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PESTS & WEEDS top In these factsheets, NCAP provides information on alternatives to using pesticides. You can help support this resource by joining NCAP!
Pests & Plant Diseases Ants HTML PDF Aphids HTML PDF Bees & Wasps: Bees & Wasps: Identification & Control PDF HTML Yellowjackets HTML PDF Billbugs HTML PDF Boxelder Bugs HTML PDF Carpenter Ants HTML PDF Clothes Moths HTML Codling Moth PDF HTML Compost Tea HTML Crane Flies PDF Cutworms HTML Deer HTML PDF Earwigs HTML Fleas HTML PDF Fruit Flies HTML Gophers HTML PDF House Flies PDF Houseplants (aphids, mealybugs, mites, scales, thrips, whiteflies) HTML PDF Indian Meal Moths: Pantry Pest HTML Lacewings PDF Ladybugs PDF Mice HTML PDF Moles HTML PDF Mosquitoes: Mosquito Control Resources: Policy, Pesticides, West Nile Virus. Guidelines For Mosquito Control Programs HTML Idaho's spray program opt-out HTML Influencing Your Community Mosquito Control Program HTML Mosquito Control and West Nile Virus HTML Mosquito Repellents from Plants: citronella, geraniol, eucalyptus, soybean oil HTML PDF Personal Protection HTML Pesticides Used for Mosquito Control Programs HTML Powdery Mildew HTML Rats HTML Root Weevils HTML PDF Rose Diseases HTML PDF Slugs HTML PDF Sowbugs and Pillbugs HTML Spiders HTML Squash Bugs HTML Termites: Dampwood PDF Subterranean HTML PDF Ticks HTML PDF Voles HTML PDF Yellowjackets HTML PDF	Weeds Bindweed HTML PDF Blackberries HTML PDF English Ivy HTML Corn Gluten Meal for weed control HTML PDF Dandelions HTML PDF Flame Weeders for weed control HTML PDF Goats for weed control HTML Knapweed PDF Leafy Spurge & Yellow Starthistle PDF Moss in Lawns HTML PDF Moss on Roofs HTML PDF Poison Oak & Poison Ivy PDF Radiant Heat Weeders HTML PDF Roadsides PDF Shrub Beds & Flower Beds HTML PDF Tree Wells HTML Vinegar in Herbicides HTML Lawns & Landscaping Lawn Care HTML PDF Lawn Restoration PDF Natural Landscaping PDF Schools Landscaping HTML Site Preparation PDF Non-Herbicidal Weed Control Strategies used in Northwest City Parks: Hardscapes & Fencelines Shrub Beds & Landscaped Areas Tree Wells Turf *Evaluation form for reports*

ARTICLES & REPORTS top

Newest!

Allergic Asthma Linked to Pesticides in Farm Women

Agent Orange Linked to Prostate Cancer in Vietnam Veterans

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Linked to Herbicides in Two New Studies

Creosote Found in Old Railroad Ties

Childhood Leukemia & Lymphoma Linked to Pesticides

Children's Exposure to Pesticides: Diet vs. Home Pesticide Use

Oregon Study Finds Pesticides in River and Drinking Water

Western Parks Polluted by Airborne Contaminants

• Agriculture

Alternatives to Pesticides on the Farm (1999, 36 pgs.) PDF 2.4MB
Digging for Alternatives (Potato research at NW Land Grant universities) (2002, 35 pages) PDF 1.5MB

Farmer Exchange (newsletter)

Airplane Spraying (1998, 18 pages) PDF

Basic Information about Pesticides

What Is a Pesticide? PDF
Does Government Registration Mean Pesticides Are Safe? PDF
Are Pesticides Hazardous to Our Health? PDF
Do Pesticides Contaminate Our Rivers, Streams, and Wells? PDF
Do Pesticides Pose Special Hazards to Children? PDF
Are "Inert" Ingredients in Pesticides Really Benign? PDF
Basic Information about Pesticides [complete set (7 pages)] PDF

