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Our mission is to protect human health and the environment by regulating pesticide sales and use, and by fostering reduced-risk pest management.
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Latest News and Information
- Qualified applicator licensing and certification subcategories adopted regulations
- Agenda, Sept. 16 PREC meeting
- Product compliance fines and settlements
- Keeping urban pesticides out of waterways (From the Director)
- Use Information and Air Monitoring Recommendation for 1,3-Dichloropropene, Methyl Bromide, Chlororpicrin, and Methyl Iodide
- 2010 county enforcement work plans
- Update of enforcement response regulations: status report (PDF)
Latest Publications Online
- Urban Pesticide Monitoring in Southern California (protocol)
- Evaluation and Validation of a Commercial ELISA Kit for Permethrin in Surface Water (protocol)
- 2010-11 School IPM Recordkeeping Calendar (PDF, 1.6 mb)
- 2009-10 Revenues and Expenditures
- Comparison of Use and Sales of Group III Pyrethroid Pesticides
- Air Monitoring the Application of Dicofol in Merced County in July 2008
- Further Characterization of a Sacramento Area Urban Neighborhood (protocol)