How to Manage Pests
Pesticides: Water-Related Risks of Active Ingredients
This program provides information on environmental risk of pesticides. It can help farmers consider risk of leaching and runoff, and long-term toxicity of a pesticide, in making pest management decisions, particularly pesticide choice.
For a pesticide active ingredient in the database, WaterTox produces a graphic report showing
Note that this database
WaterTox is a partial implementation of the Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST) developed by USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). All data come from their Pesticide Properties Database. The program includes WIN-PST's rating adjustments for application area, rate, and method.
Program display design is based on the PesticideWise database by Jay Gan and Peter X. Pang, UC Riverside.