Pesticides

Pesticides
(Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit)

This article focuses on the dangers of pesticides to children's health. Find out the answers to questions such as what are pesticides? How can my child be exposed to pesticides? What are the health effects? How do I know if my child has been exposed to organophosphate pesticide? and How can I reduce my child's exposure?

http://www.pediatrics.emory.edu/centers/pehsu/concern/pesticides.html

Pesticides: Health and Safety
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

This page of the EPA site, Using Pesticides Safely, is for people who use pesticides in or around their homes. It is very important to read the labe before using a pesticide. To learn how to understand the labels on pesticide containers, select Read the Label First. Read how to protect your children, pets, garden, and household from the dangers of pesticides. There is also a link to Consumer Alerts for product recalls, illegal pesticides, and other product problems.

https://www.epa.gov/safepestcontrol

Last Modified: Friday March 18, 2016 2:33 PM