Pesticides and Human Health Information

Pesticide illness? - What to do if you think you have been injured by pesticide exposure

DPR Links to Health Information

Assessing pesticide risk – how DPR evaluates the potential health risk of pesticides
Community Guide to Recognizing and Reporting Pesticide Problems
Consumer fact sheets – about storage and disposal, protecting children, what to do in an emergency, using foggers and repellents safely,
Information for physicians
Pesticide-related illnesses – data and reports from DPR’s pesticide illness surveillance program
Pesticide residues on food
Pesticide Safety Information Series – safety measures for people who work with pesticides (Español) (In Punjabi)
School IPM Health and Environment page

Extoxnet – plain-language information about pesticides and toxicology from university scientists.
Household Products Database – health effects information from the National Institutes of Health on more than 7,000 consumer products, including brand-specific labels and material safety data sheets.

MSDSs (material safety data sheets)
National Pesticide Information Center – science-based information about pesticide-related subjects.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)