Enviro-Health Links - Pesticide Exposure
Overview
- Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety (PDF, 1.4 MB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Exposure, Toxicity, and Risk of Home Pesticide
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Environews by Topic: Pesticides/Pest Management
Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - FAQ - About Pesticides
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Illegal Pesticide Products
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticides
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Pesticides
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticides and the Home, Lawn, and Garden
Purdue University Pesticide Program, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service - Pesticide Toxicology: Evaluating Safety and Risk (PDF, 2.2 MB)
Purdue Pesticide Programs, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service - Understanding Pesticide Exposure (PDF, 2 MB)
Penn State University
Glossaries and Dictionaries
- Glossary of Pesticide Chemicals (PDF, 615 KB)
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U. S. Food and Drug Administration - Pesticides: Glossary
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticide Dictionary
Pesticide Management Education Program, Cornell University
Data and Research
- Pesticide Illness & Injury Surveillance
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury Surveillance: A How-To Guide For State-Based Programs
NIOSH Publication No. 2006-102
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Surveillance for Acute Insecticide-Related Illness Associated with Mosquito-Control Efforts --- Nine States, 1999-2002
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Pesticides and Epidemiology (PDF, 520 KB)
Purdue University Pesticide Program, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service - Pesticides and Human Health Risk Assessment (PDF, 6MB)
Purdue University Pesticide Program, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service
Law and Policy
- E-Commerce Pesticides
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - How the Government Regulates Pesticides
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Laws Affecting EPA's Pesticide Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticide Law: A Summary of the Statutes (PDF, 70KB)
Congressional Research Service - Pesticide Labeling Consistency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticide Registration and Tolerance Fees: Overview (PDF, 338 KB)
Congressional Research Service - Pesticide Regulations
(Federal regulations are listed in the middle of the page)
Cornell University - Pesticide Residue Regulation: Analysis of Food Quality Protection Act Implementation (PDF, 33 KB)
Congressional Research Service - Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? (PDF, 85 KB)
Congressional Research Service - Regulatory Action Fact Sheets
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Regulation of Methyl Bromide (PDF, 46 KB)
Congressional Research Service
Specific Aspects
Application
- Chemicals/Pesticides: Mixing, Loading, Application
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Certification and Training of Pesticide Applicators
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticide Safety and Calibration Math for the Homeowner
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, Purdue University Pesticide Program
Child Safety
- Chemicals and Pesticides: Youth in Agriculture
U.S. Department of Labor - Protecting Children
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Protecting Children from Pesticides
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Protect Your Children From Poisons at Home
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Why Children May be Especially Sensitive to Pesticides
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Occupational Exposure
- Basic Principles of the Worker Protection Standard
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Understanding Pesticide Exposure: Increasing Applicator Protection (PDF, 2 MB)
Pesticide Education, Penn State University - Worker Protection Program Fact Sheet: Final Rule Amendment - Training Requirements
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Worker Safety and Training
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticides and Food
- FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring 1993-2003
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Pesticides, Metals, Chemical Contaminants & Natural Toxins
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Pesticides and Food
National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences - Pesticides and Food
Science Tracer Bullets Online
Sciences Reference Services, The Library of Congress - Pesticides and Food: What You and Your Family Need to Know
Federal Citizen Information Center - What the Pesticide Residue Limits are on Food
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Labels
- The Pesticide Label (PDF, 14 MB)
Pesticide Education, Penn State University - Understanding Pesticide Labels (PDF, 31 KB)
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Storage
- Consider Zero Pesticide Storage
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Pesticide Storage Concerns During a Flood Prevention And Emergency Response
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Pesticide Storage, Security, and Disposal (PDF, 5 MB)
Penn State University - Pesticide Storage
Pesticide Information Program, Clemson University - Storage and Disposal
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Storing Pesticides Safely
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Specific Pesticides
- Pesticide Information Profiles
EXTOXNET: The EXtension TOXicology NETwork - ToxFAQs™
Contains information about individual pesticides
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Toxicological Profiles
Contains information about individual pesticides
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Treatment of Pesticide Poisoning
- Chemicals/Pesticides: Poisoning
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Children and Poisoning Seconds Matter (3.5 MB)
Purdue University Pesticide Program, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service - In Case of Pesticide Poisoning
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticide Poisoning Symptoms and First Aid
Missouri University Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia - Recognition and Management of Acute Pesticide Poisoning, 5th Edition (1999)
Edited by J. Routt Reigart, M.D. and James R. Roberts, M.D., MPH
National Pesticide Information Center - Symptoms and First Aid for Poisonings
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - What to Do in a Pesticide Emergency
National Ag Safety Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Searches from the National Library of Medicine
PubMed - Biomedical journal literature
TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals
Household Products Database - Health and safety information on household products
Tox Town - Consumer introduction to environmental health and toxic chemicals
MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information
NLM Catalog - Access to information about books and other materials in NLM's catalog
- Pesticide Exposure
Portals
- National Pesticide Information Center
Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Pesticide Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticide Education Center
Penn State University - Pesticide Education Resources
University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Pesticide Illness & Injury Surveillance
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Pesticide Management Education Program
Cooperative Extension, Cornell University - Pesticide Safety Education Center
University of Illinois Extension - Pesticide Safety Programs Web Portal
Washington State University
Información en Español
- Manejando Pesticidas con Seguridad: Pasos a seguir para protogerse de los pesticides
National Ag Safety Database, Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Pesticidas
MedlinePlus en español - Pesticidas
Enciclopedia médica en español - Protegiendo a los niños
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Proteja a Sus Niños de Los Venenos en el Hogar
National Ag Safety Database, Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades - Reconocimiento y Manejo de los Envenenamientos por Pesticidas
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos - Serie de Información de Seguridad con Pesticidas
Departamento de Reglamentación de Pesticidas
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente de California - ¿Tiene Preguntas Sobre Pesticidas? (PDF, 285 KB)
Centro Nacional de Información de Pesticidas (NPIC) - Tox Town en Español
- ToxFAQs™
Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades
Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
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