Agricultural Resources Center (NC)

Alaska Community Action on Toxics

Beyond Pesticides

California Safe Schools

Californians for Pesticide Reform

Center for Health, Environment and Justice

Environment and Human Health (CT)

Environment California

Healthy Schools Network

Improving Kids' Environment (IN)

IPM Institute of North America

Kids for Saving Earth/
MN Children's Health Environment Coalition

LocalMotion (MI)

Maryland Pesticide Network

Mississippi 2020 Network

New Jersey Environmental Federation

New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (OR)

Pennsylvania Clean Water Action

Safer Pest Control Project (IL)

Texans for Alternatives to Pesticides

Toxics Action Center (MA)

Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Virginia Health and Environment Project

Washington Toxics Coalition

Resources By Topic

The following is a wealth of information on school pesticide issue, organized by topic. Scroll down to find your needed resource. Next to each resource you will find the organize that it comes from. See also resources organized by organization/state.

• General Resources on Children, Schools, and Pesticides
• Pesticides and Children's Health
• Resources on IPM
• State and Local Laws
• Organizing Tools
• Alternatives
• Other

• School Pesticide Monitor Bimonthly Bulletin Archives (Beyond Pesticides, last updated 5/05)
• Facts and Figures-Pesticides & Schools (Beyond Pesticides)
• 48 Most Commonly Used Pesticides in Schools and their health affects (Beyond Pesticides)
• 10 Myths About Pesticides in Schools (BP)
• Beyond Pesticides Daily News Archive on Children and Schools (BP)
• Poisoned Schools: Invisible Threats, Visible Actions- (Center for Health Environment and Justice (CHEJ)- Childproofing our Communities Campaign)
• Creating Safe Learning Zones: Invisible Threats and Visible Actions (CHEJ)
• Creating Safe Learning Zones: The ABCs of Healthy Schools Primer(CHEJ)
• Safer Schools: Achieving a Healthy Learning Environment Through Integrated Pest Management (SPRC)
• Healthy Schools/Healthy Kids ABC's (Healthy Schools Network)
• Protecting Vulnerable Students in "Sick" Schools (Healthy Schools Network)
• Kids' Guide to Pesticides (Safer Pest Control Project)
• Healthy Schools: Getting Hazardous Pesticides Out of Our Schools (Washington Toxics Action Center)
• Reducing Pesticide Use in Schools (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Pesticides in Schools: Reducing the Risks (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Kids and Pesticides (Factsheet, Agricultural Resources Center, Pesticide Education Project, NC)

Pesticides and Children's Health

• Select Studies on Pesticides and Children's Health (Beyond Pesticides)
• 48 Most Commonly Used Pesticides in Schools and their health affects (Beyond Pesticides)
• School Pesticide Poisoning Incidents from Around the Country (BP)
• Forum of articles on school, children and toxins (California Safe Schools)
• Pesticides and Children's Health: What Every Parent Should Know (Oregon Environmental Council)
• Pesticides and Human Health (Physicians for Social Responsibility and Californians for Pesticide Reform, 2000) - Resource for health care professionals
• Pesticides in Schools: What are the Health Risks? (Safer Pest Control Project)
• Children's Environmental Health at the Minnesota Department of Health
• Allergies, Asthma & Chemical Sensitivity (Hardcopy, Healthy Schools Network)
• Pesticides and Children's Health (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Unthinkable Risk: How Children Are Exposed and Harmed When Pesticides Are Used at School. Includes list of 98 actual school pesticide exposure or misuse incidents. (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Unintended Casualties: Five Stories of Children Whose Lives Were Profoundly Affected by Exposure to Pesticides at School (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Kids and Pesticides: A select bibliography of medical articles (Agricultural Resources Center, Pesticide Education Project, NC)
• Growing Up Toxic: Chemical Exposures and Increases in Developmental Disease (June 2004, Environment California Research & Policy Center)

