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Pesticides harm kids disproportionately
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Maryland Pesticide Education Network
Advocating against harmful impacts of pesticides and for safer alternatives
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Convening diverse Bay stakeholders in collaborative working groups and an annual conference, since 2007.
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How we nourish the soil and grow crops has the greatest potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change.
Smart on Pesticides Coalition Promoting Policies & Laws
In working together, we accomplish more via this state coalition of 100+ organizations and businesses.
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Driving systemic marketplace changes with healthier lifestyle choices. Vote with your wallet and vote with your fork!
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The Mission of Maryland Pesticide Education Network
- Encourages adoption of safer pest/land management practices for people, pollinators and our food supply, wildlife and the environment, including practices that optimally sequester carbon in an effort to mitigate climate change;
- Promotes right-to-know and protective policies/laws related to pesticide use, exposure and impact, through an environmental justice lens;
- Educates/engages public, policymakers, pest/land care management, farmers, waterkeepers and healthcare/public health professionals re: hazards of pesticide exposure and safer alternatives;
- Promotes programs, policies/laws to eliminate hazardous pesticide use/impact;
- Promotes a paradigm shift from society’s reliance on pesticides to pesticide-free/organic practices and products to protect the health of all life and;
- Collaborates with local/state/federal agencies, and organizations to promote and accomplish these objectives.
MPEN was instrumental in passage of nationally groundbreaking laws: 1998 and 1999 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools laws ensured pesticides are only used as last resort in and around Md public schools; in 2016 and 2017, two first-in-the-nation pollinator protection laws. And, as of December 31, 2021, we will be the only state in the U.S. to institute a full ban of the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos.
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Maryland General Assembly Passes Bill to Study PFAS Testing in Pesticides
(Annapolis, MD) – Today, April 10, 2023, Maryland took an important step towards reducing exposure to the harmful chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS found in contaminated pesticides. The Maryland General Assembly passed the Pesticides – PFAS Testing – Study bill (SB 158/HB 319), which requires the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), in […]
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First-in-the-Nation Website Identifies Safer Disinfectant Options
Online tool helps schools, the healthcare industry, and consumers sanitize and protect from COVID-19 variants without exposure to dangerous chemicals Although the use of disinfectants has increased in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been limited public knowledge about the potential serious health consequences associated with some of these disinfectants, including the […]
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How the Pesticide Industry Tried to Stop a Bill to Protect Bees in Maryland
A rare glimpse into the pesticide industry’s playbook, illuminated by emails US Right to Know obtained by FOIA revealing the coordinated tactics Md Dept. of Agriculture and the pesticide industry used to try to kill the 2015-16 bee bills. Despite this, Smart on Pesticides Coalition fought and won this first-in-the-nation legislation that banned outdoor consumer use […]
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