WHEN: Wednesday, January 8th, 7pm - 9pm
WHERE: Agricultural History Farm Park 18400 Muncaster Rd, Derwood, MD 20855
WHAT: Pesticides: An industry lobbyist's view
WHO: Dr. Ray McAllister, director of the Science and Regulatory Division of CropLife America
DETAILS: CropLife America (link) is the national trade association that represents the manufacturers, formulators and distributors of pesticides. "On behalf of our members, we provide legislative and regulatory advocacy, legal support and communications outreach so that our member companies can provide the agricultural products..."
WHY: It is important for beekeepers to know what pesticide manufacturers say about their own products, and CropLife America's goals and roles in pro-pesticide legislation.
Scroll down for some CropLife America messages posted at (link):
BIO as provided by Dr. McAllister
Dr. Ray S. McAllister has served since 1989 as the Senior Director of Regulatory Policy for CropLife America in Washington, DC, the U.S. national trade association representing manufacturers, formulators, and distributors of crop protection products. His primary areas of responsibility include development, refinement, and implementation of regulations and guidelines for premarket government approval and continued product support of crop protection products and uses. This work involves extensive interaction with the Environmental Protection Agency, other government agencies, agricultural industry organizations, scientific societies, and public interest groups. He also works on international trade issues to facilitate markets for U.S. crop protection products and the crops that are treated with them.
In this capacity he has represented CropLife America for more than 15 years on numerous technical, regulatory, and trade-related committees and work groups of CropLife International.
Dr. McAllister previously worked for an EPA contractor on pesticide residue data review, and was on the faculty of Iowa State University in the Department of Plant Pathology, Seed & Weed Sciences.
He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Plant Science from Utah State University, the M.Ed. degree in Community Education Administration from Brigham Young University, and the Ph.D. in Weed Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
