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Alternatives to Pesticides for Home & Garden
	Household & General Toxic-Free Pest Control from your Pantry / Control No Tóxico para las Plagas desde su Despensa Neighbor-to-neighbor: I'm concerned about pesticides Safe Pest Control at Home / Control Saludable por los Pestes en el Hogar Household Pesticides: Hazards & Alternatives Lawn & Garden Organic Solutions for Gardeners: A guide to managing 10 common pests in NC gardens Organic Lawn 101 Organic Gardening from Scratch Go Native in your Garden this Spring Get Rid of Weeds Without Toxic Chemicals "Questions Surround Safety of Roundup" by Wendy Wenck, NC Botanical Garden Lawn & Garden Pesticides: Hazards & Alternatives Avoiding Exposure to Arsenic-Treated Wood Pest Control Services Checklist for Pest Control Services How to Contract for Safer Pest Control in Childcare / Cómo Hacer Contratos para el Control de Plagas Mas Seguros para Las Guarderías de Niños Specific Pests (alphabetical by pest) Ants: Get Rid of Ants Without Toxic Chemicals / ¡Corra a las Hormigas! Sin Químicos Tóxicos Aphids: Organic Solutions for Aphids Bed bugs: Bedbug Mania! Cabbage Loopers and Cabbage Worms: Organic Solutions for Cabbage Loopers and Cabbage Worms Chiggers: Coping with Chiggers Cockroaches: Get Rid of Cockroaches Without Toxic Chemicals / Dígale ‘Adios’ a las Cucarachas Sin Químicos Tóxicos Colorado Potato Beetles: Organic Solutions for Colorado Potato Beetles Cutworms: Organic Solutions for Cutworms Fire ants: The ABC's of Coping with Fire Ants / Manejando las Hormigas de Fuego Fleas: Safer Flea & Tick Strategies / Estrategias Saludables Contra Las Pulgas y Garrapatas Harlequin Bugs: Organic Solutions for Harlequin Bugs and other Stink Bugs Japanese Beetles: Organic Solutions for Japanese Beetles and May or June Beetles Lice: Lice are not Nice! Mosquitoes: Fight the Bite! Moths: Pests in the Pantry Slugs & Snails: Organic Solutions for Slugs & Snails Squash Bugs: Organic Solutions for Squash Bugs Squash Vine Borers: Organic Solutions for Squash Vine Borers Stinging Insects: Summer without the Sting / Un Verano sin Picaduras Stink Bugs: Organic Solutions for Harlequin Bugs and other Stink Bugs Ticks: Safer Flea & Tick Strategies / Estrategias Saludables Contra Las Pulgas y Garrapatas Tomato Hornworms: Organic Solutions for Tomato Hornworms Wasps: Summer without the Sting / Un Verano sin Picaduras Weeds: Get Rid of Weeds Without Toxic Chemicals / Cómo Deshacerse de Malezas Sin Químicos Tóxicos Weeds: The Whys and Hows of Stopping Weeds / Por Qué y Cómo Matar Malezas
Toxic-Free Kids
>>Learn more about our Toxic-Free Kids Program	The School Children's Health Act: A guide for parents Avoiding Big Risks for Small Kids: What parents and providers can do to get kid-safe IPM in child care What is School Integrated Pest Management and Why is it Safer? Protecting Children from Pesticides: A guide for North Carolina Childcare Providers How to Contract for Safer Pest Control in Childcare / Cómo Hacer Contratos para el Control de Plagas Mas Seguros para Las Guarderías de Niños Proteja a su Familia de los Pesticidas Tóxicos Kids and Pesticides
Local & Organic Food
	Organic on a Budget Organic Solutions for Gardeners: A guide to managing 10 common pests in NC gardens Eat Local, Eat Pesticide-Free! Tips for the budget conscious and community-minded.
Resources for Activists
Jasmyne writing to Durham Public Schools' Superintendent to ask for an Integrated Pest Management program to protect students with asthma. Summer, 2004. Photo by Toxic Free NC. >>10 ways to get involved	Avoiding Big Risks for Small Kids: What parents and providers can do to get kid-safe IPM in child care What Parents Should Know about the School Children's Health Act Sample petition for school IPM, signed by over 300 people in Durham, 2004-2005. Word Doc. PDF. Sample sign-on letter for school IPM, signed by over 50 people in Orange county, NC, 2004-2005. Word Doc. PDF. Neighbor-to-neighbor: I'm concerned about pesticides Ten Tips for Talking to Decision Makers Working for Pesticide-Free Schools: Ten Tips for Communities Low-Tech School Pest Management Solution YOU Can Use: AIR-TIGHT CONTAINERS Resources for Environmental Illness & Chemical Sensitivity
Pesticides by Crop
	Glossary of Toxics Terminology Glosario de Terminología en Tóxicos Atrazine in North Carolina's Water Lawn & Garden Pesticides: Hazards & Alternatives Household Pesticides: Hazards & Alternatives Pesticides Commonly Used on Cotton Pesticides Commonly Used on Christmas Trees Pesticides Commonly Used on Tobacco Pesticides Commonly Used on Corn
Farm Workers and Pesticides
>>Learn more about our Just and Sustainable Agriculture Program	Farmworkers & Pesticides Campesinos y Pesticidas La Contaminación Aérea de Pesticidas ¡Contaminado(a)! ¿Qué hacer? Pesticide Drift: A Guide for Health Service Providers Proteja a su Familia de los Pesticidas Tóxicos
Pesticide Spray Drift
>>Learn more about our Just and Sustainable Agriculture Program	Sprayed! Know what to do. ¡Contaminado(a)! ¿Qué hacer? La Contaminación Aérea de Pesticidas Pesticide Drift: A Guide for Health Service Providers
En Español
	Control No Tóxico para las Plagas desde su Despensa Control Saludable por los Pestes en el Hogar Estrategias Saludables Contra Las Pulgas y Garrapatas Dígale ‘Adios’ a las Cucarachas Sin Químicos Tóxicos Cómo Deshacerse de Malezas Sin Químicos Tóxicos ¡Corra a las Hormigas! Sin Químicos Tóxicos Manejando las Hormigas de Fuego Proteja a su Familia de los Pesticidas Tóxicos Campesinos y Pesticidas ¡Contaminado(a)! ¿Qué hacer? La Contaminación Aérea de Pesticidas Cómo Hacer Contratos para el Control de Plagas Mas Seguros para Las Guarderías de Niños Por Qué y Cómo Matar Malezas Un Verano sin Picaduras Glosario de Terminología en Tóxicos

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