The Pesticide Board Subcommittee is responsible for registering all pesticides for use in the commonwealth. The Massachusetts Pesticide Board Subcommittee is also responsible for reviewing new active ingredients and issuing all experimental use permits.
The five member subcommittee is Chaired by the Director of the Division of Food Protection within the Department of Public Health with other four members consisting of representatives of the Department of Agricultural Resources, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Public Health, and a Commercial Pesticide Applicator appointed by the Governor.
Rodenticide Scientific Review
Anticoagulant Rodenticides Scientific Review - Draft Phase 2 Report
The Eastern Research Group, Inc (“ERG”) is conducting a scientific review of rodenticides for the Pesticide Board Subcommittee. This review will be used in a larger individual review of rodenticides to be conducted by the Pesticide Board Subcommittee. The ERG review is organized in two phases.
The Phase Two report is where ERG evaluated the identified resources from Phase One report and synthesize findings into a comprehensive scientific review
MDAR is providing a public comment period on the Phase Two report. If you have any comments relative to the content within the Phase Two report, please submit them to the email or mailing address provided below no later than October 1st at 5pm.
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Division of Crop and Pest Services
225 Turnpike Road
Southborough, MA 01772
Attn: Taryn LaScola, Director
Taryn.lascola@mass.gov
All comments will be sent to ERG for review and will be provided to the Pesticide Board Subcommittee as part of the final report.
Pesticide Board Subcommittee Members
Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health Food Protection Program
State Laboratory Institute, 305 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
- Chairperson - Michael Moore, Director
Department of Agricultural Resources
225 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772
- Member - Ashley E. Randle, Commissioner
- Designee – Taryn LaScola, Director (Hotze Wijnja, Ph.D. or Steve Antunes-Kenyon)
Department of Conservation and Recreation
251 Causeway St., Suite 600, Boston, MA 02114
- Member - Brian Arrigo, Commissioner
- Designee - Nicole Keleher
Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111
- Member – Dr. Robert Goldstein, Commissioner
- Designee – Meg Blanchet
Public Member (Appointed by the Governor)
- Richard Berman
Meetings and Minutes
The Massachusetts Pesticide Board Subcommittee meets monthly except in May and June. The meeting of the Pesticide Board and Subcommittee are open to the public unless they go into executive session.
2025 Meetings
2024 Meetings
2023 Meetings
2022 Meetings
2021 Meetings
- 12/21/21
- 11/16/21
- 10/19/21
- 8/17/21
- 7/30/21 - rescheduled from 7/20
- 4/20/21
- 4/6/21
- 3/16/21
- 3/1/21
- 2/16/21
- 1/19/21
2020 Meetings
- 12/15/20
- 12/10/20
- 11/17/20
- 10/20/20
- 9/22/20
- 8/27/20
- 8/18/20 - Canceled
- 7/15/20
- 5/20/20
- 4/28/20
- 3/23/20
- 3/13/20 - Neonics Scientific Literature Review Public Hearing
- 2/25/20
- 1/14/20
2019 Meetings
2018 Meetings
- 1/19/18 - minutes
- 2/16/18 - minutes
- 3/16/18 - minutes
- 4/20/18 - minutes
- 7/20/18 - minutes
- 8/17/18
- 9/28/18
- 10/19/18
- 11/16/18
- 12/21/18