Biotechnology and Agricultural Pesticide Use PDF

Birds PDF

Breast Cancer PDF

Children

Pesticides and Children: Exposure and Risks PDF

Unthinkable Risk: How Children Are Exposed and Harmed When Pesticides Are Used at School HTML link

Drift (pesticide movement off-site) PDF

Farmworkers PDF

Farmworker Justice Fund Report PDF

Food PDF

Golf Courses PDF

Hormome Disrupters in the Willamette River PDF

Inert Ingredients (secret ingredients in pesticides)

Are "Inert" Ingredients in Pesticides Really Benign? PDF

Inert Ingredients: Who's Keeping Secrets? PDF

Inerts Dislosure Campaign: (more articles)

Toxic Secrets: Ingredients in Pesticides, 1987-1997 PDF

Worst Kept Secrets: Toxic Inert Ingredients in Pesticides PDF

Male Fertility PDF

Manufacture and Transport of Pesticides PDF

Notification and Posting in Urban Areas PDF

Pesticide-Free Parks: It's Time! PDF

Pesticide Registration: No Guarantee of Safety PDF

Pesticide Use Tracking

Pesticide Use Reporting PDF

Pesticide Use Reporting Program: (more articles)

Rentals and Condominiums PDF

Salmon

Action Kit for Clean Water for Salmon. (Includes model pest management policy)

Diminishing Returns: Salmon Decline and Pesticides. Executive Summary PDF Full Report PDF

Lethal Lawns: Diazinon Use Threatens Salmon SurvivalPDF

Poisoned Waters (Protecting Pacific Salmon) (2002, 35 pages) PDF

Clean Water for Salmon Campaign: (more articles)

Schools

Organic School Lunches PDF

Restoring Healthy School Landscapes HTML links

School Pesticide Use Reduction: Where There's a Will There's a Way PDF

Unthinkable Risk: How Children Are Exposed and Harmed When Pesticides Are Used at School.HTML LInks

MORE RESOURCES on School Pesticide Use Reduction

Ten Reasons Not to Use Pesticides

article (2006) PDF

booklet format (2001 version) [3 double-sided 8 1/2 X 11 sheets. Fold all in half and staple on center fold] PDF 1630K

