Pesticide Information Resources

Before submitting a FOIA request, you may wish to check out the many resources for pesticide scientific and regulatory information that are available to the public online and free of charge.

Toxicology

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Prepared and maintained by EPA, IRIS is an electronic database containing information on human health effects that may result from exposure to various chemicals.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
ATSDR (part of the Department of Human Health and Services) publishes fact sheets and other information on pesticides and toxic substances.

Environmental Fate

Pesticide Fate Database contains data on physical and chemical properties, fate, transport, degradates, and end-point information such as half-lives and soil-water partitioning coefficients for pesticides.

Ecotoxicity

Pesticide Ecotoxicity Database contains ecotoxicity endpoints for registered pesticides compiled from actual studies reviewed by EPA in conjunction with pesticide registration or reregistration, and from studies performed by USEPA, USDA and USFWS laboratories.

Science Reviews or Data Evaluation Records (DERs)

OPP evaluates scientific data submitted by pesticide registrants in support of pesticide registration to assess potential human health and environmental effects.

Pesticide Reregistration Status. Click on pesticide chemical names for links to reregistration supporting documents that include science reviews.

Rulemaking Information and other Pesticide Dockets

Pesticide Public Regulatory Docket provides the public with access to pesticide-related rulemaking and non-rulemaking activities such as registration, reregistration, registration review, emergency exemptions, experiment use permits, tolerance petitions, Special Reviews, special dockets, and meeting notices.

Inert Ingredients

Inert Ingredient Web page contains the latest program updates as well as tolerance reassessment reviews, regulatory lists and resources.

Registration Information

National Pesticide Information Retrieval System contains searchable registered and cancelled product information, company, and active ingredient information.
National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) . NPIC provides objective, science-based information about a variety of pesticide-related subjects, including pesticide products, recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, toxicology, and environmental chemistry. NPIC also lists and provides links to state pesticide regulatory agencies.
Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) is a collection of images of pesticide labels that have been approved by OPP under Section 3 of FIFRA.
Pesticide Product Information System (PPIS) contains information concerning all pesticide products registered in the United States. The files are in ascii format and may be downloaded.

Fact Sheets

This Fact Sheet collection contains health and safety, regulatory action, and chemical specific fact sheets.

Analytical Methods

Residue Analytical Methods for food, feed, and animal commodities identify and quantify the pesticide residue of interest, determining the total toxic residue of the pesticide regulated by the tolerance (maximum legal residue level), including significant metabolites and degradates (break-down products).
Environmental Chemistry Methods for soil and water are used to determine the fate of pesticides in the environment. The methods identify and quantify the pesticide residue of interest, determining the total concentration of pesticides, including the extractable parent compound and significant metabolites and degradates (break-down products).

Antimicrobial Efficacy

Antimicrobial Testing Methods & Procedures describe the methods used by the OPP Microbiology Laboratory to determine the efficacy of hard surface disinfectants against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella choleraesuis, and Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Methods are available for liquid, spray, and towelette formulations. The SOPs were derived from official AOAC (AOAC International) methods.

Sales and Usage Data

Pesticide Industry Sales and Usage Reports provide contemporary and historical economic profile information on the U.S. pesticide producing and using sectors covered by regulatory programs mandated by FIFRA. Economic profile information is provided on a variety of topics, particularly the pesticide market in terms of dollar values and quantities of active ingredient.

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