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INDUSTRYBRIEF
BY WCTA STAFF
I prodi one Turf Uses During a m ult i-st akeholder t eleconference call host ed by Healt h Canada on June 20, 2018, t he Pest Managem ent Regulat ory Agency (PMRA) announced t hat all t urf uses of t he popular golf course fungicide act ive ingredient , Iprodione (Rovral, Quali-Pro, Trilogy) are cancelled. Citing safety risks to food and drinking water, manufacturers
will have 24 months to implement label changes. At this time, official end use of Iprodione on turf is June 21, 2021 however PMRA representative Lynn Lee cautioned another special review of the active ingredient was just initiated to look at remaining permissible uses and potentially changes to the timeline for discontinued uses.