Dear Secretary Kennedy, Secretary Rollins, and Administrator Zeldin,

As organizations representing the food and agriculture community, we write to express our interest in working with you and the Make America Healthy Again Commission in advancing our shared goals of improving health outcomes for Americans while protecting our most vulnerable populations.

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Dear Secretary Rollins,

As representatives of the food and agriculture value chain, the undersigned organizations write to express our enthusiasm for working with you and other Trump administration leaders to ensure that America continues to have the safest,

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Dear President-elect Trump’s Transition Team,

As representatives of the food and agriculture value chain, the undersigned organizations
write to express our enthusiasm for working with you and upcoming administration leaders
to ensure that America continues to have the safest,

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October 14, 2024

Dear Chairwoman Stabenow, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Boozman, and Ranking Member Scott,

In recent weeks,

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On July 22, 2024, the National and Regional Weed Science Societies were among 318 stakeholders who wrote a letter to EPA to share our concerns and seek a dialogue with EPA on ways to improve its process for assessing potential risks that pesticides may pose to endangered species and their critical habitats.

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Dear Administrator Li,

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), along with the Aquatic Plant Management
Society (APMS), North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS),

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Dear Misters Bongard and Savage,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (hereafter the EPA) White Paper Describing Benefits of Structured and Digital Content Labels for Pesticide Products (EPA-HQ-OPP-2023-0562).

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The Weed Science Societies suggest nine additional ways to mitigate the impact of herbicides on listed species due to spray drift, which includes decreased buffers for ultra-coarse droplets,

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On August 6, 2023, the WSSA submitted comments (link here) on the U.S. EPA’s proposed Vulnerable Listed Species Pilot Project: Proposed Mitigations,

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The six national and regional weed science societies are signatories on the USDOT Invasive Plant Elimination Program Support Letter to Congress,

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On November 16, the EPA released an Updated ESA Workplan that provides more details about how EPA plans to impose various mitigation measures that will be required on pesticide labels to meet its ESA obligations when registering a pesticide.

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