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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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Supreme Court Decision Undermines Public Right to Know and Weakens Accountability for Pesticide Manufacturers
Annapolis, Maryland | June 25, 2026 – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a deeply disappointing decision in Monsanto v. Durnell that puts the interests of pesticide manufacturers ahead of the health and safety of farmers, farm workers, consumers, and communities. By ruling that federal pesticide law blocks state failure-to-warn claims, the Court has crippled […]
Broad Coalition Calls on Congress To Reject Fast-Moving Legislation To Shield Chemical Companies from Liability
Annapolis, Maryland | August 22, 2025 – Legislative language moving through Congress, intended to prevent farmers, consumers, and workers from holding pesticide manufacturers accountable for the harm caused by their toxic products, is being opposed by a broad coalition of farmers, beekeepers, consumers, environmentalists, and workers, with the release of a joint statement opposing a […]
Health Care Professionals, Researchers and Advocates Call for Tighter Rein on Use of Pesticides in Health Care Facilities
Accreditation Group’s Plan to Eliminate Standards Governing the Use of Pesticides Poses Grave Risk to Vulnerable Patients August 19, 2025 | Annapolis, Maryland – The Maryland Pesticide Education Network (MPEN)’s Integrated Pest Management in Health Care Facilities Project today released a letter signed by 48 health care professionals, researchers, and advocates calling on the Joint […]
