DalCAP - Dallas Citizens for Alternatives to Pesticides

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Dallas Citizens for Alternatives to Pesticides

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Pesticide News:

Featured Web Site: www.NoSprayNews.Org

>>Organize your neighborhood homeowner's association to fight mosquitoes! Get the Concerned Citizens of Dallas Volunteer Mosquito Control Education Program Organizing Fax Packet.(10 pages in MS Word format)<<

Pesticide Calendar:

5/12, 9/8, 8/12, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10/2003: Dallas City Council Health, Environment, and Human Services Committee meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 6E South at Dallas City Hall. Check the Dallas City Council Committee Meeting Calendar.

Texas Pesticide Links:

--Nongovernmental Organizations:
    Texans for Alternatives to Pesticides (TAP), Houston, TX         713-523-2827
    Texas Pesticide Information Network, Austin, TX                       512-474-0811
    Dallas Sierra Club
    Dallas County Audubon Society

--Private organizations:
Organized Mosquito Control Districts in Texas
Texas Mosquito Control Association

--City of Dallas:
    City of Dallas Web Site Dallas City Secretary's Web Site Dallas City Council Districts Dallas City Council Representatives Email the Dallas Mayor and City Council City of Dallas contact information.
    City of Dallas Environmental Hotline:                                                               214-670-1733
           (Listen to where the City of Dallas is spraying for mosquitoes!)
    Report environmental problems to the City of Dallas:                                     Dial: 311
        (Report mosquito breeding areas in ditches, vacant lots, and neighborhood areas within the City of Dallas)
    City of Dallas Vector Control Department:                                                              214-948-4429
        City of Dallas Mosquito web site Daily City of Dallas Mosquito Spray Schedule

--Dallas County:
    Dallas County Web Site: www.DALLASCOUNTY.ORG/ or www.CO.DALLAS.TX.US/ Dallas County contact information.
    Dallas County Health and Human Services Department, Environmental Health Division:   214-819-2115
    DCHHSD Web Page. See the Dallas County West Nile Virus Update Web Page

--Other Texas City and County Governments and Quasi-Governmental Organizations:
    Contact Information for Dallas Area Mosquito Control Organizations
    North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) environmental home page.
    City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services West Nile Information
    Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services Mosquito Control

--State of Texas:
Texas Department of Health Zoonosis Control Division, Austin, TX 1-888-883-9997

--Texas Open Government Resources:
Texas Open Government Web Page Texas Open Government FAQ Texas Open Government Act

U.S. National Pesticide Links:

--Nongovernmental Organizations:
    U.S. Nongovernmental Pesticide Reform Organizations
    Environmental Research Foundation: Rachel's environment & health biweekly
    National Audubon Society Inc.: Audubon Magazine
    Sierra Club

--State, County, and City Governments:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Links to State and Local Government WNV Sites

--Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Organizations:

U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) 703-305-5017
www.EPA.GOV/pesticides/ Email: opp-web-comments@EPA.GOV

U.S. National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) 1-800-858-7378
http://NPIC.ORST.EDU/ Email: npic@ACE.ORST.EDU

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov/

    U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
        Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID), Ft Collins, CO        970-221-6400
    www.CDC.GOV/ncidod/dvbid/                  Email: dvbid@CDC.GOV

Reduced Risk Pesticide Alternatives:

    Buy the American Biophysics "Mosquito Magnet(R)"
    Check out the North American ORganic Products COmpany "Mosquito Barrier(R)" (Organic Garlic Mosquito Repellent)
    Safe2Use "Kleen'em Away Naturally (R)" (aka Kleen Kill) Enzyme Cleaner

Other Pesticide Related Links:

    Links to Relevant Research on Pesticide Safety
    How to Report Adverse Effects of Pesticides
    U.S. Nongovernmental Pesticide Reform Organizations

Free Book Available from U.S. EPA on the Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning:

J. Routt Reigart, M.D., James R. Roberts, M.D., M.P.H.: "Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning", Fifth Edition, 1999. Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (7506C), Washington, D.C. 20460. Available in English or Spanish. Telephone 703-305-7666 or fax 703-305-2962 for copies. Also available online at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/healthcare .

Local Organic Food Sources:

Where can I buy organic food in Dallas?

Dallas Citizens for Alternatives to Pesticides (DalCAP)
P.O. Box 740457, Dallas, TX 75374-0457
Web: www.DalCAP.Org. Email: dalcaporg@hotmail.com.