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Return of Aldicarb in Florida Citrus Denied by State Agriculture Department
Posted by Frank Giles|April 22, 2021
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has denied AgLogic Chemical LLC’s state pesticide registration application for the pesticide aldicarb on citrus crops in Florida. The pesticide registrant’s application failed to comply with requirements of federal law, according to the state agency.
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“While there are promising new horizons for fighting citrus greening, like recent breakthroughs at UF/IFAS on genetic resistance, aldicarb poses an unacceptable risk to human, animal, and environmental health in Florida, is one of the world’s most toxic pesticides, and is banned in more than 100 countries,” says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. “The registrant’s application does not meet the requirements of state law, and we must therefore deny the registration of aldicarb for use in the State of Florida. I look fo
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