{"id":894,"date":"2020-03-13T12:42:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T16:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/?p=894"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T16:43:38","slug":"requirements-for-paraquat-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/2020\/03\/requirements-for-paraquat-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements for Paraquat Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many rules regarding the purchase, handling, and application of paraquat are changing.\u00a0 Most notably, all non-bulk paraquat products (<em>with new labels<\/em>) must adhere to closed-system packaging requirements set forth by the EPA\u2019s Paraquat Dichloride Human Health Mitigation Decision by\u00a0<strong>November 2020<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-very-light-gray-color has-vivid-red-background-color\"><strong>All paraquat applicators are required to complete an EPA-approved training module before applying.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Click on the following link to access the training information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pesticide-worker-safety\/paraquat-dichloride-training-certified-applicators\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pesticide-worker-safety\/paraquat-dichloride-training-certified-applicators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please let us know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many rules regarding the purchase, handling, and application of paraquat are changing.\u00a0 Most notably, all non-bulk paraquat products (with new labels) must adhere to closed-system packaging requirements set forth by the EPA\u2019s Paraquat Dichloride Human Health Mitigation Decision by\u00a0November 2020.\u00a0 All paraquat applicators are required to complete an EPA-approved training module before applying. Click on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pesticides","category-regulatory","category-weed-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}