NYPIRG Pesticide Reports and Publications

Analyses of New York’s pesticide use and sales reporting data (published by Environmental Advocates and NYPIRG):

Avoidable Risk: Pesticide Use Patterns in New York State in 1999 (January 2003)

Avoidable Risk: Pesticide Use Patterns in New York City in 1999 (January 2003)

Avoidable Risk: Pesticide Use Patterns for Westchester County in 1999 (January 2003)

The Toxic Treadmill: Pesticide Use and Sales in New York State, 1997-1998 (October 2000)

Plagued by Pesticides: Pesticide Use and Sales in New York State, 1997 (October 1998) (not available online)

Other NYPIRG pesticide articles and publications:

Toward Safer Mosquito Control in New York (January 2000)

Local Regulation of Pesticides in New York, Footnotes, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2001)

Local Control of Pesticides in New York: Perspectives and Policy Recommendations, Albany Law Environmental Outlook Journal, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (2004) (not available online)

Pesticides in the New York City Watershed

In addition, the N.Y.S. Office of the Attorney General has produced a number of excellent reports on pesticides in New York State. Click here.