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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 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 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 Spiders 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 Vinegar in Herbicides coming soon! 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
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) NCAP's Sustainable Agriculture Program: (more articles) 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

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