Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Pesticide Exposure

The Worker Protection Standard (WPS)

Does Organic Mean Safe?

Entomology EmilyJanuary 11th, 2024Hello Avid Readers! Welcome back and Happy New Year! We are starting the year with a topic that comes up often. Have you ever been asked, does organic mean safe? As an entomologist, I have been asked this often, or heard it stated as a fact. Today I will share what I tend to include […]

Pesticide Hygiene: Striking the Work/Home Balance

Dr. Brett BultemeierAugust 24th, 2023For many of us keeping a work life balance is a challenge. How many of you find yourself bringing work “home with you”? It is bad enough to not be able to turn the work phone off, or turn our brains away from work, but what else is coming home with you? If you work […]

Making PPE Exciting!

Entomology EmilyAugust 17th, 2023Hello Avid Readers! Last week I spoke at an extension event for peanut growers in north Florida. The growers needed to get CEUs in Core material. For those of you who aren’t in the know, this basically means they needed to learn about pesticide safety. As this topic can be dry I did my best […]