Pesticide Spraying

[Sandra Pohley (Creme)]

Hi all,

Does anybody have any information on health impacts that pesticide spraying can have in residential areas, for humans (especially the elderly), pets and wildlife? I would be particularly interested in weed killers with the active ingredient glyphosate.

Thank you.

[Cronan McNamara (Creme)]

Hi,

This website, the PAN Pesticides Database, has some information that may help on this issue:

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Index.html

Cronan

[Elizabeth Calvey (FDA)]

Not as easy as I thought trying to find info related to your question but here are a few possiblities. You'd would need to see if there is any info related to your specific question. I did find some reports related to exposure in children.

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ using the advanced search feature you get 13 hits for: glyphosate and health

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ using the search feature you get 117 hits for: glyphosate and health

Also found the following on Integrated Pest Management for Schools. Glyposate is mentioned in Chapter 18. Appendix G provides Pesticide Information Resources.

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ipm/schoolipm/index.html

Elizabeth Calvey