Agricultural pesticide use continues to be a public health concern in many communities.  Our recent improvements to the Pesticide Mapping Tool- which increase the accessibility and utility of agricultural pesticide use data- were made in direct response to suggestions by users.  As we strive to provide data that informs public health actions, CEHTP appreciates and welcomes your guidance on how to improve our tools and resources. 
What's your top 10?  
New pesticide mapping tool features and Nov 28th webinar
Explore new updates to our agricultural pesticide mapping tool. You can:
  • View the top 10 agricultural pesticides used
    • For different geographies (1-mile-square section, 6-mile-square township, county, state)
    • By different pesticide categories
    • For different years
  • Use the tool in Spanish
  • View updated data from 1991 to 2015
  • Examine time trends

Check out the new features and let us know what you think.  We welcome your feedback and ideas for improvements.  
 
Register for our Nov 28th webinar training
Join us on Tuesday, November 28 from 11 AM- 12 PM to learn about the pesticide mapping tool functions and how to use them to answer specific questions about agricultural pesticide use in California and in your community.  Register now.  We also provide training in Spanish by request.
 
How we work with agricultural pesticide data
A recent article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice describes our strategies- including the pesticide mapping tool- for making agricultural pesticide use data more accessible, understandable, and useful.  You can also read our guest blog post for the journal.
Detailed GIS data for all K-12 California public schools 
The California School Campus Database (CSCD) is available for download.

GreenInfo Network offers a comprehensive polygon GIS dataset for all public schools in California. All ten thousand public schools are detailed, covering all 58 counties and all registered charter schools.


The flexible database design makes it useful across many disciplines. To date it has been used to analyze potentially harmful activities near schools (tobacco retail, pesticides, hazardous areas, water contamination) as well as opportunities (parks, stormwater treatment, greener school yards, physical education resources).

Download the data, view/give feedback, and contact GreenInfo Network for more information. CSCD was made possible through the generous support of the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program and the Stanford Prevention Research Center.

Community Air Monitoring Publications 
Interested in learning more about community air monitoring? See our recent publications on the Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Project.
Upcoming Presentations
If you are attending any of the following conferences, come learn about our work.
Tuesday, October 10 in Oakland, CA
Presentation topic: Citizen science

Saturday, October 14 in Carson, CA
Presentation topic: Lead poisoning mapping tool

Friday, October 27 in Oakland, CA
Presentation topic: Community air monitoring

Monday, November 6 in Atlanta, GA
Poster topic: Costs of childhood lead poisoning in the U.S. by state

The California Environmental Health Tracking Program is a program of the Public Health Institute and part of a national initiative coordinated by the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program.  
This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number 5U38EH000953, funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.