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Recommendation MRW5: Ensure proper use of pesticides, including effective alternatives

Through collaboration with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, EPA, pesticide applicators, local government, environmental organizations, and others, develop criteria to identify high-risk pesticides used by households and in other small-quantity applications (both non-agricultural and agricultural). Develop a plan to ensure proper use of high-risk pesticides in households and other small, non-agricultural applications to include promoting effective alternatives. Next, work with the Department of Agriculture and others to develop a long-term strategy for using effective alternatives to high-risk agricultural pesticides.

Related Milestone

A consensus-based process is in place and used to rank priority substances that are high-risk, and the next set of substances to pursue have been identified.

Related Milestone

The growth trend in retail sales of high-risk non-agricultural pesticides has leveled off.

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