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The Pesticide Management Division of the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is responsible for ensuring that pesticides are used safely and legally. To accomplish this responsibility, WSDA performs a number of activities including registering pesticides, licensing pesticide applicators, dealers and consultants, investigating complaints of possible misuse, maintaining a registry of pesticide sensitive individuals and administering a waste pesticide collection program. These duties are performed under the authority of the Washington Pesticide Control Act (15.58 RCW), the Washington Pesticide Application Act (17.21 RCW), the General Pesticide Rules (WAC 16-228), the Worker Protection Standard (WAC 16-233) and a number of pesticide and/or county specific regulations.

WSDA's Pesticide Management Division, as a regulatory agency, does not provide information on pest identification and control. There are a variety of other organizations that can help the homeowner, grower, commercial pest control firm and others identify pest control problems and their chemical and non-chemical solutions.

• The Washington State University (WSU) Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education Program has information on prelicense, recertification, IPM and Structural Pest Inspector training programs
• The Washington State Pest Management Resource Service provides information as well as links to many other agencies and organizations. For instance, this site provides a link to WSU's ornamental bulletin board.
• The Oregon State University's Extension and Experiment Station Communications site carries many pest control publications including the Pacific Northwest Insect Control Handbook.
• The Urban Pesticide Education Strategy Team website addresses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies for landscape and indoor pest problems in Washington.
• A site for school IPM information is the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service School IPM site.
• The University of Florida's AgriGator website provides a collection of Internet sites and resources that provide agricultural and biological related information.
• The National Pesticide Information Center (English, Spanish) provides objective, science based information regarding human and environmental issues related to pesticides through their national hotline at 800-858-7378.
• The Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board contains a wealth of information about noxious and problem weeds in Washington including links to county noxious weed control boards.
   

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