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  1. Antimicrobials
  2. EPA-Registered Products What are antimicrobial products and how do they work?
  3. Registering A Product Who do I contact to get my antimicrobial product registered with EPA?
  4. H1N1 Virus I purchased an antimicrobial product, but I can't find the name of the product on your list of products registered for Influenza A (H1N1 virus or swine flu) on the Web site. How can I find out whether this product is approved for this use?
  5. Medical Waste Does EPA have a list of registered antimicrobial products for medical waste treatments?
  6. Hand Sanitizers Are alcohol-based hand sanitizers more effective against the H1N1 virus than nonalcoholic hand sanitizers?
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  1. Applicators
  2. Is it necessary to get a license to apply pesticides?
  3. What do I do if I am exposed to a pesticide?
  4. How should I apply a pesticide?
  5. How do I become certified as an applicator?
  6. How much does it cost to become certified as a private applicator?
  1. Consumers
  2. Which hand sanitizers are EPA approved against the H1N1 virus?
  1. Farm and Agricultural Workers
  2. What are alternatives to pesticides in agriculture?
  3. Why do farmers use pesticides?
  4. What do I do if I am exposed to a pesticide?
  5. How long should I wait after a pesticide application to go back into the field?
  6. How do farmers know how much pesticide to use?
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  1. Flea and Tick Products
  2. General Pet Product Safety Questions Are pesticides safe?
  3. General Pet Product Safety Questions Which flea and tick products are the most dangerous to my pet?
  4. EPA's Investigation of Pet Products How many incidents occurred in 2009-2010?
  5. EPA's Investigation of Pet Products What is EPA going to do about these pet spot-on products?
  6. General Pet Product Safety Questions How should I dispose of a product that caused an adverse reaction in my pet?
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  1. General
  2. What are antimicrobial products and how do they work?
  3. How does the government regulate pesticides?
  4. What is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?
  5. What are the differences between technical, manufacturing, and end-use pesticide products?
  6. What is the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)?
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  1. Laws and Regulations
  2. How does the government regulate pesticides?
  3. What is the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)?
  4. How is EPA responding to the issue of colony collapse disorder?
  5. How can I get rid of pesticides I don't want anymore?
  1. Minimum Risk Pesticides
  2. What active ingredients may be used in a minimum risk exempted pesticide product?
  3. What are the requirements if my exempted minimum risk pesticide product is to be used on or around food, food crops, or animal feed?
  4. What happens if a state won't accept my minimum risk pesticide product as an exempted pesticide?
  5. What must I do to meet any applicable state registration requirements for minimum risk pesticides that are exempt from federal registration requirements?
  6. What should be included on a minimum risk pesticide product's label?
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  1. Mosquito Control
  2. What is DEET?
  3. What can I do to reduce the number of mosquitoes in and around my home?
  4. What are some of the pesticides commonly used in mosquito control programs?
  5. Where can I obtain information about mosquito control and pesticide applications in my area?
  6. Who is responsible for mosquito control in my area?
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  1. Registered Pesticides
  2. How do I find out if a pesticide is registered with EPA?
  3. Why does EPA rely on studies submitted from pesticide companies when the Agency is considering whether or not to register a pesticide?  Shouldn't the government be performing independent studies?
  1. Atrazine
  2. Is it true that all product produced at a contract manufacturer should carry a statement 'Produced for Company X? Or since the contract manufacture is working for the registrant, is the 'producer' really the registrant--meaning that the label does not need to carry the 'Produced for Company X'? (LC06-0022)
  1. Pesticide Labeling Consistency
  2. Product Name Regarding product names, page 12-4 of the Label Review Manual says "Exact same name cannot be used for different products registered by any one registrant." In the case of registration transfer (purchase/merger) where supplemental distributor registrations must be reestablished under a new EPA registration number, must the same product (with the new registration number) have a new name when the supplemental distributor form is submitted? In effect, does a new EPA registration number as a result of a transfer constitute a "different product"? (LC06-0043)
  3. Supplemental Labeling (NOT distributor products) When EPA approves a label amendment to add a new use to an existing label, and the label version that EPA stamps as "Approved" is the complete Section 3 label (including the new use), the registrant will sometimes prepare a Supplemental Label to extend the new use to customers who might otherwise have access only to containers that are not labeled with the newly approved use. What is EPA’s stance on this type of Supplemental Labeling? Is the Supplemental label already considered to be “EPA approved” based on the fact that the wording is directly extracted from the EPA Stamped Label, or, must the Supplemental Label be separately “stamped” (or approved) by EPA? LC07-0126: 11-8-07
  4. Product Name Can EPA register a product for one company with the same name of a product already registered by another company? (LC08-0157; 2/28/08)
  5. Storage and Disposal Can aerosol cans containing pesticides be punctured by a disposal facility if the label states "do not puncture or incinerate"?
  6. Storage and Disposal PR Notice 83-3 states that products intended solely for household use need not include the heading "STORAGE AND DISPOSAL."  Is this guidance still true? (LC97-0103)
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