EPA has bilingual posters, handbooks, PDF files, guides, videos, magnets, DVDs, CDs and other materials available about pesticide safety, how to recognize and treat heat related illnesses, and the Worker Protection Standard. These materials are available at no cost to help train farmworkers and farmworker families; pesticide mixers, loaders and applicators; farmers; health providers; migrant and ESL educators, growers, and other members of the agricultural community about pesticide health and safety issues. New materials are available on Protecting Farmworker Children from Pesticide Exposure, Pesticide Protection Safety Training DVDs in Mixteco/Spanish/English, and a DVD case study about the importance of wearing personal protective equipment when applying pesticides.
- Project Limiting Exposures Around Families (LEAF) Materials can be found here.
- Steps to Protect Yourself from Pesticides. 23-page, 3 ½ by 5 inch pocket guide to provide basic pesticide safety information to agricultural workers before they receive full training and as a refresher after full training.
§ English/Spanish, EPA 735-F-06-002.
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000734/d000734.html Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001
§ English/Haitian Creole, EPA 735-F-95-003. http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000732/d000732.html Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001
§ English/Vietnamese, EPA 735-F-95-004. http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000735/d000735.html Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001
§ English/Laotian, EPA 735-F-95-006.
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000733/d000733.html Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001
§ English/Portuguese, EPA 735-F-03-008. http://www.epa.gov/ne/eco/pest/pdfs/booklet_steps_4_pesticides_prevention.pdf Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001
§ English/Khmer, EPA 735-F-05-015. http://www.epa.gov/region1/eco/pest/pdfs/khm_booklet-735.pdf Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001
- Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning. 236-page English guidance manual for health professionals on the health hazards of pesticides and recommendations for treatment of poisonings and injuries (primarily acute effects) of pesticides. 1999, 5th Edition. EPA 735-R-98-003. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001.
- Reconocimiento y Manejo de los Envenenamientos por Pesticidas (Spanish version of Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning). 251-page guidance manual for health professionals on the health hazards of pesticides and recommendations for treatment of poisonings and injuries (primarily acute effects) of pesticides. 1999, 5th Edition. EPA 735-R-98-004. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/spanish/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm Also available on the HTC CD 305-C-06-001.
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