Learning About Pesticides At School

Follow the links below to view individual chapters of NCAP's Learning About Pesticides at Schoolpacket.
The linked chapters are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view these files.

If you don't already have it, you can download this free software from NCAP's Information Services page.

The packet is also available in hard copy from NCAP, PO Box 1393, Eugene, OR 97440, (541) 344-5044. Or order via email (info@pesticide.org).

Title, Contents and Introduction: Learning About Pesticides at School

Project 1: Mapping Pesticide Use at Your School

Project 2: Finding Alternative Pest Control Strategies for Your School

Project 3: Changing Your School's Pesticide Use Policies and Practices

Project 4:  How Effective Are Pest Control Alternatives?

Project 5: Truth in Advertising?: Analysis of Pesticide Product Ads

Project 6: Household Pesticide Product Label Survey, Analysis and Altenatives

Project 7: Pesticide Policy Debates

Project 8: Using the Freedom of Information Act

Project 9: Pesticide Incidents and Accidents

Project 10: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Project 11: Occupational Hazards: The Risks Pesticides Pose to Farmworkers

Project 12: Food Safety: Do School Lunches Make the Grade?

Project 13: Testing School Cafeteria Food for Pesticide Residues

Project 14: Testing Surfaces, Soil, and Water for Pesticide Residues

Project 15: On the Trail of Pesticides in Your Community

Project 16: Organic Farm Tour

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