Federal
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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National Agricultural Safety Database
Provides general information as well as safety tips for handling pesticides ...more - National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
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Reducing Exposure to Pesticides
Provides information on CDC’s work to reduce pesticide exposures ...more - Pesticides
Provides additional information on CDC’s work to reduce pesticide exposures ...more - Second National
Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Provides a report on pesticide exposure within the US population ...more
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Reducing Exposure to Pesticides
- National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
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Q&A: Pesticides Used To Control Mosquitoes
Provides answers to common questions about pesticides and mosquito control ...more -
Pesticides and Public Health: Integrated Methods of Mosquito
Management
Contains an article on public health pesticides ...more -
DEET Fact Sheet [PDF, 19 Kb]
Provides information on DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide), an active ingredient in many insect repellent products.
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Q&A: Pesticides Used To Control Mosquitoes
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH)
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Pesticide Illness & Injury Surveillance
Contains general pesticide information, additional links, and information from the Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk (SENSOR) program that tracks acute occupational pesticide-related illness and injury ...more
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Pesticide Illness & Injury Surveillance
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National Agricultural Safety Database
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- ToxFAQs
Can be searched for information on specific pesticides ...more - Public
Health Statements
Can be searched for information on specific pesticides ...more
- ToxFAQs
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety
[external link]
[PDF, 2.4 Mb]
Provides information on pest control and pesticide safety. - Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 [external
link]
Explains FQPA, which amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), fundamentally changing the way EPA regulates pesticides ...more - Pesticide Program
[external link]
Provides information on several pesticide topics including human safety, environmental effects, chemical information, pesticide registration, and legislation ...more -
Registering Pesticides [external link]
Contains information on the process of and the governing laws for registering and re-registering pesticides ...more
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Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety
[external link]
[PDF, 2.4 Mb]
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
[external link]
Contains guidance documents, residue monitoring reports, and technical references ...more
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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
[external link]
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
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Medline [external link]
Contains news, articles, and links to other sites about pesticides and information on prevention and screening, research, conditions, organizations, and children ...more -
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
[external link]
Under Pesticides heading, provides news, frequently asked questions and answers, and additional information ...more - National Library of Medicine
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Pesticide Exposure [external link]
Addresses the relationship between pesticides and human health, and provides links to sites on pesticides exposure, treatment, and prevention ...more -
West Nile Virus: Pesticides Used for Mosquito Control
[external link]
Contains information on pesticides used to control West Nile Virus ...more
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Pesticide Exposure [external link]
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Medline [external link]
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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Mid-continent Agricultural Chemical Research Project
[external link]
Lists pesticide sources and water quality information ...more -
National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse
[external link]
Provides information about pesticide contamination and water quality ...more - Pesticide
National Synthesis Project [external
link]
Provides information about the national assessment of pesticides in the streams, rivers, and ground waters of the United States ...more - Toxic Substances
Hydrology Program [external link]
Contains information on environmental contamination (see Agricultural Chemical Section for pesticide information) ...more
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Mid-continent Agricultural Chemical Research Project
[external link]
Nonfederal
- American Association of Poison
Control Centers (AAPCC)- National Poison Data System
[external link]
Contains data on reported pesticide poisonings ...more
- National Poison Data System
[external link]
- Food & Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO)
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Pesticide Management & Pollution
[external link]
Contains information about international codes and guidelines for pesticide use ...more
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Pesticide Management & Pollution
[external link]
- National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
- NPIC: A
Cooperative Effort of Oregon State University and EPA
[external link]
Provides general, technical, regulatory, manufacturer, pest control, and emergency information about pesticides; includes additional resources ...more
- NPIC: A
Cooperative Effort of Oregon State University and EPA
[external link]
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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Prior Informed Consent Treaty [external
link]
Contains information about the treaty requiring exporters trading certain hazardous substances to obtain prior informed consent of importers before proceeding with the trade ...more - Stockholm Convention
[external link]
Contains information about the treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants ...more
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Prior Informed Consent Treaty [external
link]
- World Health Organization (WHO)
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Health Topics: Pesticides [external
link]
Contains links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programs and offices that work on pesticide issues ...more
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Health Topics: Pesticides [external
link]