INFORMATION FOR HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Mandatory Reporting

The Maryland Pesticide Network (MPN) is committed to providing the public, health care providers, public health and environmental health professionals and advocates, scientists and policymakers with  up-to date information on pesticides and their impact on public health and the environment.

To report online, go to www.cha.state.md.us/oeh/html/pesticide.html

Questions aBout Pesticide illness reporting?
Contact Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH, Director, Environmental Health Coordination Program, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) cmitchell@dhmh.state.md.us

Biomonitoring lab

Upon physician request, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene laboratories

Administration Division of Environmental Chemistry conducts biomonitoring testing for 11 organochlorines, 6 organophosphates, pyrethroid metabolite and heavy metals. For information on specific tests and how and when to submit a patient's urine sample contact Ms. Deborah Miller-Tuck, Director, Toxic Organics Program at 410.767.4388 or millertuck@dhmh.state.md.us.

Diagnosing Pesticide Injury

For information on taking a pesticide exposure history go to: www.mdpestnet.org/history.pdf.
For a brief overview of diagnosing and treating pesticide injuries go to: www.mdpestnet.org/ diagnostreatmnt.pdf, and www.mdpestnet.org/diagnostreatchart.pdf.

For the on-line version of US EPA Office of Pesticides Program’s handbook on “Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings” go to: www.epa.gov/oppfead1/ safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.