Pesticide Application & Safety Training for …

Pesticide Application & Safety Training for Applicators of Public Health Pesticides

California Department of Public Health Vector-Borne Disease Section

Instructions

This study guide is meant to replace the manual Pesticide Application & Safety Training for Applicators of Public Health Pesticides. You can navigate through the guide at your own pace and in any order. Click on the button to return to the main menu. Click on the button if you want to return to a particular chapter's table of contents. Click on the button if you want to access the glossary. Important terms are highlighted in yellow and appear in the glossary. The link to the glossary can be found at the beginning of each chapter.

Main Menu

Chapter 1: Public Health Pests and Disease Vectors Chapter 2: Pesticide Classifications and Formulations Chapter 3: Pesticide Labels and Labeling Chapter 4: Toxicity of Pesticides to Humans Chapter 5: First Aid for Pesticide Poisoning Chapter 6: Proper Handling of Pesticides Chapter 7: Protective Clothing and Other Safety Devices Chapter 8: Equipment and Calibration Chapter 9: Pesticide Application Problems Chapter 10: Pesticides as Hazardous Wastes Chapter 11: The Future of Pesticide use in Public Health

Programs

Introduction: Pesticides

Pesticides are chemical substances used to kill, repel, or control pests of all kinds.

? Pests: Arthropods and vertebrates of direct public health importance or vegetation, especially weeds, that contributes to arthropod pest production.

Used to control vectors.

Introduction, slide 1/8

Vector

"Any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including but not limited to: mosquitoes, flies, mites, ticks, other arthropods, and rodents and other vertebrates". (California Health and Safety Code Section 2002(k)).

Introduction, slide 2/8

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