• What is School IPM? (Beyond Pesticides)
• Safer Schools: Achieving a Healthy Learning Environment Through Integrated Pest Management (SPRC)
• Building Blocks for School IPM: A Least-toxic Structural Pest Management Manual (hard copy only)- please order here today! (Beyond Pesticides)
• Schools Save Money with Integrated Pest Management (Beyond Pesticides)
• Integrated Pest Management for Schools (IPM Institute Of North America)- includes numerous links and resources
  o IPM Administration & Policy
  o Starting Your IPM Program
  o IPM Planning and Communication
  o Inspection, Sanitation and Exclusion
  o Pest and Pesticide Risk Management
  o General Resources for School IPM
  o School Pesticide Use Surveys
  o IPM Curricula and Workshop Ideas
  o School IPM and Related Resources in Spanish
  o School Pest Management in the News
  o Landscape Management
  o Pest-Specific Links & Resources
• IPM Standards for Schools(IPM Institute)- this is a compendium of information including the above
• Who Wants to be an IPM Super Sleuth? (IPM Institute)· Explore this interactive set of IPM learning games for kids of all ages.
• SPCP's School Video on IPM (Safer Pest Control Project)
• Cost of IPM in Schools (Safer Pest Control Project - SPCP)
• The ABC's of IPM Implementation (SPCP)
• Testimonial from IPM Coordinator Sue Kamuda (SPCP)
• Guideline for IPM in School Pest Management Contracts (SPCP)
• Guidelines and Sample Notification (SPCP)
• Model School Pest Management Policy (SPCP)
• Raise awareness of School IPM with the SPCP poster! (SPCP)
• What is IPM? (LocalMotion, MI)
• How Integrated Pest Management will Reduce the Needs of Pesticides in our Schools (2001, LocalMotion)
• Did You Know -Facts and figures about IPM, pesticides use and Michigan schools (LocalMotion)
• IPM Resources for Schools (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Quick Guide to IPM for Schools (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Model IPM plan and Policy for Schools (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• School IPM Video List and Ordering Information (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• What is School Integrated Pest Management and Why is it Safer? (Factsheet, Agricultural Resources Center, Pesticide Education Project, NC)
• Coming Soon: Least toxic pest control options for schools & childcare facilities (This website, hosted by the IPM Institute, features a list of non-toxic and least-toxic pest solutions approved by SPRC.)

State and Local Laws and Programs

• Are Schools Making the Grade? School districts nationwide adopt safer pest management policies (Beyond Pesticides)
• Schooling of State Pesticide Laws 2002 Update (BP)
• Information on the School Environment Protection Act (SEPA), pending federal legislation (BP)
• State and Local Policies A list of 33 state laws and over 400 school districts that are known to have policies or programs regarding integrated pest management, pesticide bans, and right-to-know; includes summaries and links to copies of state laws and local policies (BP)
• Model Laws and Policies (BP)
• Learning Curve (California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust, 2002)- Follow up on implementation of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000
• Los Angeles Unified School District's school pest management policy (California Safe Schools)
• P is for Poison (California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust, 2000) - Update on Pesticide Use in Schools (Californians for Pesticide Reform)
• Failing Health (California Public Interest Research Group Charitable Trust, 1998) - Pesticide Use in California Schools (Californians for Pesticide Reform)
• Pest Control Practices in Connecticut Public Schools - An EHHI Report (1999)
• Summary of the 1999 Legislation Reforming Pest Management Practices in Illinois Schools (Safer Pest Control Project)
• Results of School IPM &Notification Surveys (2001, Illinois, SPCP)
• Illinois Healthy Schools Campaign (SPCP)
• Facts related to Pennsylvania's School Pesticide Notification Act (Hardcopy, Pennsylvania Clean Water Action)
• Survey Results of Pennsylvania Schools Complying with the Act (Hardcopy, Pennsylvania Clean Water Action)
• Summary of Maryland IPM Law (Maryland Pesticide Network)
• Survey of Outdoor Pesticide Use in Maryland Schools (Maryland Pesticide Network)
• Indiana School Board Association Model School IPM Policy (Improving Kids' Environment)
• Results of IKE's 2002 School Survey (Improving Kids' Environment)
• The Children's and Families' Protection Act Implementation Guide (Toxics Action Center, MA)
• Safe Pest Control for New Jersey Schools (New Jersey Environmental Federation)
• Environmental Health in Vermont Schools/1998 Pesticide and Chemical use Survey (Vermont Public Interest Research Group)
• 2002 Pesticide Use Survey: Reading Writing and Raid (Vermont PIRG)
• Clean Schools, Safe Kids: Striving for safer pest control in North Carolina Public Schools (Agricultural Resources Center, Pesticide Education Project, NC)
• Are Our Schools Flunking Out? A Mid-Term Report Card on Chemical Pest Management A three-year study which sought to measure the level of compliance of 305 public schools in 89 school districts with the Healthy Schools Act (Californians for Alternatives to Toxics)
• McKinleyville Union School District Least-Toxic IPM Policy (CATs)

