Monday, December 21, 2009

National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation Partnering With The EPA For School Pesticide Management

Jack Thrasher, Ph.D., Technical Director of the National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation (NTEF) today appear a affiliation amid the Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “School IPM (Integrated Pest Management) 2015” program.

The EPA’s National Pesticides and Schools Coordinator, for the “Pest Management Strategic Plan” is Mrs. Sherry Glick who has been with the EPA for about 30 years. She currently works in the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) in the Office of Pesticide Programs. She was active in the development of this affairs and her name is alike with IPM.

Dr. Thrasher said, “I am aflame about this new accord with Sherry. Her accomplishments both alone and professionally fits in with the mission of our organization. The accord amid Mrs. Glick and NTEF will assure that our alternate absorption in safer schools for the accouchement of Nevada will appear to fruition. Mrs. Glick’s ability of the EPA authoritative issues apropos pesticides and their abeyant animal bloom accoutrement will be ascendant to the success of our endeavors in IPM.”

The NTEF was acknowledged in acceptable the Clark County Nevada School District, 5th better in the United States, to apparatus a pilot affairs to analyze and adverse the capability of IPM vs. chemically based annoyance control. Currently, they accept continued the pilot affairs from initially six months to about a year.

Mrs. Glick states “The US EPA absolutely supports and recommends that schools use IPM to abate pesticide accident and acknowledgment to children. IPM is a safer, and usually beneath cher advantage for able annoyance administration in a academy community. Kids absorb abundant of their day in a academy environment. IPM provides them with a safer acquirements environment. We allure parents, teachers, agents and others to accompany us calm as we move advanced in implementing academy IPM by 2015."

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