FUMIGANT GRANTED COMMERCIAL REGISTRATION

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced recently that it had granted commercial registration for one year for MIDAS®, a fumigant used to control pests in crops such as strawberries, fresh-market tomatoes, peppers and turf. It had granted an extension to its existing Experimental Use Permit (EUP) for the fumigant earlier this year. MIDAS has been in use under an EUP in seven states including Florida since 2006. Its manufacturer, Arysta LifeScience, says MIDAS it is now being made widely available through select fumigant distributors as an alternative to methyl bromide. The registration is not without opposition. More than 10,000 people sent a petition Oct. 25 to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson requesting the withdrawal of EPA’s registration for MIDAS.

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LEGISLATURE PUTS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON THE BALLOT