The
United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced its intention to
ban chlorpyrifos insecticides, commonly marketed as Lorsban.
There
is no word yet from the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency about any
change in its registrations for chlorpyrifos.
Last
year it extended registration to onion bulbs. It is registered for use on a
large number of root-vegetable crops, such as rutabagas, and for barley, wheat,
oats, triticale and other cereal crops.
