Reporting Pesticide Incidents and Bee Nuisances
PESTICIDE INCIDENTS
The Pesticide Control Office is responsible for investigating incidents of unintended exposure and harm from pesticides. There are many types and causes of pesticide incidents. Pesticide Control Office staff investigate pesticide incident reports involving people (including children and farm workers), pets, domestic animals, wildlife including bees and other pollinators, and the environment (air, soil, and water).
Incidents generally occur when a pesticide is misused, however could occur even when used properly. Exposures can occur in a number of ways, including but not limited to:
- Incorrectly following the pesticide label’s instructions
- Allowing the pesticide product to drift off its intended target
- Incorrectly storing a pesticide
- Other accidental exposures such as from equipment malfunctions or spills.
- Post-application exposure from entering a treated area
Domestic animals and wildlife can also experience unintentional exposure to pesticides, generally through the unintended consumption of the pesticide itself, contaminated foodstuffs or consumption of contaminated water sources.
Pesticides also have the potential to contaminate natural resources through their misuse, spills or leaks, runoff, and improper disposal among other ways.
To report an incident of pesticide exposure, damage from a pesticide, or a pesticide spill, please complete and submit a Request for Services Form to the GRIC.Pesticide.Office@gric.nsn.us or contact the Pesticide Control Office at: (520) 562-2234.
BEE NUISANCES
The Pesticide Control Office is responsible for investigating bee activity that presents a nuisance to the Community. Bee activity may be a result of wild bees, or from managed bee apiaries. Pesticide Control Office staff investigate reports of bee nuisances to protect the public health and safety of the Community and of all individuals living or working within the Community.
To report a bee nuisance, please complete and submit a Bee Nuisance Complaint Intake Form to the GRIC.Pesticide.Office@gric.nsn.us or contact the Pesticide Control Office at: (520) 562-2234.
