As part of its regulation of pesticides, the EPA conducts programs that monitor the ongoing effect of pesticides on human health and the environment. These programs include issuing harmonized guidelines for use in the testing of pesticides and toxic substances; using mathematical models to predict pesticide concentrations in food, water, residential and occupational environments and gathering pesticide tolerance information into a single database that may be consulted by local authorities and pesticide manufacturers. The Agency also regularly re-examines its policies and re-evaluates the tolerance levels set when pesticides are initially approved.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Pesticides: Science and Policy
  Provides information on pesticide science.
• Pesticides: Compliance and Enforcement: Compliance Monitoring
  Provides information about pesticide compliance monitoring.
• Inspections under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
  Provides information about inspections under the Federal Insecticide, FUngicide and Rodenticide Act.

Pest Management
Crop Protection, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), State Management Plan

Pesticide Effects
Animal Safety, Child Safety, Food Safety, Health Effects, Pesticide Spills, Risk Assessment

Pesticide Legal Aspects
Compliance, Enforcement, Guidance, Labeling, Legislation, Public Comment, Regulations, Reporting

Pesticide Monitoring
Models, Residues, Test Methods

Pesticide Types
Antimicrobial Pesticides, Biopesticides, Disinfectants and Sanitizers, Insecticides, Rodenticides