The new California school pesticide calendar is in and wow is it cool. There are tons of great images with a lot of reminders and great information off to the side. Enjoy. Download it here. http://apps.cdpr.ca.gov/schoolipm/10-11_calendar.pdf
Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) should not be used in wooden playground structures, but you cannot always get around it. If you do have this substance in your wooden structure, it needs to be sealed pursuant to H&S Code 115775. See the bold section below. Make sure that you do a regular maintenance reapplication of the [...]
I am re-posting this email blast in all its glory because I thought it could not be more appropriate for the topic. You may think pesticide means insecticide. Actually, pesticide refers to not only insecticides, but also herbicides and many other kinds of chemicals. A pesticide is any substance intended to control, destroy, repel, or [...]
The list has been revised. Get it here http://apps.cdpr.ca.gov/schoolipm/school_ipm_law/prohibited_prods.pdf These prohibitions kicked in on October 1, 2010