What Should You Do If You Have Diazinon or Chlorpyrifos Products Around the House?
• If you have unwanted or leftover diazinon, chlorpyrifos, or other pesticides, do not pour them in ANY drain inside or outside your house. Do not put pesticides in the trash. Instead, take them to a household hazardous waste collection facility or event. Call 1-800-CLEANUP or visit: www.1800CLEANUP.org for times and locations in your community. Follow the guidelines in the “Use and Disposal of Pesticides” fact sheet. (Unfortunately, disposal information on many pesticide labels does not apply in California, where state regulations prohibit disposing of pesticides in the trash.) What Can You Do to Help Protect the Health of Our Creeks, the Bay, and the Delta? • Follow the suggestions for less-toxic pest control and pest prevention in the other Our Water, Our World fact sheets. • Try to keep your garden healthy and your home pest-free without resorting to chemical pesticides. Remember that when you apply pesticides, you are treating the symptom, rather than the cause of pest problems. H
