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Safer Pest Management Index

See a list of all of our tools for reducing pesticide exposure in your home and community.

IPM BookletSafer Pest Management Indoors and Out: View a PDF of our booklet that will walk you through a new approach to pest management. Paper booklets are available upon request; we ask for a small donation to support printing and mailing costs. Resources are also provided in online format:

 A 5-step pest management plan 
An introduction to integrated pest management: control pests without exposing your family to chemical pesticides.
Reducing your exposure to pesticides 
Practical tips for avoiding pesticides in your food and your environment.
Pest management tools 
Here's some tools of the trade for managing pests without exposing your family to pesticides.
Common pests & prevention 
Get ideas for how to deal with specific household pests without resorting to use of harsh chemical pesticides.
Pest inspection checklist (PDF)
Download this checklist for use with our five-step process to managing pests. Routine monitoring will help you deal with pests before they become a problem.
Safer pest control fact sheet (PDF)
This one-page guide will help you choose the safest remedies for controlling common pests.
Eco-Healthy Child Care Fact Sheet (PDF)
This one-page fact sheet is designed to help child care providers understand why it is important to prevent exposure to pesticides in their facilities.

Pollution in People: Pesticides
In our 2007 study, we detected pesticides in the bodies of three out of ten Oregonians that we studied. See a discussion of what we found, what the health risks are, and what can be done about it.
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Find out what Oregon Environmental Council is doing to create policies that protect people from exposure to pesticides, and find out how you can support these policies.

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