Outside New England
Center for Disease Control and Pervention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as
the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people
- at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health
decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves
as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and
control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities
designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
The Cooperative State, Research, Education
and Extension Service of the USDA / CSREES
CSREES has research and education information about many subjects, and
staff specialists who can answer your questions or refer you to someone
at state or county level who possesses the information you need.
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA has created a new web site, to provide farm workers,
certified applicators, and health care providers with information on the
Agency's pesticide safety programs. This web site, which can be accessed
in English and Spanish, provides specific information on applicator certification
and training requirements and EPA's Worker Protection Standard, including
pesticide safety training, notification of pesticide applications, use
of personal protective equipment and emergency medical assistance. The
site also provides information on the Pesticides and National Strategies
for Health Care Providers, an EPA-led initiative aimed at helping health
care providers become trained in diagnosing and preventing pesticide related
illnesses.
Florida Urban IPM Program
Florida is an ideal environment for a wide variety of pests. Some of these
pests live and reproduce inside structures; howevermany live outdoors
and only occasionally invade the home or workplace. Because almost everyone
has problems with pests, most urban areas are sprayed with pesticides.
Most pesticide applications are unnecessary and can result in environmental
contamination and human exposure to pesticides. Approximately 30 to 40%
of the pesticide use in Florida is in urban areas. Considering the
high concentration of population and the sensitive environment, safety
and risk of exposure to pesticides is disproportionate in our fragile
urban ecosystem. Do not apply management measure until a pest population
is present and damage is beginning to occur. Judicious use of pesticides
and the implementation of integrated pest management practices is of utmost
importance.
National
IPM Network
The National Integrated Pest Management Network (NIPMN) is the result
of a public-private partnership dedicated to making the latest and most
accurate pest management information available on the World Wide Web.
Participating institutions have agreed to a set of standards which ensure
science-based, unbiased pest management information.
Vegetable IPM Resource for the Midwest (Minnesota Extension Service)