EPA Solicits Public Comment on Emergency Exemption for DQB Males Pesticide in Hawaii

Summary

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on a request from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to use the pesticide DQB Males, containing Wolbachia pipientis, to treat 20,000 acres of wildlife conservation areas in Hawaii and control Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes, a vector of avian malaria.