- Mission [1]
- The PPDC supports EPA's Goal 4 - Healthy Communities and Ecosystems. Accomplishments for FY 2011: PPDC met twice and work
groups met or held several conference calls to discuss a variety of pesticide program regulatory and program implementation
issues, including endangered species, pollinator protection, integrated pest management, endocrine disruptors, spray drift,
worker safety, Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) process improvements, registration review, transition, enhancement
of incident data bases, web-distributed labels, comparative safety statements for pesticide products, new integrated testing
strategies, and various program updates. These extensive discussions resulted in verbal advice and recommendations to the
Agency.PPDC supports the Agency's strategic goals and priorities, i.e., to prevent and reduce chemical, organism and pesticide
risks to humans, communities and ecosystems from pests and disease by ensuring the availability of pesticides, including public
health pesticides and antimicrobial products, that meet the latest safety standards. PPDC also supports goals of other key
cross-Agency programs, i.e., the Children's Health Protection Program.
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