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Health Care Providers are mandated to report Pesticide
Poisonings, whether in the home setting (generally child poisonings
from household pesticides) or elsewhere or in a workplace (generally
occupational exposures of farm workers). Please call 805-981-5201
for the reporting form. Agricultural pesticide drift or the misuse
or mishandling of pesticides by a commercial applicator should be
reported to the County Agricultural Commissioner at 805-933-8415.
For Health Care Providers:
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 Recognition
and Management of Pesticide Poisonings
The new revised version of EPA's pesticide poisoning handbook
is now available. The fifth edition of Recognition and Management
of Pesticide Poisonings is edited by Dr. Routt Reigart and Dr.
James Roberts, and is published by EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs.
Both English and Spanish versions are available here.
- National
Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticide Initiative is an initiative created by the EPA and the National Environmental
Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) in collaboration with
the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture
and Labor. It is aimed at incorporating pesticide information
into the education and practice of health care providers. The
goal is to improve the recognition, diagnosis, management, and
prevention of adverse health effects from pesticide exposures.
This initiative also serves as a model for broader efforts to
educate health care providers about the spectrum of environmental
health issues. Seven federal agencies and 16 professional associations
of health care providers were involved in launching this initiative.
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