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EPA RECOGNIZES DOD’S PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Release Date: 08/19/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1999
EPA RECOGNIZES DOD’S PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
EPA is giving the Department of Defense a Special Achievement Award in recognition of efforts to reduce reduce pesticide use and risks across all of its major installations. DoD reduced its pesticide usage by 50 percent, from 892.4 million pounds of active ingredient in 1993 to 450.6 million pounds in 1998. DoD’s Armed Forces Pest Management Board developed its pesticide risk reduction strategy in cooperation with EPA and other federal agencies and organizations actively working to establish programs that effectively reduce health and environmental risks associated with pesticide use. More information on DoD’s program and EPA’s Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program is available at https://www.epa.gov/oppbppd1/PESP/.
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