environmental Health
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Dean’s Office
241 Roberts Hall (US Mail) 607-255-0485 (Office)
204 Rice Hall (Campus Mail) 607-254-6569 (Fax)
Cornell University e-mail: eh22@cornell.edu
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA http://oeh.cals.cornell.edu/
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