The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $14,500 Pesticide Misuse Initiative grant to Pennsylvania State University for a project titled Developing and Delivering Integrated Pest Management Messages for Residential and Public Areas.

This project aims to reduce potential health risks to humans from pests and conventional pest management practices. The project will develop IPM messages on lawn care, pest control and pesticide safety and a series of IPM displays for use at the U.S. Botanical Garden in Washington, DC and by extension educators through the Northeast.

IPM posters will be utilized in public transportation systems in cities such as Philadelphia, Pa. and Washington, DC. The IPM program uses knowledge of a pest’s habits and needs to implement pest prevention.

For more background, go to EPA'sIntegrated Pest Management webpage.

9/26/2008