Links to Pesticide Safety Education & Other Web Sites

Homeowner Pesticide Safety

• Treated Lumber: EPA issues rules on CCA-treated lumber - Feb. 2002.
  

Pesticide and Container Disposal Facts

• Agrichemical Container Recycling Schedule Sites
  Includes annual and permanent sites.

Pesticide Registration Review and the Food Quality Protection Act

• The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
  U.S. EPA site
• Pesticide Registration Review Schedule
  U.S. EPA site
• Participation in Pesticide Reregistration Reviews
  IL PSEP article

Pesticide Storage Facts

• Pesticide Security Mini-Poster (PDF)
  

Pesticide Safety Education & Related Sites

• American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE)
• What is a pesticide? (U.S. EPA)
• EXTOXNET - Extension Toxicology Network
• National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
• Label and MSDS search engines:
  • Crop Production/Turf & Ornamental reference "Greenbook"
  • Crop Data Management Systems
    
• Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
• Gemplers (Personal Protective Equipment supplier)
• Pesticide Bookmarks - University of Nebraska
• National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
• Wright's PestLaw
• IPM in Schools
  

University of Illinois Sites

• University of Illinois Extension
• Integrated Pest Management Program
• Turfgrass Program
• EZregs - Illinois Agricultural and Horticultural Regulations
• Illinois Plant, Landscape, and Nursery Technology (IPLANT)
• Water Quality Program
• Plant Clinic
• Pest Management & Crop Development Newsletter
• Illinois Fruit & Vegetable News
• Home Yard & Garden Newsletter
• Urban Programs Resource Network (Hort Corner, etc.)
• Solutions Series (answers to nutrition, consumer, and horticultural questions)
  

Government Sites

• List of U.S. Federal Agency Web Sites
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs
  • Pesticide Reregistration - chemical status
  • Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
  • The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
  • Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC)
  • Pesticide Registration (PR) Notices
  • Pesticide Registration information
  • USEPA/OPP Chemical Ingredients Database Query
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Federal Recordkeeping requirements
  • Pesticide Data Program
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Farm Service Agency
  • Natural Resources and Conservation Service
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Endangered Species Page
• Illinois Department of Agriculture - Environmental Programs (IDA)
• Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
  • Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)
• Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service
• For information on West Nile Virus visit the Illinois Dept. of Public Health website (www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv.htm).
• Click here to learn the reregistration status of pesticide active ingredients
  

Professional Institutions and Societies

• American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE)
• American Phytopathological Society (APS)
• Entomological Society of America (ESA)
• Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)
• Professional Lawn Care Association of America (PLCAA)
• American Seed Trade Association
• IL Turfgrass Foundation