Citizen's guide to pest control and pesticide safety
This booklet is intented to help answer questions like "How pests can be controled safely?" and "When and how should pesticides be used?", and to help people understand: - what steps to take to contro...
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Resource added in:
19/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Pesticides/poisoning, Pesticide Exposure, Pest Control/methods, Poisoning/prevention & control, First Aid, Pesticide Utilization, EPA 730-K-95-001
Pesticides: Health and Safety
It presents useful tips to choose and use insect repellents safely. Recommendations are given about the use of pesticides, about preventing ticks and lyme disease, and about measures to be taken in ex...
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Resource added in:
19/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Pesticide Utilization, Pesticide Exposure, Poisoning/prevention & control, First Aid
National Pesticide Information Center - NPIC
NPIC provides pesticide information related to food, emergency, poisoning and treatment, safety pratices, disposal, pest control, legislation, pets and wildlife, risk evaluation, labeling, and active ...
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Resource added in:
19/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Poison Control Centers, Pesticides
What is a pesticide?
It defines what is and what is not a pesticide. Also, it defines pests, and presents some common kinds of pesticides and their function.
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Resource added in:
19/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Pesticides
What is a pesticide?
It defines what is a pesticide, and presents some common kinds of pesticides and their functions. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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Resource added in:
19/07/1999
Available languages:
English, Spanish
Toxicology, Pesticides
Terms of environment.
It defines in non-technical language the morecommonly used environmental terms (from Abandoned well to Zero Air) and abbreviations and acronysms appearing in EPA publications, news releases, and othe...
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Resource added in:
19/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Environmental Health, Vocabulary, Reference Books, Dicionário [tipo de publicação]
California Poison Control System
CPCS provides information about first aid for poisoning, poisonous and non-poisonous plants, and venomous animals. Emergency assistance is provided through telephone: general public - 1.800.876.4766, ...
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16/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Poison Control Centers, Emergency Medical Services, First Aid, Hotlines
Recognition and management of pesticide poisonings.
It provides health professionals with information on the health hazards of pesticides currently in use, and current consensus recommendations for management of poisonings and injuries caused by them. ...
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Resource added in:
16/07/1999
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English
Environmental Health, Toxicology, Pesticides, Poisoning, Poisoning/therapy, Disinfectants/poisoning, Fungicides, Industrial/poisoning, Hazardous Substances/poisoning, Toxic Substances, Pesticide Exposure, Chemical Compound Exposure, Reference Books, Manuais [tipo de publicação]
Florida Poison Information Center, Jacksonville - FPIC/Jax
FPIC/Jax is a 24 hour poison emergency treatment and information resource for health care professionals and the public for the northern and eastern coastal counties of Florida. For Poisoning Emergenci...
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Resource added in:
12/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Poison Control Centers, Emergency Medical Services, First Aid, Poisoning/therapy, Poisoning/prevention & control
For goodness snakes! Treating and preventing venomous bites.
Article that discusses about snakebites, how to avoid, treat and NOT to treat them, types of poisonous snakes and treatment drawbacks and dilemmas.Published in FDA Consumer, Vol. 29, No. 9, November, ...
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Resource added in:
08/07/1999
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English
Toxicology, Poisoning, Poisoning/prevention & control, Snake Bites/prevention & control, Cobras
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