PAN UK
 
Links to other sites
Covering pesticides, sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management and health

Consumer links (Ethical/Organic)
Wear Organic
PAN UK's WearOrganic Directory
visit our online directory for links to hundreds of organic cotton brands and retailers
Cambrian Organics
  - meat from Welsh farmers Direct to your door
GOOSHING - the free ethical shopping tool from The Good Shopping Guide.
The Green Providers Directory - a directory of green, organic and fair trade goods and services.
Guide me green
London Organic Guide
Mariposa alternative bodycare natural and organic skin care, body care and perfumes

Natural Matters web portal for all natural living needs
OrganicHolidays - Organic places to stay
Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative
Organic Delivery Company award winning London organic home delivery service
Soil Association
The Waspinator environmentally friendly wasp control


Pesticides databases and resources
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - database of health and general information about chemicals, including pesticides
British Crop Protection Council (BCPC)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
ChemFinder Searching
Chemistry Information on the Internet
Compendium of Pesticide Common Names
Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors - Pesticides and Breast Cancer Risk
Environment Industry Yearbook - EIY Online
EPA Methyl Bromide page
Extoxnet-an on-line pesticide information service of the USDA National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program
Global Information Network on Chemicals (GINC)
Information for Action an automated lobbying website
IPCS INCHEM - Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organisations
NIH database of health, regulatory and environmental information about pesticides and other chemicals
Northwest Coalition for alternatives to pesticides (NCAP), - alternatives to Pesticides and active ingredient fact sheets
Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database

Pesticide Information Databases of the California EPA Department of Pesticide Regulation
- provides information by product, chemical and registration number
Pesticide Information Service (PESTIS) - on-line database of pesticide and sustainable agriculture information
Pesticide Management Education Program at Cornell University
Pesticide Poisoning Handbook
Pesticide Properties Database
PestLaw Online
RED Fact Sheets



General Information
Agricultural Resources Index
Bioscience Resource Project -  independent news, commentary and information for the agriculture-related biological sciences including biotechnology, ecology, plant biology and food science
Ecologist
ENDS Environmental Data Services Ltd (UK) and ENDS Environment Daily (US Office)
EnviroLink Network - listing of many environmental groups on-line
Environmental Organization Web Directory
Green network covering environment, peace, human rights and development; part of the Association for Progressive Communications
Hormone Disrupting Chemicals - and introduction
Information Services for Agriculture
New Agriculturalist
New Internationalist

New Scientist
Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Canada)
Royal Society of Chemistry
WWW Virtual Library for Agriculture - index to agricultural resources


Integrated Pest Management Sites
Africa IPM Link

Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)
CABInternational
Community Integrated Pest Management (FAO)
Collaborative Research Support Programme (IPM CRSP)
Get Set, Inc. Non-Toxic Pest Control for the home, school and business
Harvest Help promote self-reliance through sustainable agriculture in rural Zambia and Malawi
Farming solutions food security and sustainable livelihoods
IFOAM - International Foundation for Organic Agriculture
Integrated Pest Management Information Service for non agricultural situations
IPMEurope
IPMForum
IPMNet
Pest Management Resource Centre
PRAXIS simple, low cost, effective means to low risk environmental management
Special Programme for African Agricultural Research (SPAAR)
Virtual Center for IPM


International organisations
Codex Alimentarius Commission - information about the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
European Environment Agency - providing information to European Union states
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)home page
IFOAM - International Foundation for Organic Agriculture
IPCS INCHEM - Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organisations
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
OECD work on pesticides
Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organisation

Obsolete Pesticides
Africa Stockpiles Programme (ASP)
FAO - obsolete pesticides
HCH and Pesticides forum an independent forum on toxic waste management and disposal matters

Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants (POPs)
United Nations Environment Programme on POPs
International POPs Elimination Network

Prior Informed Consent (PIC)
covering information exchange on hazardous pesticides
United Nations Environment Programme on PIC
The PIC section of the Food and Agriculture Organization


Non-governmental groups
Bhopal medical appeal www.bhopal.orgwww.bhopal.net
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATs)
Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (CCHE)
Centre for Science and Environment
Chemical Reaction  - REACH for a toxics free future
Chemical Injury Information Network
Common Sense Environmental Fund
Consumers guide to GM - part of the Greenpeace website
Corporate Watch
Ecosystem, an environmental information service
European Environment Bureau (EEB)
Environmental Advocates" - Focus on Pesticides " series
Environmental Law Foundation
Environmental Working Group
Ethical Consumer
farm - the independent voice of farmers
The Food Commission
Friends of the Earth
GRAIN homepage
Grenpeace UK
Greenpeace International
Henry Doubleday Research Association
hygienicus.org information about hygiene, infection, disinfection and pest control.
IFOAM - International Foundation for Organic Agriculture
Multinational Monitor - periodical investigates multinational corporate behaviour.
Natural Resources Defense Council
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Rachel Carson Council pesticide effects and alternative pest-control methods
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)

OP Information Network

Pesticide Free Ontario

Pesticide Reform Ontario
 

SANDRINE - health and environment in the home
Soil Association (UK)        and      Organic Trade Association (US)
SUSTAIN the alliance for better food and farming and Organic Targets Bill
UK Agricultural Biodiversity Coalition
UK Food Group
Union of Concerned Scientists working on GMO issues
VEGA (Vegetarian Economy and Green Agriculture)
Womens Environmental Network
WWF (formerly known as Worldwide Fund for Nature)

Overseas governments
Australian Department of the Environment and associated agencies
California EPA Department of Pesticide Regulation
IPM Net Canada
US EPA

Pesticides Action Network

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UK government
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (formerly MAFF)
    Central Science Laboratory (CSL) - pesticide usage and surveys
    Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC)
    Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD)
    Veterinary Medicine Directorate (VMD), including information on organophosphate sheepdip
    Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme
Department of Health
    Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC)
   
Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)
   
Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM)
Department for International Development (DFID)
Drinking Water Inspectorate
Environment Agency
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Forestry Commission
Natural Resources Institute, the scientific agency of the Overseas Development Agency
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
    Interdepartmental Liaison Group on Risk Assessment
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)

 

"Go to the shelf where you keep your pesticides. Put them in a bag. Seal them up. Hand them in. Dispose of them safely. They are poisons. They are poisoning you and they are poisoning the planet"

Monty Don, Gardening Expert