Hi All,
Our client is using pesticides which are neither included in SF pesticide list nor active ingredients are found in that list. Our client is following local regulations for pesticide use in India as well as he is providing universal notification to the building occupants. Will that be sufficient to achieve this credit?
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Ben Stanley
Senior Sustainability ManagerWSP - Built Ecology
LEEDuser Expert
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February 6, 2013 - 3:00 pm
Providing universal notification will keep you compliant if you're not able to source a least toxic pesticide. But, you will also need to demonstrate that IPM strategies were attempted prior to applying the pesticides. Without evidence of the IPM strategies attempted, the credit could be in jeopardy.
Also, San Francisco has posted its hazard screening protocol, which you may be able to use to source preferable pesticides available in India. Even so, providing universal notification would still be prudent.
http://www.sfenvironment.org/article/pest-management/least-toxic-pestici...