Pesticides in schools
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Learning More About Pesticides in Schools

Other pages in this section on school pesticides have directed you to site where you can learn specifically about integrated pest management (IPM).

But there is more to the pesticide issue than simply knowing what IPM is. You should acquaint yourself with the overall issues so that you will be better informed about the risks children face and the ways in which pesticide use is mishandled in so many schools.

Here are just a few sites to get you started on learning more about this important issue:

National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides

The NCAMP’s Web site, Beyond Pesticides—with its motto “Because freedom from pesticides is everyone’s right”—offers a wealth of information on pesticide use, news related to pesticides issues, safer alternatives to highly toxic pesticides, and more. It is ocated at www.beyondpesticides.org/main.html or you can simply click here to visit it now. You can also call NCAMP at (202) 543-5450.

Pesticide Action Network

To find out about the unique effects, risks and uses of various pesticides, you can visit the online pesticide database created by the Pesticide Action Network, at www.pesticideinfo.org, by clicking here. 

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

The coalition, at www.pesticide.org, has produced a report titled “Unthinkable Risk:

How Children are Exposed and Harmed When Pesticides are Used at School,” which you can read by clicking here.