Pesticide Information Office
The University of Florida's Pesticide Information and Education Program provides information, educational programs, and materials to:
- Persons who use pesticides as a part of their livelihood
- Consumers with questions about use and impact of pesticides in their daily lives
- Faculty and students
- Decision makers, such as local, state, and federal government regulators and legislators
Useful Links
Publications
- Florida Rules for Direct Supervision of Unlicensed Pesticide Applicators
- Applying Pesticides in Compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Are Homemade "Pesticides" Legal?
- Avicides
- Boom Sprayer Nozzle Performance Test
- Broadcast Boom Sprayer Calibration
- Calibrating Equipment for Aquatic Herbicide Application
- Clasificación de las licencias para aplicadores dictadas por el Departamento de Agricultura y Servicios al Consumidor del estado de la Florida (FDACS), relacionadas con agricultura y control de plagas
- Defoliants and Desiccants
- Delivering Secure CEU Training Utilizing Zoom
- Emergency Exemption Pesticide Registrations
- Enhancing the Effectiveness of a Professional Pest Management Program
- EPA Approval of Pesticide Labeling
- Worker Protection Standard: Additional Requirements for Agricultural Employers of Workers
- Equipo de Protección Personal para la Manipulación de Pesticidas
- Evaluation of Pesticides for Carcinogenic Potential
- Experimental-Use Permits
- Exposición de familias agricultoras al glifosato
- The Facts about Mothballs
- Federal Regulations Affecting Use of Pesticides
- Finding the Correct Pesticide Applicator License in Florida
- First Aid for Pesticide Exposure
- 2021–2022 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Interpreting PPE Statements on Pesticide Labels
- Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Cabbage
- Florida Crop/Pest Profile: Sugarcane
- Florida Crop/Pest Management Profile: Watermelon
- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Continuing Education Unit (CEU) System for Certified Pesticide Applicators
- Florida's Pesticidal Substances Exempt from the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA-Section 25(b))
- Fungicide Resistance Action Committee's (FRAC) Classification Scheme of Fungicides According to Mode of Action
- Glove Selection for Working with Pesticides
- Guía de gestión de plagas para cítricos en la Florida 2016: Interpretación de los enunciados de PPE en las etiquetas de pesticidas
- Guía de seguridad para el uso de pesticidas en el hogar
- Handling Total Release Foggers
- Homeowner's Guide to Pesticide Safety
- The Importance of Keeping Pesticide Records
- IRAC's Insecticide Mode of Action Classification
- Licensing of Pesticide Dealers in Florida
- Managing Pesticide Drift
- Mejorando la efectividad de un programa profesional para el manejo de plagas
- Microsoft Teams for CEU and Training Delivery
- New Paraquat Requirements
- Operation Cleansweep for Pesticides
- Personal Protective Equipment for Handling Pesticides
- Pest Strips—You Have to Read the Fine Print
- Pesticidas y Colinesterasa
- Pesticide Characteristics
- Pesticide and Container Disposal for Homeowners
- Pesticide Container Rinsing
- Pesticide Fires
- Pesticide Formulations
- Pesticide Injection and Drenching
- Pesticide Interactions
- Pesticide Labeling: Directions for Use
- Pesticide Labeling: Environmental Hazards Statements
- Pesticide Labeling: First Aid Statements
- Pesticide Labeling: Identification Numbers
- Pesticide Labeling: Ingredient Statements
- Pesticide Labeling: Labeling Claims
- Pesticide Labeling: Miscellaneous Label Parts
- Pesticide Labeling: Physical or Chemical Hazards
- Pesticide Labeling: Protection of Pollinators
- Pesticide Labeling: Signal Words
- Pesticide Labeling: Storage and Disposal
- Pesticide Labeling: Unique Product Labeling
- Pesticide Provisions of the Florida Agricultural Worker Safety Act (FAWSA)
- Pesticide Recordkeeping
- Pesticide Recordkeeping Form for Florida Applicators
- Pesticide Spill Kits
- Pesticide Storage: Keep It in the Container
- Pesticide Toxicity Profile: Triazine Pesticides
- Pesticides and Cholinesterase
- Proper Disposal of Pesticide Waste
- Protecting Your Pet from Pesticides
- Protective Eyewear for Pesticide Applicators
- Refillable Containers and Secondary Containment Requirements for Agricultural Pesticides in Florida
- Requirements of Aerial Applicators in Florida
- Respirators for Pesticide Applications
- Rodenticides
- Secure Pesticide Storage: General Features
- Special Local Needs Pesticide Registrations—24(c)
- Special Types of Pesticides
- Spray Gun Calibration
- Sprayer Cleanout Procedures: Protect Equipment and Crops
- Storage Limitation Statements: Temperature—Fungicides
- Storage Limitation Statements: Temperature—Herbicides
- A Summary of Revisions to the Worker Protection Standard—2015
- Surviving the FDACS Inspection: Walking through an Inspection
- Tank-Mixing Pesticides without Disasters
- Toxicity of Pesticides
- Transporting Pesticides and Understanding the Rules of the Road: Farmers, Ranchers, and Production Agricultural Operations
- Transporting Pesticides and Understanding the Rules of the Road: Pest Control Businesses
- Using Your Handheld Lawn and Garden Sprayer
- Using Pesticides on Your Pet
- Water pH and the Effectiveness of Pesticides
- Water Quality and the Effectiveness of Pesticides
- What Are Inert Ingredients?
- Why do we use pesticides?
- Wood Preservatives
- Worker Protection Standard: Additional Requirements for Agricultural Employers of Workers
- Worker Protection Standard: Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ)
- Worker Protection Standard—Certified Crop Advisor Exemption
- Worker Protection Standard: Determining Your WPS Responsibilities
- Worker Protection Standard: Information at a Central Location
- Worker Protection Standard: Notification and Hazard Communication
- Worker Protection Standard: Owner and Immediate Family Exemption
- Worker Protection Standard: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 2016
- Worker Protection Standard: Records of Employee Safety Training
- Worker Protection Standard: Requirements for Agricultural Employers of Workers and Handlers
- Worker Protection Standard: Requirements for Commercial Pesticide Handler Employers
- Worker Protection Standard: Respirators
- Worker Protection Standard: Training Workers and Handlers under the 2016 Revision Requirements
