Also called: Also called: Fungicides, Herbicides, Rodenticides

Start Here

• What Is a Pesticide?(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/

Overviews

• Household Products Database: Pesticides(National Library of Medicine) - http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Pesticides
• Pesticides(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pesticides/index.cfm

Latest News

• Golf Course Insecticides Pose Little Danger to Players(08/13/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_68113.html

Treatment

• In Case of Pesticide Poisoning(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/incaseof.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/spanish/incaseof.htm

Prevention/Screening

• How to Use Insect Repellents Safely(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/insectrp.htm
• Pesticide Safety Tips(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/pest_ti.htm
• Read the Label First(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/label/
• Read the Label First! Protect Your Garden(Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF - http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/labeling/pubs/rtlf/garden.pdf
• Safety Precautions for Total Release Foggers(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/fogger.htm

Specific Conditions

• Antimicrobial Pesticide Products(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/antimic.htm
• Choosing Pesticides Wisely(Virginia Cooperative Extension) - http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-706/426-706.html
• Introduction to Indoor Air Quality: Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pesticid.html
• Pesticide Active Ingredients(National Pesticide Information Center) - http://npic.orst.edu/npicfact.htm
• Pesticide Consumer Alerts(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/alerts.htm

Related Issues

• Assessing Health Risks from Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/riskassess.htm
• Consumer Products Treated with Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/treatart.htm
• Counterfeit Pesticide Products for Dogs and Cats(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/petproduct.htm
• Illegal Pesticide Products(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/illegalproducts/
• Mosquito Control(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/
• Pesticides and Food: What You and Your Family Need to Know(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/
• Pesticides in Ground Water(U.S. Geological Survey) - http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/pesticidesgw.html
• Play It Safe, Prevent Poisonings, Lock Up Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/03cde4550d8d026b8525740f005cecb1!OpenDocument
• Safe Disposal of Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/disposal.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/regulating/spanish/disposal.htm
• Safe Storage of Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/store.htm
• Some Natural Pesticide Alternatives(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - Links to PDF - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pesticides/docs/SomeNaturalPesticideAlternativesEnglish.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/docs/pesticide-alts-span.pdf
• Spray Drift of Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/spraydrift.htm
• Tox Town(National Library of Medicine) - Requires Flash Player - http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
  Also available in Spanish http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol/

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Fungicides, Industrial(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Fungicides,+Industrial%22
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Insecticides(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Insecticides%22
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Pesticides(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Pesticides%22

Journal Articles

• Article: Management of acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18586168&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Management of acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18586164&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Prognostic factors and toxicokinetics in acute fenitrothion self-poisoning requiring intensive... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18584365&tool=MedlinePlus
• Pesticides -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=pesticides/ae[majr]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+AND+(jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

• Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
  Also available in Spanish http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/community/espanol/
• National Pesticide Information Center(Oregon State University, Environmental Protection Agency) - http://npic.orst.edu/

Children

• Help! It's a Roach!(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/kids/roaches/english/
  Also available in Spanish http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/kids/roaches/spanish/index.html
• Learn about Chemicals Around Your House(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/
• Protecting Children from Pesticides(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/children.htm
• Ten Tips to Protect Children from Pesticide and Lead Poisonings(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/child-ten-tips.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.epa.gov/opp00001//factsheets/child-ten-tips-esp.htm
• ToxMystery(National Library of Medicine) - Requires Flash Player - http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/
  Also available in Spanish http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/espanol.html

Seniors

• Effective Control of Household Pests(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/aging/resources/factsheets/echp/index.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.epa.gov/aging/resources/factsheets/echp/echp_spanish_2005_02.pdf

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Food Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodsafety.html
• Household Products - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/householdproducts.html
• Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoningtoxicologyenvironmentalhealth.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Pesticides is the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/