Resource Protection program links

The following links can be used as a starting point for doing research relative to pesticide impacts to basket weavers and plant gathering areas. Just click on the site and you will be taken there.

Governmental Pesticide Information

http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/dprpestlnk.htm California Department of Pesticide Regulation (A good place to start-contains dozens of links to public information and legal resources regarding pesticides and their regulation, including U.S. EPA regulatory websites).

http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/index.htm Home page for California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Includes link to the Pesticide Use Report at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/pur00rep/00_pur.htm.

http://www.oehha.ca.gov/home.html California state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. This state agency operates the Pesticide Epidemiology Unit and conducts risk assessments of hazardous materials.

California Department of Health Services, office of Environmental Health Investigations Branch. Primary state office that conducts investigations of cancer or other disease clusters and other health hazards.

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs. Contains links to a variety of resources including the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS): http://www.epa.gov/iriswebp/iris/index.html

http://www.epa.gov/region09/cross_pr/indian/ EPA Region 9 Indian Programs. Region 9 includes California. This site contains a variety of information available from the EPA of interest to tribal people.

http://www.usgs.gov/ Homepage of the U.S. Geological Survey, contains many links to relevant information.

http://www.nih.gov/ Homepage of the National Institutes of Health.

Non-Governmental Pesticide Information

http://www.igc.org/cpr/ Californians for Pesticide Reform is a coalition of dozens of pesticide reform groups, of which CIBA is a member. The Publications link is a terrific source of research papers available on line.

http://www.pesticide.org/ Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) This activist group in Eugene, Oregon, provides a wealth of materials to assist citizens to fight pesticides in their communities.

http://www.panna.org/ Pesticide Action Network of North America Based in San Francisco, PANNA is another clearinghouse of information and assistance for activists and works hand in hand with CPR.

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/ The pesticide information database operated by PANNA contains information on 5,400 pesticide active ingredients and their transformation products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products.

http://ourstolenfuture.org/ Our Stolen Future contains up to date information about endocrine disrupter chemicals (EDCs). The site is based on the 1996 groundbreaking book by Theo Colburn, Diane Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers titled Our Stolen Future.

http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/ Californians for Alternatives to Toxics based in Arcata, California focuses on herbicide use for forestry in Northern California, roadside spraying, and other issues of importance to CIBA.

http://www.ienearth.org/ Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) website has links to campaigns to eliminate POPs (persistent organic pollutants), and provides assistance to activists fighting against toxic threats to indigenous people throughout the continent.

http://www.alphacdc.com/alpha/ailinks.html Indigenous environmental activists webpage hosted by the Alpha Institute, contains links to many related issues.

http://www.chemicalindustryarchives.org/ A project of the Environmental Working Group, the information posted on this page was the subject of a Bill Moyer's investigative special for PBS, Trade Secrets, that aired in 2001 (details at http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/).

http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm Home of Rachel's Environment and Health News from the Environmental Research Foundation, this is an incredibly articulate and well researched information source. The "related sites" button takes you to hundreds of progressive sites dedicated to environmental justice and related topics.

http://www.sehn.org/http://www.sehn.org/ The Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN) is the leading advocate in North America for the implementation of the Precautionary Principle in public policy and decision making. Many excellent links and research papers.

http://www.ewg.org/ Environmental Working Group also contains many excellent resources for activists concerned about toxics in the environment.

http://www.nrdc.org/health/default.asp Lots of terrific resources concerning toxics from NRDC (Natural Resource Defense Council).

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/ Website for the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP).

http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=enviro_resources International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) The resource site for the campaign to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Also see http://www.ipen.org/ for IPEN homepage.

http://www.ipen.org/ International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) The resource site for the campaign to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=enviro_resources Physicians for Social Responsibility homepage contains many links to resources, especially regarding POPs and EDCs and information concerning health effects from pollutants and toxics.

http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/ Research center at Tulane and Xavier Universities in New Orleans, Louisiana, that focuses on environmental estrogens and other hormones (EEOH) resulting from human created chemicals.

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/index.html Pesticide active ingredient profile sheets from Cornell University. Most of the information from these profiles comes from the EPA or from the industry and should not be considered exhaustive or complete.

U.S. Forest Service

http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/ Homepage for Forest Service in California, the Pacific Southwest Region, also known as Region 5. Contains links to each of the national forests in California.

http://www.fs.fed.us/people/tribal/ Forest Service National Resource Guide to American Indian and Alaska Native Relations. This reference summarizes all the applicable laws and regulations that apply to Forest Service relations with tribal people.

http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/pesticide/ Pesticide Management and Coordination webpage for FS. Links to "Risk Assessments" for forestry use pesticides are located under "Health and Safety."

http://www.fs.fed.us/ National Office for the U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. homepage

Other Federal and State Agencies

http://boxer.senate.gov/ Senator Barbara Boxer's webpage contains numerous links to sites of interest to Native American people. .

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en.html Links to the California offices of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html Links to the national website for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

http://www.nps.gov/ National Park Service links to all the national parks and national recreation areas in the U.S.

http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp California State Parks and Recreation home page. Can be searched for relevant documents.

Research databases

http://medline.cos.com/ A good research database for abstracts to articles on human health and environmental effects from toxins.

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ A searchable database on toxicology, pesticides, and related issues provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Industry Sponsored sites

http://www.pesticide.net/courts/ A website operated by the chemical industry to provide up to date information on legal challenges to chemical hazards in the environment. Contains summaries of court decisions.

http://www.cdms.net/manuf/manuf.asp Material Safety Data Sheets and Label information provided by the chemical industry and suppliers.

Legal Reference Citations

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawintro.htm Overview of the laws that govern pesticide regulation by the EPA. Contains many useful links as well.

http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/ Links to multiple legal resources both state and federal.

http://thomas.loc.gov/ Links to legislative action in the U.S. Congress and the Senate, the Congressional Record, and committee activities.

http://www.access.gpo.gov/ Access to the federal Government Printing Office (GPO).

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ Access to information about the California state legislature-bills, committees, links to legislators, etc.

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/ Tools and access to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Homepage of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Calfire

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/ Search engine at CalTrans webpage to locate documents relating to herbicide use for roadside vegetation management. Also check CalTrans homepage at http://www.dot.ca.gov/

http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/ Homepage for information on the federal judiciary, ninth circuit federal court (California)

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) homepage. This is where to find the implementing regulations for all federal laws.

http://www.calindian.org/ California Indian Legal Services

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html Federal Register access