The National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) is a service that provides science-based information about pesticides and pesticide-related topics.

• NPIC operates a hotline and chat feature Monday through Friday.
• The phone number is 800-858-7378. This hotline is staffed by trained Pesticide Specialists.
• If a caller calls outside of these hours, NPIC will return their message within one business day.
• Email us at npic@aoregonstate.edu and someone will reply to your email within one business day.
• Find information about pesticide topics on NPIC's website: npic.orst.edu

Most of NPIC's callers are the general public, but NPIC also answers questions from doctors, veterinarians, pest control companies, and pesticide manufacturers.

Foreign Language Capability: NPIC can assist people in over 240 different languages through an over-the-phone language service.

Poison Control Center operators can refer non-emergency pesticide questions to NPIC.

• Risks to people: short- and long-term health effects, risks for children and pregnant women, non-emergency information for health care providers
• Risks to pets: short- and long-term health effects
• Environmental effects: how pesticides move in the environment, effects on wildlife, effects on bees and other pollinators
• Pesticide regulation: laws and regulation of pesticides, food safety, farmworker safety
• Documenting incidents: when a caller wants to report something such as a workplace exposure or a bad reaction to a pesticide by a person or animal
• Proper storage and disposal: how to store, transport, or dispose of a pesticide

• NPIC specialists are not medically trained and cannot provide medical advice (with the exception of some veterinary medical information).
• NPIC cannot provide immediate reporting to CDC or other health agencies.
• NPIC has no regulatory authority and cannot conduct investigations.
• NPIC does not make pesticide product recommendations.

You may know them as:

• herbicides, including Weed & Feed
• insecticides, including bug repellents
• pet flea collars and most flea drops
• fungicides and mold control
• antimicrobials and disinfectants, including sanitizers used in hospitals
• rodenticides
• wood preservatives and more.

NPIC has health information about all of these types of products.

NPIC maintains a database of all pesticide products registered with the EPA.

The label on a pesticide package lists the active ingredient(s), signal word, directions for use, first aid instructions, hazards to humans, pets and wildlife, environmental hazards, and more.

• Types of Pesticides
• Ingredient Fact Sheets
• Pesticide Active Ingredients
• Other/Inert Ingredients in Pesticides
• Signal Words
• NPRO database (search for EPA registered pesticide product labels)

For more detailed information, call NPIC at 800-858-7378 (8:00am - 12:00pm PST), or email us at npic@ace.orst.edu.