Pesticides in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska
Questions on pesticides?
¿Preguntas sobre pesticidas?
Region 10 implements the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Most of these requirements have been delegated to state agencies through cooperative agreements. Contact the lead agency for your state to report a pesticide application violation or for information on how to become a certified pesticide applicator.
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Report Pesticide Violations
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Regulating Pesticides
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Looking up a Pesticide Product
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Pesticide Grants
- School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Grants - School IPM Grants will identify and reduce the risks associated with pesticide use in buildings and on grounds around kindergarten to 12th grade public and tribal schools in the United States.
- Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) - Offering communities innovative ways of addressing risks from toxic pollution
- Regional Agricultural IPM Grants - Regional Agricultural IPM Grants, offered by EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), in coordination with the EPA Regional Offices, further, through research, development, monitoring, public education, training, demonstrations, or studies, the adoption of IPM approaches to reduce pesticide risk in production agriculture settings in the U.S.
- Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act Partnership (PRIA2) Grants - PRIA2 Partnership Grants advance public-private partnerships that focus on stewardship efforts. The program reduces risk associated with pesticide use by demonstrating innovative IPM practices and technologies as well as by outreach and education.
- Biopesticide Demonstration Program (BDP) Grants - It funds field demonstrations of registered biopesticides used within IPM systems. The program serves as a "real-time" laboratory for growers across the country to assess new and innovative biopesticides across a wide variety of agricultural applications.
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Worker Protection
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Controlling Pests
- Around the home - The dos and don'ts of using household pesticide products, why it is important to read the label first, and more tips on safe pest control in the home.
- Lawn and garden - How to control mosquitoes, what consumers need to know about CCA-treated wood, and how to care for your lawn or garden in an environmentally friendly way.
- At school - How an integrated pest management (IPM) program at your school will reduce sources of food, water and shelter for pests.
- In agriculture - How to monitor, identify, and prevent pests using IPM in food production.
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EPA, State, and Tribal Contacts
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