Environmental / Public Health Organizations and Resources

Pesticide Organizations

• Beyond Pesticides — Founded in 1981 as the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, Beyond Pesticides serves as a national leader in the pesticide reform movement.
• Pesticide Action Network, North America (PANNA) — Pesticide Action Network North America works to create a just, thriving food system.  It is one of five regional centers worldwide.
• Rachel Carson Council — Building on the work, legacy, and environmental ethic of Rachel Carson RAchel Carson Council links environmental, health and social issues, as Rachel Carson did, into a single, unified approach to today’s critical sustainability issues.

Pesticide Data

• Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs
• PesticideInfo — A searchable database of pesticide chemicals and related information, maintained by PANNA
• Extoxnet Pesticide Information Profiles — Extoxnet is a cooperative effort of University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho.
• The IR-4 Project Biopesticide and Organic Database for Integrated Pest Management

Health Organizations

• American Acadamy of Pediatrics
• MedChi: The Maryland State Medical Society — Maryland’s oldest medical association
• Center for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
• National Pediculosis Association — NPA is a non-profit health and education agency dedicated to protecting children from the misuse and abuse of potentially harmful lice and scabies pesticidal treatments.

Children

• Children’s Environmental Health Network — CEHN is a national multi-disciplinary organization whose mission is to protect the fetus and the child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment.
• Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, The Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
• Kids for Saving the Earth Worldwide