short trifold brochure [1 double-sided 8 1/2 X 11 sheet. Fold into thirds] PDF

Ventilation after Indoor Pesticide Treatment PDF

Wetlands Restoration PDF

Wildlife PDF

PESTICIDE FACT SHEETS top In these factsheets, NCAP provides information on hazards of pesticides. You can help support this resource by joining NCAP!
Aldicarb, 1992. PDF [Temik] Atrazine, 2001. (in two parts) PDF Atrazine News: Atrazine Feminizes Frogs PDF Atrazine News: Study Links Atrazine with Prostate Cancer PDF Atrazine News: EPA Announces "Aggressive" Atrazine Program PDF *B.t. (Bacillus thuringiensis), 1994. PDF* [Dipel; Foray; Thuricide; Vectobac] B.t.k.-- Aerial Spraying, 2006. PDF [Dipel; Foray] Boric acid & Borates, 2004. PDF Carbaryl, 2005. PDF [Sevin] Chlorothalonil, 1997. PDF [Daconil; Bravo] Chlorpyrifos, 1994. (in three parts) PDF [Dursban; Lorsban] Chlorpyrifos News: Restrictions on use, June 2000. PDF Chromated Copper Arsenate, 1991. PDF [CCA; Osmose; Wolmanized] Clopyralid, 1998. PDF [Reclaim; Stinger; Transline] Clopyralid News: Washington Ends Lawn Care Uses of Clopyralid PDF Cyfluthrin, 1994. PDF [Baythroid; Tempo] Cypermethrin 1996. PDF [Ammo, Cymbush, Cynoff, Demon] 2,4-D, 2005. PDF [in some Weed and Feed products] DCPA, 1991. PDF [Dacthal] DEET, 2005. PDF Diazinon, 2000. (in two parts) PDF Diazinon News: Restrictions on Use, Dec 2000. PDF Dicamba, 1994. PDF [Banvel] Dichlobenil, 1997. PDF [Casoron] 1,3-Dichloropropene, 1992. PDF [Telone II] Diuron, 2003. PDF [Karmex; Direx] Fipronil, 2005. PDF [Frontline; Termidor; Combat; Regent; Maxforce] Glufosinate, 1996. PDF [Finale, Rely] Glyphosate, 2004. PDF [Rodeo; Roundup; in Canada: Accord; Vision]	Imazapic, 2003. PDF [Cadre; Plateau; Plateau DG] Imazapyr, 1996. PDF [Arsenal; Assault; Chopper] Imidacloprid, 2001. PDF [Admire; Advantage; Merit; Pre-Empt; Premise] Caroline Cox is the author of NCAP's 2001 factsheet on imidacloprid published in the Journal of Pesticide Reform 21(1):15-21. Eric Zeisstoff wrote an article which was published in the Swiss Bees News (December 2003). Zeisstoff mentions the Journal of Pesticide Reform article on imidacloprid -- liberally (and sometimes incorrectly) paraphrasing much of the introductory summary. He goes on to describe imidacloprid studies from other sources. Malathion, 2003. PDF Mecoprop (MCPP), 2004. PDF Metam Sodium, 2006. PDF Naled, 2002. PDF [Dibrom] Nonyl Phenol and Related Chemicals, 1996. PDF Oryzalin, 2001. PDF Pentachlorophenol, 1991. PDF [PCP; penta] Permethrin, 1998. PDF [Nix; Pounce; Ambush] Picloram, 1998. PDF [Grazon; Tordon] Piperonyl Butoxide, 2002. PDF Pyrethrins & Pyrethrum, 2002. PDF Resmethrin, 2004. PDF Sethoxydim hazards, 2005. HTML Sulfometuron Methyl, 2002. PDF [Oust] Sulfuryl Fluoride, 1997. PDF [Vikane] Sumithrin (d-Phenothrin), 2003. PDF [Anvil] Triclopyr, 2000. PDF [Garlon 3A, Garlon 4; Pathfinder; Remedy; in Canada: Release] PESTICIDE INFORMATION PACKET ($40). Collection of all NCAP's pesticide factsheets

TAKING ACTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY top
Committees: Dynamic Committees PDF Committees: Advisory Committees PDF Community Pest Management: Ten Steps for Community ActivistsPDF FOIA: Guide to the Freedom of Information Act. Federal, California,Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. Updated 1997. (available by mail only, 55pp., $5) Forestry Spraying: Stopping a Timber Company's Spray Project PDF Fundraising: Try a Garage Sale! PDF Letters to the Editor: Writing an Effective Letter to the Editor PDF Meetings: Good planning PDF Meetings with Elected Officials PDF MSDSs: Identifying Pesticide Ingredients Using an MSDS HTML PDF Negotation: PDF	Pest Control Companies: Contracting for Pest Control Services PDF Pesticide Product LABELS: Where Can I Get One? How Are They Useful? HTML PDF Photographing a Spray Incident PDF Public SpeakingPDF Rentals and Condominiums: Steps for Tenants and Condo Owners PDF Roadside Policies PDF Researching Health Effects: Using the Web to Research Health Effects of Pesticides HTML Schools: School Pesticide Use Reduction PDF Schools: Steps Parents and Teachers Can Take HTML Toxicology: ABCs of Toxicology (in two parts) PDF West Nile Virus: Taking Action PDF You've Been Sprayed: What can you do? PDF

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WEB RESOURCES top

Researching Health Effects of Pesticides on the Web
Many of the resources described here also contain information on environmental effects (animals, insects, water, air, soil, etc.). Includes links to pesticide factsheets, lists, indexing/abstracting databases.
Environmental Groups, Agencies and Organizations with Information on Pesticides and Alternatives

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

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