The public's concern about pesticide use in urban areas emphasizes the need to help homeowners make informed decisions about their use for lawn care. As a lawn care professional, your expertise is valued in helping them make these decisions. By fully explaining and offering alternatives and reduced-pesticide-use lawn care programs, homeowners' concerns will diminish.

The FPT Working Group on Pesticide Education Training and Certification has prepared modules that explain how to properly apply pesticides. These modules outline the knowledge required to use lawn care pesticides. The Applicator Core module contains information relevant for all pesticide applicators. The Landscape module contains information specific to lawn care.

• Applicator Core
• Landscape Module

For more information please refer to:

• Lawn Care Pesticides
  The Pest Management Regulatory Agency is undertaking a priority re-evaluation of the lawn and turf uses of the eight most commonly available lawn pesticides. The PMRA re-evaluation program involves a comprehensive review of the scientific data available on each pesticide. Modern scientific standards and the most recent additional risk assessment factors are applied to determine whether any restrictions need to be made to the conditions of registration.
  
  
• Re-evaluation Summary Table
• Update on Reduced-risk Pesticides in Canada