PESTICIDE SAFETY FOR CONSUMERS
Remember: Always read and follow the EPA
approved pesticide label.
Pesticide safety is a matter of public
concern. All pesticides are poisons. Pesticides should only be used to control
a known pest and only when other, less toxic options have been tried and failed.
Pesticides should always be part of an integrated pest management system. "Exploring Urban Integrated Pest Managment: Activities
and Resources for Teaching K-6."
Consumers should be aware
that the federal Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 gave
EPA categorical authority to exclude pest control products which may include any of 63
naturally occurring substances as exempt for EPA regulations. These products, often
marketed as poison free are untested as to their hazard to human health, the environment
and non target organisms, or on their ability to control pests.
EPA fact sheets on pesticide
safety are available at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/pest_ti.htm
EPA fact sheet on using
pesticides safely available at:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/safely.htm
New
information from the National Pesticide Information Center!
The National Pesticide
Information Center is pleased to announce the
publication of seven new resources.
Common Pesticide Question:
Dirty Work Clothes: How Should I Wash Out Pesticides?
http://npic.orst.edu/capro/DirtyClothes.pdf
Common Pesticide Question:
With a Baby on the Way... Is it Okay to Spray?
http://npic.orst.edu/capro/BabySpray.pdf
New web page: Reading Pesticide Labels
http://npic.orst.edu/stage/readlabel.html
Updated web page: Poison Prevention - Now available in Spanish!
English: http://npic.orst.edu/poisonprevent.html
Spanish: http://npic.orst.edu/poisonprevent.es.html
Updated web page: Slugs & Snails - Now available in Spanish!
English: http://npic.orst.edu/pest/slugsnail.html
Spanish: http://npic.orst.edu/pest/slugsnail.es.html
New PestiBytes podcast: Should Kids Use Bug Spray?
http://npic.orst.edu/Deet.mp3
New PestiBytes podcast: A Mothball Mishap!
http://npic.orst.edu/MothBalls.mp3
To browse our whole collection of PestiBytes podcasts, visit this site:
http://npic.orst.edu/pestibytes/index.html
To browse our whole collection of Common Pesticide Questions, visit this
site:
http://npic.orst.edu/capro/
To browse our whole collection of Fact Sheets, visit this site:
http://npic.orst.edu/npicfact.htm
Signal Words Topic Fact
Sheet from the National Pesticide Information Center http://www.npic.orst.edu/factsheets/signalwords.pdf
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