Understanding and requesting data from the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)

Presented on 02/12/24 by Meredith Cocks, Project Coordinator, NPIC.
Duration: 01:12:59
Target audience: State, Federal, and Tribal Agencies
Summary: NPIC answers pesticide questions from all 50 states and territories and manages a database spanning more than 25 years of inquiries. About 19% of callers report pesticide exposures, symptoms, misuse, spills, and/or environmental effects. We discuss how NPIC collects and categorizes this anonymous, self-reported data, as well as its strengths and limitations. We also discuss how EPA-affiliated state, federal, and tribal agencies can request data at no charge for their use in outreach and education, or to inform regulatory decisions.