General Pesticide Information
Pesticide Overview
- What is a Pesticide? - EPA
- Label Review Manual, Chapter 2: What is a Pesticide? - EPA
- What is a Pesticide? - California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
- What are Antimicrobial Pesticides? - EPA
- Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms - EPA
- Inert (Other) Ingredients in Pesticide Products - EPA
- Pesticide Formulations - NPIC
Frequently Asked Questions
- General Questions - EPA
- Consumer - EPA
- Applicators - EPA
- Farm and Agricultural Workers - EPA
Pesticide Safety
- Play it Safe: Reduce Your Child's Chances of Pesticide Poisoning - EPA
- Ten Tips to Protect Children From Pesticide and Lead Poisonings Around the Home - EPA
- Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety - EPA
- Choosing and Using Insect Repellents - NPIC
- Safety Precautions for Total Release Foggers - EPA
- Using Pesticides Safely - EPA
- Worker Protection Standard - EPA
- Pesticides and Personal Safety - Purdue University
- Pesticides and the Home Lawn and Garden - Purdue University
- Poison Prevention - NPIC
- Household Products Database - Health and Safety Information on Household Products
Evaluating Your Pesticide Risk
- How are Health Risks Assessed? - EXTOXNET's Adverse Health Risks Page
- Toxicology Information Briefs - EXTOXNET
- Pesticide Toxicology, Evaluating Safety and Risk - Purdue University
- Pesticides and Ecological Risk Assessment - Purdue University
- Pesticides and Epidemiology - Purdue University
- Being More Realistic About Chemical Carcinogenesis - Cornell University
- Mode of Action of Structural Pest Control Chemicals - Maryland Cooperative Extension
Pesticide Labels
- Read the label first! - California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
- Consumer Labeling Initiative - EPA
- Read the Label First Interactive Pesticide Product Label - EPA
- “Germs” Claim clarified - EPA
- Signal Words - NPIC
Food and Pesticides
- Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 - EPA
- Pesticides and Food - EPA's Pesticide Right-to-Know Website
- Food Safety Page - EXTOXNET
- Pesticides and Food Safety - California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
- Pesticides in Food - brochures, reviews, reports, and questions and answers are offered from the International Food Information Council (IFIC)
- Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers (21CFR178) - Government Printing Office (GPO)
- Pesticide Residue Monitoring - Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Food Emergency and Non-Emergency Contacts (Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts) - FDA
- FDA Outreach and Information Center - FDA
- USDA Food Safety Inspection Service criteria for compounds use in food processing areas - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Pesticide Data Program Report (Residue Monitoring - USDA
- Problems With Food Products (Meat, Poultry, Eggs) - USDA
- Food Safety Contacts - USDA
- National Organic Program Final Rule - USDA
- National Organic Program - USDA
- Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary - EPA
- Food Irradiation Q&A Fact Sheet - Rutgers Cooperative Extension
- Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations (Guidelines for Improving Coordination and Communication) - National Food Safety System (NFSS) Project
Environment and Pesticides
- Healthy Lawn, Healthy Environment: Caring for Your Lawn in an Environmentally Friendly Way - EPA
- Greenscapes: Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping - EPA
- Soil, Gardening and Chemicals Page - EXTOXNET
- Pesticides in Indoor Air of Homes - NPIC
- Spray Drift of Pesticides - EPA
- Indoor Air Pollution Page - EXTOXNET
- Pesticides in Drinking Water - NPIC
- Water Quality Report: Where You Live - EPA
- Safe Drinking Water Page - EXTOXNET
- Pesticides and Water Quality - Purdue University
- Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water, 1999-2001 - USGS
- Pesticide National Synthesis Project - USGS
- Chemical Risks of Pool Water - World Health Organization
- Pesticides Risks and Resources for Natural Disasters - NPIC
Pets, Wildlife and Pesticides
- Pets and Pesticide Use - NPIC
- Protecting Pets - EPA
- Pesticides and Wildlife - Purdue University
- From the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA):
- Animal Poison Control Center
- Toxicology Brief: Bromethalin: The Other Rodenticide
- Toxicology Brief: Cholecalciferol Poisoning
- Toxicology Brief: DEET Toxicosis
- Toxicology Brief: Disulfoton: A Deadly Threat in Pets
- Toxicology Brief: Moth Repellent Toxicosis
- Toxicology Brief: Helping Animals Exposed To the Herbicide Paraquat
- Taking the Bait: Metaldehyde Toxicosis - ASPCA
- Toxicology Brief: Metaldehyde Toxicosis - ASPCA
Storage and Disposal
- Storage and Disposal - EPA
- State Pesticide Storage Resources - EPA
- Label Review Manual Chapter 13: Storage and Disposal - EPA
- Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 2007-1: Disposal Instructions on Non-Antimicrobial Residential or Household Use Pesticide Product Labels - EPA
- Safe Storage and Handling of Swimming Pool Chemicals - EPA
- Pesticide Storage & Mixing Facilities - University of Georgia Extension Service
- Pesticide Info: Buy Less, Lock it Away, and Dispose with Care - California Department of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR)
- Guide to Household Waste Disposal - A joint project of the EPA Region 5 Office and the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
- State Contact Information on Household and Other Waste Disposal
- Find a Recycling Center
More General Pesticide Information
- Pesticide Programs Publications - Purdue University
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - EXTOXNET
- Consumer Fact Sheets - California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
- Pesticide Safety Information Series - CDPR
- Pesticide Management Educational Materials - Cornell University
