Last week the EPA held a meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC). The PPDC is a Federal Advisory Committee that provides input to the Office of Pesticide Programs on policy issues. NPMA is represented on the committee along with stakeholders from a wide variety of perspectives.
The meeting focused on the formation of four working groups – Pesticide Resistance Management, Emerging Agricultural Technologies, Farmworker and Clinician Training, and Emerging Pathogens workgroup. NPMA has requested representation on the Resistance Management workgroup and submitted additional experts for consideration. Additionally, EPA briefed the committee on its recent accomplishments, with specific focus on OPP’s COVID-19 response. View full details, including briefing documents and PowerPoint slides.