Safety Resources Available During National Pesticide Safety Education Month
February is National Pesticide Safety Education Month and a time to review your pesticide safety practices..
“Every day requires caution and care to ensure safe pesticide use, but February – and National Pesticide Safety Education Month – is an especially appropriate time to carefully examine current best safety practices,” says Lee Van Wychen, the Weed Science Society of America's executive director of science policy. “It is important for each of us to focus on safety to protect ourselves, others and the environment during pesticide transport, storage, application and disposal.”
The National Pesticide Safety Education Month webpage contains a quiz to check your knowledge of pesticide safety principles, as well as a self-assessment to evaluate your own pesticide safety practices. There are also tips and resources specifically for ag retailers who sell pesticides.
“The goal is to have a safe home environment, healthy crops, successful conservation efforts, agricultural worker protection and more – all of which require safe pesticide handling and use,” Van Wychen says.
