For Release: January 30, 2015

As part of EPA’s ongoing effort to build a more user-friendly website, we have transformed our Minimum Risk Pesticides website into a new, easy-to-use format. Information should now be easier to access regardless of the type of device being used (for example, laptop, tablet, or smart phone). The new site highlights the most-requested information and has been redesigned based on historic website traffic, with a focus on stakeholders who are interested in manufacturing, selling or distributing minimum risk pesticides. Minimum risk pesticides are those pesticides that EPA has determined pose little to no risk to human health or the environment and are therefore exempted from the requirement that they be registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
 
In transforming the website, EPA has included more information to be clearer about the conditions that a product must meet to be considered minimum risk. It is important to note that this website does not reflect any regulatory changes or new requirements for manufacturers.

The website is organized into the following areas:

• About Minimum Risk Pesticides
• Conditions to Qualify as a Minimum Risk Pesticide Product
• Clarifications about Minimum Risk Active and Inert Ingredients
• Regulation and Enforcement of Minimum Risk Pesticides

The old Web pages will redirect to the new website, and we encourage visitors to update their bookmarks with the new URLs.
 
The address for the new website is: www2.epa.gov/minimum-risk-pesticides.