EPA PROPOSES ANTIMICROBIAL RESTRICTIONS FOR HVAC DUCTWORK USES --- The Agency wants to make it illegal to sell or use an antimicrobial product in air duct systems without a specific registration and approved use directions. EPA acknowledges, however, that it has no efficacy protocols at this time to register such products, and experts question the efficacy of some products currently in the market.

A PESTICIDE.NET PROFILE OF THE NATIONAL AIR DUCT CLEANERS ASSOCIATION --- The National Air Duct Cleaners Association answers consumers' questions about cleaning HVAC systems, and addresses their misimpressions.

STATES WANT EPA TO CHANGE PESTICIDE CHEMIGATION POLICY --- State regulators say that pesticides delivered in below-ground irrigation systems, and antimicrobials used to clear microbial growth from those systems, may contaminate groundwater. For now, EPA says the issue is not a priority, although California may change its regulations.

LACK OF PESTICIDE ANALYTICAL LAB METHODS HAMPER ENFORCEMENT, STATES SAY --- States can't build an enforcement case if they can't identify pesticide residues, including metabolites and degradates, from an alleged drift incident or an adulterated food crop, so registrants may face requests to develop more analytical detection methods.

AN INSIDER LOOK AT MISSISSIPPI PESTICIDE RESIDUE TESTING --- The State Chemist for Mississippi, in an exclusive interview, explains why having and using analytical methods to enforce pesticide laws against illegal residues, including degradates and metabolites, is not as straightforward as one may suppose.

EPA AND STATES DISCUSS FRONT-BURNER PESTICIDE ISSUES --- Issues included revisions to the Worker Protection Standards and the Applicator Certification and Training Regulation; occupational protections from antimicrobials; regulations to keep children out of treated fields; the new Container and Containment Rule; EPA's custom blending policy; state performance measures; and new environmental hazard statements for consumer pesticides.

PESTICIDE REGULATORS ASSESS COURT RULING AGAINST ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION PROGRAM -- Regulators struggle with the fallout from a recent court order against the process used by EPA to register pesticides that may threaten endangered species

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