Poison Control and Pesticide Information Organizations Collaborate to Strengthen Pesticide Safety and Education
On
February 23, 2015, the American Association of Poison Control Centers
(AAPCC), which supports the work of the nation’s 55 poison control
centers, and the National Pesticide Information Center
(NPIC), a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and Oregon State University, announced that they have
teamed up to focus on pesticide safety and education.
The
two organizations will bring their collective expertise and experience
to developing bilingual health and safety educational materials for the
general public related to pesticides such as
antimicrobials, herbicides, and insecticides.
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| Newton Committee for Alternatives to Pesticides |
To read the joint press release in full, see
http://www.aapcc.org/press/41/
