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Consumer Fact Sheets

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About pesticides

• How to read a pesticide label, PDF (200 kb) (En Español, PDF, 208 kb)
• How to report an illegal use of pesticides or other pesticide problems, PDF (110 kb) (En Español, PDF, 113 kb)
• What is a pesticide, PDF (115 kb) (En Español, PDF, 123 kb)

Safe pesticide use

• Chlorine gas usage guidance for growers, PDF (7.9 mb)
• Keep Pests and Pesticides Out of Your Office, PDF (389 kb) - published jointly by DPR and the California Department of Public Health
• Protect your family - use a repellent, PDF (138 kb) (DPR handout) (En Español, PDF, 76 kb)
• Protecting outdoor workers from mosquitoes, PDF (129 kb) (DPR handout) (En Español, PDF, 75 kb)
• Pesticide storage and disposal, PDF (156 kb) (En Español, PDF, 139 kb)
• Protecting children from pesticide exposure, PDF (117 kb) (En Español, PDF, 126 kb)
• Safety tips, PDF (137 kb) (En Español, PDF, 135 kb)
• Using insect foggers safely, PDF (239 kb) (En Español, PDF, 143 kb)
• What to do in a pesticide emergency, PDF (130 kb) (En Español, PDF, 139 kb)

Reducing pesticide use

• Don’t grow your own mosquitoes --a home and garden checklist, PDF (134 kb) (DPR handout) ( En Español, PDF, 90 kb)
• Lawn care tips, PDF (104 kb) (En Español, PDF, 110 kb)
• Preventing pest problems, PDF (110 kb) (En Español, PDF, 214 kb)
• Pesticides and Proposition 65 (PDF, 128 kb)
• What to do about bugs, weeds, and other pests

About DPR and its programs

• A DPR overview, PDF (90 kb) (En Español, PDF, 99 kb)
• Assessing health risks of pesticides, PDF (123 kb)
• County Agricultural Commissioners: duties and responsibilities, PDF (131 kb) (En Español, PDF, 136 kb)
• Dormant spray rules, PDF (79 kb) (En Español, PDF, 138 kb)
• Environmental monitoring, PDF (124 kb) (En Español, PDF, 128 kb)
• Food residue monitoring, PDF (130 kb) (En Español, PDF, 208 kb)
• Ground water protection, PDF (98 kb)
• IPM Innovator awards, PDF (157 kb)
• Preventing pesticide illness, PDF (55 kb)
• The permit process for restricted pesticides, PDF (95 kb)
• The rulemaking process: how you can get involved in regulatory decision making, PDF (108 kb)

From the Structural Pest Control Board

• Fumigation, PDF (250 kb)
• General Information A to Z, PDF (222 kb)
• Household Pest Control, PDF (253 kb)
• Home Termite Infestations, PDF (249 kb)
• Structural Pest Control Inspections, PDF (259 kb)

U.S. EPA publications

• Citizen’s Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety, PDF (4.2 Mb)
• Consumer products treated with pesticides
• Controlling bed bugs
• Don’t buy illegal pesticide products
• Mold control in homes, schools and commercial buildings
• Professional pest control - information from U.S. EPA’s National Pesticide Information Center on how to select a pest control company and related topics.
• Pets and Pesticide Use, PDF (185 kb) (National Pesticide Information Center)
• Spray drift of pesticides

For content questions contact:
Paul Verke
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Telephone: (916) 445-3974
E-mail: pverke@cdpr.ca.gov