Diuron has been shown to be an unmanageable pesticide in the GBR catchments due to its toxicity, persistence, ability to travel long distances from its point of application and its sub-lethal impacts.

Sugar lobby group Canegrowers says it will formally ask the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to review its ban of the popular herbicide diuron. During a Senate ...

The Australian Pesticides Authority has placed restrictions on the weed killer diuron from today. Diuron is no longer approved for use around apples, citrus, coffee and tea, and ornamental crops ...

Australia's chemical regulator has ordered a suspension on the use of diuron this wet season in situations where the chemical could be washed onto the reef. But groups including WWF say it's ...

The environmental agency is not endorsing a total ban on diuron, which has been used on farms, in orchards and in non-agricultural settings since the late 1960s. EPA has proposed to end the use of ...

The herbicide diuron would be banned on all US food crops under a proposed decision announced April 28 by the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposal would also end use of the herbicide on ...

THE Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority wants to suspend the use of diuron after a second review into the herbicide found use-rates present a risk to aquatic ecosystems in most ...

Diuron is found in more than 100 products and is primarily used in sugar cane, cotton and weed spraying and in anti-fouling paints. A newly released State Environment Department study found the ...

The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) has ordered withdrawal of the use and immediate termination of registration of Chlorothalonil, Diuron, Thiacloprid, Pymetrozine, Propineb, Chlorpyrifos and ...