Dr. Jennifer Teerlink discusses pesticide regulation, monitoring, assessments, and outreach efforts The mission of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Surface Water Protection Program is to protect surface water from pesticide contamination caused by the use of pesticides in agricultural and urban environments.  To achieve its mission, the program evaluates pesticide products, monitors surface water and sediment for pesticides, evaluates the effectiveness of best management practices to mitigate the offsite movement of pesticides, performs outreach to pesticide users to implement … Continue reading STATE OF THE ESTUARY: An overview of Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Surface Water Protection Program