Pesticide Spill Web Resources

Background Activities

BA 1: Reading Household Product Labels

• American Association of Poison Control Centers
• Consumer Labeling Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
• Federal Hazardous Substances Act ,  Department of Pesticide Regulation. US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• Household Product Database, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
• Household Hazardous Products, Healthgoods.com
• Labeling and Banning Requirements for Chemicals and Other Hazardous Substances, August 2002.  US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Office of Compliance.
• Read the Label First, US EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs.

BA 2: Toxicology Testing - Dose Makes the Poison

• Toxicology Tutor, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

BA 3: Pump It Up!: Part I - Analyzing Pumps

• All About Pumps, Animated Software
• How Water Blasters Work, How Stuff Works

BA 4: Pump It Up!: Part II - Designing a Supersoaker

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Searchable Database

BA 5: Constructing and Analyzing Graphs - Circumference and Diameter

• Archimedes and the Computation of Pi, University of Utah

BA 6: Using Paper Chromatography

• GCMS: How Does It Work?  Unsolved Mysteries of Human Health, Oregon State University
• Chromatography, General Chemistry On-line, Frostburg State University 
• Gas Chromatography,  Sheffield Hammond University

Extensions:

• Candy Chromatography (testing FD&C dyes from M&M's and Skittles)
• Forensic Science, (see lipstick actvitiy), University of Colorado, Boulder
• Grape Kool-Aid Column Chromatography
• Separate Colors in a Green Leaf Using Chromatography

BA 7: Soil Classification

• Introduction to Soil Science, GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment)
• Particle Size Distribution, GLOBE
• Soil Survey Manual, US Deparment of Agriculture
  • See Soil Texture
• Soil Texture, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

BA 8: Soil Permeability

• Infiltration and Soil Water Processes, Ohio State University
• Porosity and Permeability of Soil, SEED Science Center
• Soil Infiltration, GLOBE

BA 9: Decision Analysis

•  none

BA 10: Siting Yoretown's Landfill

• How Landfills Work, How Stuff Works
• Landfills, Indiana University Northwest
• Office of Solid Waste, Teen Pages, US EPA
• Solid Waste Landfills, US EPA

Career Information

• Environmental Health and Toxicology, National Library of Medicine
• Resource Guide to Careers in Toxicology, Society of Toxicology
• Career Voyages **VIDEO**  See Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
• Toxicology Jobs, Unixl.com

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Careers Opportunities, Rutgers University
• Career Voyages **VIDEO**  see Advanced Manufacturing for Mechanical Engineer
• Engineers, US Department of Labor
• Mechanical EngineerCareer Information,  CollegeGrad.com

• Analytical Chemistry, ACS, American Chemical Society
• Career Voyages **VIDEO**  see Advanced Manufacturing for Chemist
• Chemists and Material Scientists, US Department of Labor
• Chemistry Jobs, Unixl.com

• Agronomy Jobs, Unixl.com
• Hydrogeology Jobs, Unixl.com
• Environmental Scientist and Hydrologist, US Department of Labor

Expert Groups

Environmental Toxicologists

Public Service Announcement Examples

• Information for the public after Hurricane Katrina, Center for Disease Control
• West Nile Virus Prevention, Center for Disease Control
• How to Quit Smoking, American Lung Association of California

General Pesticide Information

• National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon State University and US EPA 
• ExToxNet (Extension Toxicology Network) Oregon State Universtity, et al.Toxicology Information Briefs
• Pesticides, US EPA 
• Soil Fumigant Assessments; Background Document, US EPA

Metam Sodium and MITC Information

• VAPAM MSDS (common metam sodium product), AMVAC Chemical Corporation
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation Documents
• Evaluation of Methyl Isothiocyanate as a Toxic Air Contaminant, August 2002
  • Risk Charactarization: Methyl Isothiocyanate (MITC)  Following the Agricultural Use of Metam Sodium,  July 2003
  • Metam Sodium Risk Characterization Document, July 2004

Soil Scientists

See resources for Background Activities 7 and 8

Mechanical Engineers

See resources for Background Activities 3 and 4

Analytical Chemists

See resources for Background Activities 5 and 6

Additional Pesticide Resources

• Pesticide Use Maps, National Agricultural Statistics Service 

National Resources

• State Pesticide Regulatory Agencies

Telephone Resources

• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality  1-800-452-4011

Pesticide Issues in the News

• Quick action minimizes pesticide spill North Carolina, 10/4/07