Other Sources of Information
NAFTA / US - Mexico Relations:
Commodities & Markets :
ERS = Economic Research Service
NASS = National Agricultural Statistics Service
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) :
University of Arizona :
Pesticide Web Sites :
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EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Home Page. About EPA, regional
offices, programs, regulations, grants, and informational services.
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EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs site
contains information about pesticides and the work of EPA to ensure
pesticide safety.
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EPA OPP International Pesticide Activities
The information at this web site is intended to provide a brief overview
of the range of international activities in which OPP is involved.
Includes CODEX International Pesticide Residues Levels, NAFTA Technical
Working Group on Pesticides, U.S. National Profile on the Management of
Chemicals, International Information Exchange.
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EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Pesticide Regulation (PR) Notices
PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA, to inform
pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important
policies, procedures and regulatory decisions.
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EPA Office of Pesticide Programs Restricted Use Products (RUP) Report
The Restricted Use Products Report is a compilation of both active and
canceled pesticide products classified as "Restricted Use". The
"Restricted Use" classification restricts a product, or its uses, to use
by a certified pesticide applicator or under the direct supervision of a
certified applicator.
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FEDERAL REGISTER (FR)-Pesticides
Pesticide Environmental Subset to the Federal Register. The Federal
Register Environmental Subset contains the full-text of selected Federal
Register documents that deal with the environment or environment-related
issues.
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Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and
permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive
departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
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The Pesticide Properties Database (PPD)
The pesticides are listed by the common names of the active ingredients.
The ARS and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil
Conservation Service) have agreed to use the ARS PPD as the one
authoritative source of data for calculating pesticide movement in soils.
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Pesticide Poisoning Handbook
In addition to general discussions of major classes of pesticides, there
is an index to pesticide poisoning by signs and symptoms and an index of
chemical and product names. Provided by the University of Florida.
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EXTOXNET The EXtension TOXicology NETwork
The EXTension TOXicology NETwork (EXTOXNET) is an effort of University of
California, Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, and
Cornell University. Some of the goals of EXTOXNET are to stimulate dialog
on toxicology issues, develop and make available information relevant to
extension toxicology, and facilitate the exchange of toxicology-related
information in electronic form, accessible to all with access to the
Internet. Various types of pesticide toxicology and environmental
chemistry information are available: discussions of toxicological issues
of concern (TICs); toxicology newsletters; other resources for toxicology
information; toxicology fact sheets; Pesticide Information Profiles
(PIPs); and Toxicology Information Briefs (TIBs).
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Pesticide Information and Training Office, University of Arizona
This web site has been developed to provide pest and pesticide-related
information to the general public, commercial and private pesticide
applicators, and fellow colleagues. The newsletter Acces-Pesticides
provides information on registration notices from the Arizona Department
of Agriculture.
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IPMNet - Consortium for International Crop Production (CICP)
IPMnet is the Consortium for International Crop Protection's response to
the critical need for an international IPM information/communication
network. IPMnet offers free access to databases, the IPMnet NEWS, as well
as other agricultural publications, a message board, and communication
with others interested in IPM in developing countries.
Pesticide Listservs (Information via Email) :
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WPS-Forum
A discussion group and reference archive for anyone contending with the
Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural pesticides. It carries
announcements, discussions, and resource documents on all manners of
WPS-related issues.
Subscription address: Listproc@are.Berkeley.EDU
To receive information about, or to subscribe to the WPS-Forum, send
e-mail to listproc@are.Berkeley.EDU, leave the subject blank and in the
message area type either "information WPS-Forum", or "subscribe WPS-Forum
". To send messages to the forum send e-mail to:
WPS-Forum@are.Berkeley.EDU.
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CROPWACH
A discussion group and reference archive for anyone interested in sharing
information about developing pest and crop situations throughout the
production season. It is sponsored by the UNL Extension newsletter,
CropWatch.
Subscription address: listserv@unlvm.unl.edu
Information: type "info cropwach" in message area.
Subscribe: type "subscribe cropwach " in message area.
Messages to the group email to: cropwach@unlvm.unl.edu
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IPM-L
A discussion group and reference archive for anyone interested in IPM.
Subscription address: Listserv@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
Information: type "info ipm-l" in message area.
Subscribe: type "subscribe ipm-l " in message area.
Messages to the group email to : IPM-L@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu.
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EPA-Pest
All Office Pesticide Program documents. This is not a discussion group,
so you can not send messages to the list. This is a document delivery
system that delivers documents to your email address.
Subscription address: listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov
Subscribe: type "subscribe EPA-Pest " in message area
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