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Commission adopts 2022 reduced-risk pesticide list for city properties; staff to phase out some herbicides
Summary
The Commission approved the 2022 reduced-risk pesticide list for San Francisco municipal properties, adding one Tier 2 fungicide with restrictions, removing two Tier 2 products, and amending language for eight products while noting a continued 97% reduction in Tier 1 pesticide use since 2010.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment on Sept. 27 voted to adopt the department’s 2022 reduced-risk pesticide list for city properties, a document that governs which pesticides contractors and city staff may use on municipal land.
Dr. Shoba Iyer, Integrated Pest Management program manager, told commissioners the city has reduced Tier 1 pesticide use — the most hazardous category — by about 97% since 2010. She said the proposed list adds a Tier 2 fungicide, Reliant, restricted to high-value tree use for certain fungal pathogens, and removes two Tier 2 products including a rodent bait formulation found…
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