chemicals & pesticides
Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees, (AFSCME)*
publisher of Controlling Chemical Hazards at Website: AFSCME chemicals & pesticides information
Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA)*
- Office of Pesticide Programs Certification and Worker Protection Branch Website: Environmental Protection Agency
New England Mailing Address
Office of Pesticide Programs (Division Mail Code), Ariel Rios Building,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington D.C. 20460
National Coalition Against Misuse of Pesticides
701 E St. SE, Washington DC 20003. PH: 202-543-5450
Website:
Beyond Pesticides
Maine Board of Pesticides Control
28 State House Station,
Augusta, ME 04333-0028
Phone: Augusta - 207-287-2731
Presque Isle - 207-764-2039
TDD: 207-287-4470
Fax: 207-287-7548
Maine Pollution Prevention
17 State House Station,
Augusta, ME 04333-0017
Phone: 207-287-7100
Fax: 207-287-2814
Email: Peter Cooke
Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet at
Website: Material Safety Date Sheets. Supplies links to nearly 100 sources of MSDSs and related information about chemicals. Includes an automated "Demystifier" that provides explanations of technical terminology.
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, (NIOSH)*
publisher of NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards at Website: NIOSH Chemicals and Pesticides information
National Pesticides Information Center
24-hour information line at
Phone: 800-858-PEST.
Website:
National Pesticides Information Center
New Jersey Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
- more than 1,400 of the best-written, most useful brief sources of information
about toxics, available:
PO Box 368,
Trenton NJ 08625
or Phone: 609-984-2202
Occupational Safety & Health Association, (OSHA)*
Publisher of Chemical Hazard Communication to order, see OSHA listing in Multi-Issue
Resources
Website:
OSHA Chemicals and Pesticides information