Organizing Tools

• School Organizing for Safer Pest Management How to get your school to adopt an IPM program (Beyond Pesticides)
• Expelling Pesticides From Our Schools:A How to Guide to Reducing Children's Pesticide Exposures at School (BP)
• Green Flag Program awards for student run school environmental achievement programs. (Center for Health Environment and Justice (CHEJ)- Childproofing our Communities Campaign)
• Healthy Schools Pesticide Action Kit (Healthy Schools Campaign, 2001) - general info on pesticide use in schools, the Healthy Schools Act, children's vulnerability, IPM, and how to organize a district to pass an IPM policy (Californians For Pesticide Reform)
• School Health and Safety Committees: How to Promote Child and Adult Environmental Health Protection (Healthy Schools Network)
• Green Squad: an environmental education site for middle-schoolers that shows how to investigate their own school, and publish the results in the school paper (Natural Resources Defense Council)
• 12 Steps to Healthier Schools (Environment and Human Health Inc.)
• Parents Urged to Help Enforce New Law Regulating Pesticide Use at Schools (EHHI)
• A Parent's Guide to Safer Pest Management in Schools in SPANISH (Safer Pest Control Project)
• Healthy Schools Pesticide Action Kit (Washington Toxics Action Center) is a comprehensive toolkit for parents and community members on how to get pesticides out of schools and contains several factsheets which can be individually downloaded:
  · What is the Children's Pesticide Right-to-Know Act?
  · Kids at Risk: Pesticides and Children's Health
  · Ten Steps to a Healthy School
  · Model Least-Toxic IPM Policy
  · What are the Alternatives?
  · Notification: Your Right to Know
  · Sample Schools Petition
  · Pesticide Information Online
  · Additional Resources
  · Hazards of Common Pesticides: A Quick Reference Guide
• Growing Trends: Successful Strategies for Reducing Pesticides in Public Places (WA Toxics Action Center)
• Sample letter to send to school superintendent requesting pesticide notification (Pennsylvania Clean Water Action)
• Learn How We Can Make our Schools Healthier (Kids for Saving the Earth)
• Steps Parents and Teachers Can Take to Reduce School Pesticide Use (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Sample Petition to School Administrators (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Safer School Pest Control Pledge (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• How To Start A School Environmental Health Committee at your School (Vermont Public Interest Research Group)
• A Parent's Guide for Improving School Environmental Health (Vermont PIRG)

Alternatives

• Alternatives Factsheets (Beyond Pesticides)
• Safety Source (Beyond Pesticides)
• Sanitizers & Disinfectants Guide (Healthy Schools Network)
• Healthier Cleaning and Maintenance Practices and Products for Schools (Health Schools Network)
• Mold Packet (Hard Copy, Healthy Schools Network)
• GAO Report: Use Effects and Alternatives to Pesticides in Schools (Maryland Pesticide Network)
• Lawn Care Without Toxic Chemicals (New Jersey Environmental Federation)
• Protecting Our Schools, Our Children: Basic Steps to Indoor Pest Control Without Pesticides (New Jersey Environmental Federation)
• Restoring Healthy School Landscapes (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• School Pesticide Use Reduction: Where There's a Will There's a Way (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• "Hot" New Tools and Time- Tested Natural Methods for Managing School Landscapes (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• School Pest Control Alternatives (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)
• Safer Control of Head Lice (Hardcopy, New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides)

Other

• Protecting Your Health from CCA-Treated Wood (Beyond Pesticides)
• Poison Playgrounds: CCA Risks and Alternatives (BP)
• Parent Guide to Indoor Air Quality (Healthy Schools Network)
• 504 Accommodation Plan (ADA/IEP)
• The Guide to Playgrounds and Arsenic Wood (Hardcopy, Healthy Schools Network)
• Overkill: Why Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus May Cause More Harm Than Good (2001) (Toxics Action Center, MA)
• The Children's Health Environmental Coalition