Pesticides
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Estimated Annual Agricultural Pesticide Use
The United States Geological Survey has compiled a map of pesticide use in agriculture across the United States. "These pesticide-use estimates are suitable for evaluating national and regional patterns and trends of annual pesticide use. The reliability of estimates, however, generally decreases with scale and these estimates and maps are not intended for detailed evaluations, such as comparing within or between specific individual counties." |
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Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Kids Program offers templates, webinar resources, and a comprehensive schools website with resources to establish, maintain, or enhance a school environmental health program. What we love about this program is its comprehensive approach. It provides templates, apps, and curricular suggestions for no idling, indoor air quality, non-toxic chemical management, safe drinking water, heavy metals, integrative pest management, waste reduction, non-toxic classroom supplies, and public recognition. |
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Parents for a Safer Environment
Bay Area leaders in the effort to eliminate the use of unnecessary pesticides in Contra Costa County and reduce environmental toxic exposures to protect our children, wildlife, and the environment. They engage in and provide templates for requesting public records, ensuring schools and municipalities toxic usages and practices are transparent and accountable, engaging stakeholders, training municipalities, communities, schools, and the private sector on best practices in non-toxic pest management. |
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Sonoma County Conservation Action's Toxic Free Future Campaign
Sonoma County Conservation Action’s Toxic Free Future Campaign is working to eliminate synthetic herbicides from public spaces and schools throughout Sonoma County. We collaborate with SCCA’s Toxic Free Future Campaign and successfully partnered with Santa Rosa City School District to design and implement a least-toxic pest management plan that eliminates the use of synthetic pesticides on all 25 school campuses. They developed a Toolkit: Toxic Free Future Tools Training for community members who want to engage in inquiry, advocacy, and policy change. |
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The Center for Environmental Health has put together a Factsheet "Glyphosate (Roundup) and your Family".
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