How-to Factsheets

Taking Action to Control Pesticides and Promote Alternatives

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Alternatives
Pesticides
Pesticide Contamination and Poisoning
Community Organizing Resources

Alternatives

• Alternative Pest Management Fact Sheets
• What is Integrated Pest Management?
• How to Talk to a Pest Control Service Provider
• Planning for Planting: how to plan your organic garden*
• Lawn Mowers and Leaf Piles: Fall is prime time for lawn care*
• Ecological Pest Management: Embracing the organic approach to landscape management*
• Converting to Chemical-free Farming* Updated!
• Organic Gardening: The Basics* Updated!
• Backyard Mosquito Management: Practices that do not poison you or the environment*
• Least-toxic Home Pest Management* Updated!
• Pests in the Pantry: Keys to Moth Management*
• Protecting Natural Fibers from Moths*
• Understanding Ticks and Lyme Disease* Updated!
• When Mold Attacks: Strategies to prevent, detect and control mold in your home*
• Taking the Terror Out of Termites*
• Good Riddance to Roaches: a guide to home cockroach management*
• Minimizing Mouse Madness: a guide to house mouse control*
• Getting Nit Picky About Head Lice*

Pesticides

• Pesticide Fact Sheets
• Toxicity of Commonly Used Pesticides
• Be Wary of Green Consumer Claims* Updated!
• Understanding Pesticide Resistance*
• Synthetic vs. Natural Carcinogens*
• Naming the 'Cides that Poison and Kill* Updated!

Pesticide Contamination and Poisoning

• Reducing Pesticide Exposure from Eating Fresh Produce*
• Testing Your Water for Pesticide Contaminants*
• Insuring That the House You Buy is not Contaminated*
• What to do in a Pesticide Emergency
• Getting Medical Help for Victims*
• How to Find Lawyer to Make Your Case
• How to Choose a Pesticide Residue Testing Lab
• How to Report Pesticide Adverse Effects & Get Access to Reported Adverse Effects Information*
• Neural Sensitization* by Dr. Grace Ziem

Community Organizing Resources

General

• Getting Your Message In The Media
• Getting The Message Across: how to talk to others about pesticides and get them to act* Updated!
• Preparing for a Campaign: a framework for winning*
• Calling All Activists: How to start and run a local beyond pesticides organization*
• Organizing With Others is the Key to Success*
• Preventing Pesticide Pollution Locally*
• Assessing State Pesticide Pollution*
• Evaluating an IPM Program*
• Calculating Pesticide Production Risks*
• Building a Public Record that Counts*
• Beyond Pesticides' Index to Pesticide Statistics*
• Getting the Pesticide Law Enforced* Updated!
• Detoxifying Public Housing, First Steps*
• Understanding Toxicological Terms*
• Developing an Incident Database*
• Using the Freedom of Information Act*
• FOIA Fee Waivers, Revisited*
• Petitioning Agencies for Improved Controls*
• Pesticide Litigation: Finding a Lawyer to Make Your Case*
• Considerations in Choosing a Pesticide Testing*

West Nile and Mosquito Management

• West Nile and Mosquito Management Activist Resources
• Managing Mosquitoes Without Poisoning People: What to do BEFORE pesticides or West Nile Virus get to your neighborhood*
• Public Health Mosquito Management Strategy: Managing mosquitoes and insect-borne diseases with safety in mind*

Schools

• School Activist Resources
• Expelling Pesticides from Schools*
• Itching for School Lice Solutions*
• lnspect, Detect, Correct: Structural lntegrated Pest Management strategies at school*

Wood Preservatives

• Help Eliminate Dangerous Wood Preservatives*
• Poison Playgrounds Resource Kit
• Campaign to Stop Poison Poles*
• How Does Your Utility Company Rate?*