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Selected Publications

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General publications

• DPR Progress Report
• Consumer fact sheets
• Mandated and legislative reports
• Regulating Pesticides: The California Story, a Guide to Pesticide Regulation in California (2001 overview of pesticide regulatory program)
• Strategic Plan

Enforcement and worker safety

• Compliance assistance handouts for employers
• Employee safety leaflets (Pesticide Safety Information Series)
• Pesticide injuries and illnesses (annual summaries)
• Restricted materials list
• Worker Health and Safety Branch publications search

Environmental protection

• Endangered species project
• Methyl bromide and other fumigants
• Pesticides in well water (annual reports)
• Surface water protection
• Toxic air contaminants
• Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions
• Special projects
  • Glassy-winged sharpshooter
  • Lompoc air monitoring
  • Mexican fruit fly
  • Northwestern California tribal territories herbicide monitoring
  • Red imported fire ant
• Other Environmental Monitoring Branch publications (including protocols, environmental fate reviews, and standard operating procedures)

Food safety

• Residue Monitoring (annual reports and data)

Licensing and certification

• 2001 Laws and Regulations Study Guide
• Pest Control Aircraft Pilot Ceritication Study Guide

Pesticide registration and toxicology

• Public reports on new active ingredients
• Reevaluation notices, and other notices to registrants
• Registered product list (self-extracting, 242k compressed file, with company information, product numbers and names)
• Registration Branch Desk Manual policies and procedures
• Section 18 list
• Risk characterization documents
• Toxicology data review summaries

Pest management

• Pest Management Analysis and Planning Program
• Pest Information Series handouts on managing various pests
• School pest management
• Suppliers of beneficial organisms in North America (1997)

Pesticide sales and use (annual reports)

• Pounds of pesticide sold
• Use summaries and analyses

See the ARCHIVES for older publications