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IMPACT ON INSECTS - ACTIVITIES 97-105

97. VegEdge

http://www.mes.umn.edu/~vegipm/

Site contains vegetable pest fact sheet, pest management data. Also includes list of extensive links.

ACTIVITY: What are the major vegetable pests in your region and how can you get rid of them without using environmentally harmful pesticides?

98. Environmental Working Group

http://www.ewg.org/

Environmental working group examines pesticide contamination threats to humans and the environment. Provides a lot of links dealing with safety and health hazards that threaten us in our day to day living.

ACTIVITY: Compare and contrast an article on pesticides in water with an article from another site.

99. Pesticide Action Network - North America (PANNA)

http://www.panna.org/panna/

This is an organization which advances ecological alternatives to pesticides and promotes sustainable agriculture through pesticide reform.

ACTIVITY: Children are particularly vulnerable to pesticides. Knowing this, how is it possible we are still finding pesticides in baby foods and other household products?

100. Environmental Care International

http://groupweb.com/eco/ecocare.htm

Site devoted to reducing insect intolerance and pesticide addiction in Urban America.

ACTIVITY: What are some of the strategies suggested for the successful non-toxic/ecological management of insects and rodents?

101. Agricultural Network Information Center

http://www.agnic.org/

Provides access to agricultural-related information and links.

ACTIVITY: You live on Chesapeake Bay with your family, and you hear a rumor of pesticides being dumped into the bay. How do you ascertain the truth, and then what do you do?

102. Subtropical Agricultural Research Center

http://rsru2.tamu.edu/

USDA site dedicated to the geological control of pests and pest management.

ACTIVITY: What is a "beneficial" insect, and in what ways do we benefit by it?

103.) National Integrated Pest Management

http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/

Site features recommendations for dealing with pests and pesticides. Also contains current information including pest alerts, weather, market news and other time sensitive information.

ACTIVITY: What are the insect pests of peanuts and what is the best environmental and ecological way to handle them?

104.) National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)

http://www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/

A database for the cooperative agricultural pest survey.

ACTIVITY: Based on 3 or more of the websites about pests, what conclusion can you draw regarding their place and ours in the world?

105.) Center For Ethics and Toxics

http://www2.cetos.org/1/cetos/

This site is your information source for toxic alerts, hazardous chemical updates and new ethical standards

ACTIVITY: List and summarize two current toxic alerts.

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