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RESOURCES FOR REPORTING PESTICIDE INCIDENTS

January 31, 2024

See these and other useful resources to find out what steps to take to report a pesticide-related incident, illness, or concern. 

• Video: How to Report a Pesticide Incident (English, Spanish)
• Fact Sheet: How to report pesticide incidents, illnesses, or concerns, PDF (En Español, PDF) (In Punjabi, PDF) (In Hmong, PDF) (In Traditional Chinese, PDF) (In Korean, PDF)

Contact your County Agricultural Commissioner

Call 1-87PestLine (1-877-378-5463) to get connected to your local County Agricultural Commissioner. Find direct contact information for your County Agricultural Commissioner through an online resource or find your CAC’s contact information and information you can provide when reporting a pesticide incident, PDF (En Español, PDF).

Other resources

We also encourage you to explore other avenues for reporting pesticide incidents. CalEPA’s online complaint form

Who We Are

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation protects human health and the environment by fostering safer and sustainable pest management practices and operating a robust regulatory system to monitor and manage the sale and use of pesticides across the state. DPR’s work includes registering all pesticides sold or used in California, conducting scientific evaluation of pesticides to assess and mitigate potential harm to human health or the environment, investing in innovative research to encourage the development and adoption of integrated pest management tools and practices, monitoring for pesticides in the air and water, conducting outreach to ensure pesticide workers, farmworkers and local communities have access to safety information, and enforcing pesticide regulations in coordination with 55 County Agricultural Commissioners and their 500 field inspectors.