Addressing High Profile Pesticide Misuse:

Education to Prevent Misuse

Tim Stock

Integrated Plant Protection Center

Oregon State University

Black Tuesday, 10/10/2006:

“I need to get the name of the pesticide products that each presenter will include in their presentations….Thanks!”Hundreds of “nastygrams”

Countless extra work hours

“A bounty of conversations”

Where do growers get information?• Trade magazines and shows

• Regional & national grower organizations

• Local pesticide suppliers

• Pesticide manufacturers and their field-men

• Farmer friends locally and in other states

• Pesticide labels that list the pests controlled (including Section 18s & 24Cs from other States)

• Grower meetings at which university faculty (any university) present their research results.

• Research results posted on the internet

Two Mentalities

• “You ratted on us! You squealer!”

• “How could you put our industry in jeopardy?”

Factors to Consider

• Multiple Information Sources

• Illusions of Independence

• Including “un-registerable” Pesticides in Research Trials

• Dissemination of Research Results

Ideas for Discussion

• Increased fines

• Disincentives from Buyers

• IPM

• “Good Grower” Labeling

• Dealer Education / Reporting

• Pesticide Policy, “Operational Guidelines”, Disclaimer

• Working Groups

Disclaimer

“The information provided in this research report (or presentation) is not and should not be considered as an expressed or implied recommendation of use.  The pesticide label determines uses for a compound, and most restrictions that may apply. In addition, there may be local restrictions to specific uses.

If you consider a specific product or use as a result of this report (or attending this event), it is your responsibility to verify that this use is legal and permitted by referring to the pesticide label and also determining if local restrictions apply.”

Working Groups• “OSU Pesticide Working Group”: Periodic seminars on procedures

for Section 18s & 24Cs, IR4 updates, pesticide science consultation (application technology, fate and behavior, toxicology, environmental impact, water quality), updates on label changes, DEQ & USGS water quality data, NRCS updates, and discussion of plans for research and outreach.

• “User Compliance Working Group”: ODA, OSU, Growers, processors, Ag Chemical Reps, Fresh Market Distributors. OBJECTIVE: To work together in partnership to effectively reduce pesticide violations - deal with violations, unregistered uses, strategies for educating processors and fresh market distributors, etc.

• “ODA/OSU User Education Working Group”: A work group of ODA and OSU staff to focus on pesticide user education.

Ideas for Discussion

• Increased fines

• Disincentives from Buyers

• IPM

• “Good Grower” Labeling

• Dealer Education / Reporting

• Pesticide Policy, “Operational Guidelines”, Disclaimer

• Working Groups