California pesticide use data by chemical, crop and geographic area

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Subject:    California pesticide use data by chemical, crop and geographic area
 Date:        Tue, 22 May 2001 08:01:38 -0400
From:        Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
          Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation 

cc:    Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov

Dear Mr. Helliker, I thought you might like to know that:

Pesticide Action Network is preparing to introduce a major new addition to the PAN Pesticide Database that enables users to search California pesticide use data by chemical, crop and geographic area. The data source for this addition includes the entire California Pesticide Use Reports (PUR) dataset from 1991 through 1999 - over 30 million records in their raw form. With this new service, users can quickly search the entire dataset for any combination of chemical, crop and county. Results include pounds of active ingredient, number of applications and number of fields. These results are displayed as a table which can then be imported into Excel or any spread sheet program for further analysis.

The Beta test version is now ready and we are requesting reviews and comments. The site is available at: http://24.9.163.163/4daction/GetCAChemUse/

Please send any comments to either Stephan Orme at stephanorme@panna.org or Susan Kegley at kegley@panna.org

Please note that this is the our first pass at presenting this data and we have plans for enhancing the site that include:

** Advanced search capabilities (find top chemicals by county or crop, groups of chemicals by toxicity category, etc.)

** GIS maps of pesticide use by crop, chemical or group of crops or chemicals

** Acres planted/acres treated data

** Graphing of pesticide use over time

We are still looking for funding for these additional features and we would appreciate any leads or assistance in obtaining such.

Thanks!

Steve Orme and Susan Kegley

Stephan Orme, Data Specialist
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
49 Powell St., Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 981-6205 ext. 308; (415) 981-1991 (fax)
StephanOrme@panna.org

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Well Mr. Helliker, there would be no need for this database if you would "legally" allow the use of safe and far more effective (unregistered) alternatives to actually control and/or eliminate pest problems. As long as you demand that only your "registered" POISONS can be used to "protect" crops and/or to "professionally treat" pest problems there will never be an end to the pest problems, the use of your "registered" POISONS and/or the need for this database.

Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten

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