{"id":937,"date":"2019-03-27T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T13:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/?p=937"},"modified":"2019-03-27T09:53:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T13:53:52","slug":"paraquat-dichloride-training-for-certified-applicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/2019\/03\/paraquat-dichloride-training-for-certified-applicators\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraquat Dichloride Training for Certified Applicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EPA is now requiring that certified applicators successfully complete an EPA training before mixing, loading, and\/or applying paraquat. The training provides important information about paraquat\u2019s toxicity, new label requirements and restrictions, and the consequences of misuse.<\/p>\n<p>Any person who intends to use paraquat must be a certified applicator and is required to take the training. \u201cUse\u201d includes pre-application activities involving mixing and loading the pesticide; applying the pesticide; and other pesticide-related activities, including, but not limited to, transporting or storing opened pesticide containers, cleaning equipment, and disposing of excess pesticides, spray mix, equipment wash waters, pesticide containers, and other paraquat-containing materials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usparaquattraining.com\">EPA-approved training module can be accessed here<\/a>. This training to should take about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This information comes from the EPA website on paraquat (https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pesticide-worker-safety\/paraquat-dichloride-training-certified-applicators#q2)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EPA is now requiring that certified applicators successfully complete an EPA training before mixing, loading, and\/or applying paraquat. The training provides important information about paraquat\u2019s toxicity, new label requirements and restrictions, and the consequences of misuse. Any person who intends to use paraquat must be a certified applicator and is required to take the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tattnall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}