Agricultural workers: learn more about the work activities that require Worker Protection Standard (WPS) training from your employer. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCtrainingTa…

CERTIFICATION & TRAINING RESOURCE: Check out “A Guide for Meeting Updated Competency Standards for Certified Pesticide Applicators.”

Learn more. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCcertCompet…
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Meet Advisory Board Member Lisa Blecker! 💚

Lisa is a Pesticide Safety Educator at Colorado State University and serves as the Administrator for the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP). She’s also a member of AAPSE and holds a pesticide applicator’s certificate! 👏

📣Do you know a person who has dedicated their career to advancing and promoting IPM practices in their field for 20+ years? 🏆
Consider nominating them for a DPR Lifetime IPM Achievement Award. 💻👉🏻 Click here for the nomination form: apps.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pestmgt/i…

Inspectors: check out our searchable table of WPS resources for inspectors in various states. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCforInspect…

It’s National Farmworker Women’s Health Week! #NFWHW2024 💚

We’re joining AFOP to create a lasting conversation about farmworker women’s health issues, including pesticide exposure. ➡️ beav.es/Jzq

Let them be. Applying pesticides will likely be ineffective in keeping cicadas away, and could harm other organisms, pets, or people in your yard and home.
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📺 WATCH NOW: See what a day in the life of a pesticide handler in an orchard protected by the WPS may look like in training video “Safety in the Orchard: Understanding and Applying the Worker Protection Standard.” ➡️ bit.ly/PERCwatchOrcha…

🌸👩‍🌾 NFWHW Day 3: Pesticide exposure can harm the health of farmworker women and their unborn children.
#NFWHW 2024 #farmworkerwomen #Health4FarmworkerWomen #farmworkers #NFWHW #pesticides #pesticideexposure #pesticides afety

📣 Nominations for DPR’s 2024 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Achievement Awards are now open!
Do you know of an organization or individual who excels in implementing and promoting IPM in California? Consider nominating them by June 30: apps.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pestmgt/i…

Did you know: under the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) employers must provide pesticide handlers with:

📝 pesticide-related information
🧤 personal protective equipment
💧 supplies for decontamination
🚨 emergency assistance

Learn more. ➡️ bit.ly/PERChandlerPro…

It’s National Farmworker Women’s Health Week! #NFWHW2024 💚

We’re joining AFOP to create a lasting conversation about farmworker women’s health issues, including pesticide exposure during pregnancy.

PERC provides a suite of materials to aid in the annual training requirement for noncertified applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) who are working under the direct supervision of certified applicators. 

Find the full suite on our website. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCcertRestri…

Meet PERC co-chair Kaci Buhl! 💚

Kaci has 15+ years of experience in pesticide exposure prevention and education. She’s currently working as Assoc. Professor of Practice at Oregon State University where she coordinates the Statewide Pesticide Safety Education Program. 👏

Agricultural workers must pay attention to posted warning signs and verbal warnings about where pesticides have been used recently. 🪧

Learn more about how agricultural workers can protect themselves from pesticides. ➡️ bit.ly/PERCworkerProt…

Applicators and growers can communicate and connect to avoid inadvertent pesticide drift through FieldWatch. It’s voluntary, free, easy to use, accurate and secure. NDA monitors the FieldWatch registries for Nebraska. For questions, call 402-471-2351. buff.ly/2RiGjVR

Learn how U.S. EPA, PETA Science Consortium International, Institute for In Vitro Sciences and CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation are reducing animal testing in chemical risk assessments. Join our webinar on using alternative methods on May 29, 2024, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT. Register at thepsci.eu/epicwebinars/

It's #AirQualityAwarenessWeek ! At DPR, we monitor ambient air for pesticides as part of our continuous evaluation of pesticide risks and impacts and to inform actions that protect people and the environment. Learn more on DPR’s website: cdpr.ca.gov/docs/emon/airi…

To find out who your state’s pesticide regulatory agency is, go to: npic.orst.edu/reg/state_agen…
Questions? Call (800) 858-7378 M-F: 8AM-12PM PT

AgriSafe is accepting applications for webinar presenters for the 2024 National Farm Safety and Health Week (September 15 - 21). The application deadline is June 5, 2024. Apply here: surveymonkey.com/r/RZTLVC3