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Pesticide Web Resources
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Agrichemical and Environmental News – Washington State University. AENews is a WSU
Cooperative Extension newsletter published monthly with the purpose of disseminating
timely and accurate information on agrichemicals and their related environmental and human
health effects.
Environmental Protection Agency - Pesticides. This U.S. EPA website provides abundant
information on all aspects of pesticides.
o EPA Chemical Fact Sheets
o EPA BioPesticide Fact Sheets
EXTOXNET - Search for a Pesticide. This website is maintained by Oregon State
University, in cooperation with several other universities. It provides Pesticide Information
Profiles on numerous pesticides.
National Pesticide Information Center. The NPIC is sponsored by Oregon State University
and the EPA. It provides information about pesticides.
o Technical pesticide information
o Pesticide regulation
o Pesticide Fact Sheets
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. NCAP works “to protect people and the
environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems.” NCAP provides information
on pesticide hazards and alternatives to pesticides, works toward adopting alternatives to
pesticides in agriculture, works with concerned citizens to challenge unnecessary spray
programs, participates in the development of public policy relating to pesticides, fights for
the public's right to know all the ingredients in pesticide products, and promotes pesticide use
reduction.
o NCAP - Factsheets
o Court to order restrictions on water-polluting pesticides to protect endangered salmon
o Environmental and fishing groups seek interim protection to reduce pesticide
contamination of salmon streams
o Research pesticide health effects on the web
Pesticide Action Network North America. PANNA is a network linking local and
international consumers, labor, health, environment and agriculture groups, and is dedicated
to replacing pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.
o PAN pesticide database
o Reports, articles, links, and other resources
Pesticide National Synthesis Project. PNSP is part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National
Water Quality Assessment Program, that provides a long-term assessment of the effects of
pesticides on the nation’s water resources.
o Major Herbicides in Ground Water
o National totals of pesticide use (pounds applied and acres treated) – by crop and
compound
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o Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
o Pesticide publications
o Quality of Our Nation's Waters: Nutrients and Pesticides
o Pesticides in the Nation's Water Resources Presentation
o Pesticides in U.S. Streams and Ground Water
o Pesticides in Shallow Ground Water
o Pesticides in Surface Waters
o Pesticides in the Atmosphere
o Pesticides in Ground Water
School IPM – Technical Information about Pesticides. A website developed by Steve M.
Valles (USDA) and Philip G. Koehler (University of Florida) to provide information about
integrated pest management is schools.
U.S. Forest Service Pesticide Fact Sheets. The fact sheets provide information on the uses of
pesticides for forest and land management, environmental and health effects of pesticides,
and general information on specific pesticides.
Washington Toxics Coalition. WTC seeks to protect public health and the environment by
eliminating toxic pollution, promoting alternative, advocating policies, empowering
communities, and educating people to create a healthy environment.
o Pesticides
o Toxic waste in fertilizer