PESTICIDE HANDLING & STORAGE PRACTICES ON THE FARM

Pesticide Handling & Storage Practices on the Farm

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Development: G. Brett Doerr and Dr. Karla M. Embleton
Assessment Coding: Husni Fahmi
HTML Coding: Renee Gunn and Susan Childress
Purdue Supervisors: Dr. Bernard A. Engel, Dr. Don D. Jones, and Amy Childress
U.S. EPA Project Director Alfred Krause

Developed at Purdue University 2001. Funded by the U.S. EPA Region 5.

The material within this package is based on information released by the Farmstead Assessment Program, a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Minnesota Extension Service, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5.

The user is also referred to "Designing Facilities for Pesticide and Fertilizer Containment" by the Midwest Plan Service for further information on the construction of environmentally sound fertilizer and pesticide storage facilities. Material and figures from that manuscript are also included in this risk assessment and improvement package.

Special thanks go to Dr. Samuel D. Parsons, Faculty Advisor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Purdue University.

Purdue University expressly disclaims any warranties or guarantees of the accuracy of fitness for a particular purpose of the material presented herein. Contact the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department for more information.

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