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Pesticide Education:

Applying Pesticides Correctly, National Pesticide Applicator Training Core Manual. Published by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UN-L), Pesticide Education Resources. This is a guide for private and commercial applicators in eleven chapters and including review questions. Covered Topics: Principles of Pest Control, Pesticide Labelling, Formulations, Pesticides in the Environment, Harmful Effects & Emergency Response, Personal Protective Equipment, Pesticide Handling, Mixing, Loading & Application, Transportation, Storage & Disposal of Pesticides, Effects on the Human Body. Every chapter is very well designed. A highly useful education resource. Not to be missed!

Ontario Pesticide Education Program (OPEP), located at Ridgetown College, Ontario, Canada. All you have to know about Pesticide Certification in Ontario. Available Information: What is OPEP, Goals, how to become certified (vendor, grower), courses.

Pesticide Education Resources, maintained at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UN-L). Pesticide Information and Links: Pesticide and the protection of the environment, Health Protection & Pesticide Safety, Pesticide Properties, Pesticide and Pesticide Applicator Education, IPM, Laws & Regulations. Under each heading you will find a directory containig links to other information resources or to on-line available documents.

Pesticide Information and Training Office, University of Arizona, Department of Entomology. The web site has been developed to provide pest and pesticide related information to the general public, commercial and private pesticide applicators, and fellow colleagues. From the Index: Pesticide Applicator Training, Publications, Pesticide Sales Statistics, Pesticide Newsletters, Pesticide Registration.

RCE Pesticide Education Program, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NYAES), New Jersey State University, USA. Available: Private and Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification Requirements, Pesticide Applicator Certification Exam Dates and Links.

Country specific registers of plant protection products:

Austria: Verzeichnis der in Österreich zugelassenen Pflanzenschutzmittel, authorised plant protection products in Austria, published by Federal Office and Research Centre for Agriculture (BFL), Vienna, Austria. The plant protection product database can be searched by: Product name, Registration No, Approval holder, Active substance, Organism, Function, Classification, Field of use, Crop/situation, and Pest. Also available is information on New authorisations, withdrawals and period of clearance sale. A must for users in Austria.

Germany: Verzeichnis zugelassener Pflanzenschutzmittel für Deutschland, Index of authorised plant protection products for Germany, published by the Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA), Berlin and Braunschweig, Germany. Available: General information about this service, the complete register of permitted pesticides in Germany, Search the complete database, pesticide regulations. The database of plant protection products is browsable and searchable by trade name, registration number, active substance, and crop and/or harmful organism. Especially for users in Germany is this site a must. Available in German and English (there is a special help available in English).

Netherlands: Zoekpagina Bestrijdingsmiddelendatabank, Dutch register of plant protection products. Maintained by College voor de Toelating van Bestrijdingsmiddelen (CTB). The CTB has the duty of taking decisions on the admission of pesticides. There is some english information on the CTB site available. You can search the database by active substance (Werkzame Stof) and narrow your search by selecting the status or group of action. Although most of the information is in Dutch it is not difficult to understand the pages.

United States of America: Pesticide Data Sources, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), EPA, USDA. Here you will find (1) Pesticide Products Databases, (2) Pesticide Data Submitters List, (3) Pesticide Product Information System (PPIS), (4) Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) as well as a link to NPIRS. The Pesticide Products Databases are maintained by OPP and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and is including Registered and Cancelled Pesticide Product Database, Chemical Ingredients Database and Company Information Database.