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Minimum Risk Pesticides Exempted from FIFRA Registration

What Is a “Minimum Risk Pesticide?”

Because EPA has determined that certain "minimum risk pesticides" pose little to no risk to human health or the environment, EPA has exempted them from the requirement that they be registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Learn more about minimum risk pesticides.

About Minimum Risk Pesticides

basic information

Conditions To Qualify as a Minimum Risk Pesticide Product

Minimum Risk Conditions

Clarifications About Minimum Risk Active and Inert Ingredients

Pesticide Groups

Regulation and Enforcement of Minimum Risk Pesticides

Enforcement and Compliance

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