Niranjana is serving as Maryland's Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator (PSEP). This role involves providing training materials, recertification courses, and pesticide updates to many of the private and commercial pesticide applicators in the state. For more information on our state's PSEP program, please check out this link.
If you would like to get regular updates on changes in pesticide regulation, use, etc., email nkrish@umd.edu to be added to the Maryland Pesticide News group.
We host EntoxSimplified, an environmental toxicology website. The website covers topics in toxicology, risk assessment, and pesticide and chemical regulation. The Recent News category explains pesticide risk assessment documents and chemical-related research. The website includes articles submitted to other organizations, including Envirobites, Aeon magazine, Maryland Grows, etc. You can follow the website here.
Other Resources
Maryland Pesticide Safety Education Program: https://www.mdpsep.com/
University of Maryland Extension: https://extension.umd.edu/resource/pesticide-safety-and-training
MD Department of Ag Pesticide Regulation: https://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/pages/pesticide_regulation.aspx
EPA Pesticide News Stories: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/pesticide-news-stories
American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators: https://www.aapse.org/