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May 2010

Pesticide Inspector's Forum Presentations

http://www.cbs.state.or.us/osha/ppt/pesticide/pesticideslides.html

Presentations from the Annual Pesticide Inspector's Forum March 31 st and April 1 st , 2010. Participating Agencies included Oregon OSHA, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency Region X, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, The National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon Health Sciences University - Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology and the Oregon State University Ag Extension Service.

 (Oregon OSHA)
Sep 2006

Agrochemicals and Security: A Training Module for the Safe and Secure Storage of Pesticides and Fertilizers

http://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/agroChemSecurity.htm

This module provides six units which address different aspects of the problem of safe and secure storage of pesticides and fertilizers as provided by the University of Florida, IFAS and Extension and from The Disaster Handbook.

 (UF)
Jul 2006

Enviro-Health Links - Pesticide Exposure from National Library of Medicine

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/pesticides.html

Links to general pesticide information, glossaries and dictionaries, data and research, law and policy and more.

 (NLM)
Jan 2005

Pesticides Literature Review (PDF)

http://www.ocfp.on.ca/local/files/Communications/Current%20Issues/Pesticides/Final%20Paper%2023APR2004.pdf

This project is a systematic review of studies done since 1992, and was conducted with financial support from the Laidlaw Foundation. Chapter 2 details the methods used in the study, and Chapters 3-9 describe the findings of the review regarding major health effects, including nine types of solid tumours, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, leukemia, genotoxic effects, skin diseases, neurological diseases, and reproductive effects. The report also discusses findings specific to children (Chapter 10), and concludes with a chapter on implications for practising family physicians.

 (OCFP)
Dec 2002

Journal of Pesticide Safety Education

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JPSE/ 		(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Digital Library and Archives)
Dec 2002

Medline Plus: Pesticides

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pesticides.html

Information on pesticides from Medline Plus, including overviews, prevention and screening, specific conditions and more.

 (MEDLINEplus)
Dec 2002

EXtension TOXicology NETwork

http://extoxnet.orst.edu/

The EXTOXNET InfoBase provides a variety of information about pesticides. EXTOXNET is a cooperative effort of University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho.

(OSU)
Dec 2002

National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)

http://npic.orst.edu/

NPIC is a cooperative effort of Oregon State University and the U.S. EPA addressing general and technical information about pesticides. NPIC also provides information by telephone.

(OSU)