National Pesticide Medical Monitoring Program
What are the objectives of the NPMMP?
The National Pesticide Medical Monitoring Program (NPMMP) is a cooperative agreement between the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, and Oregon State University. The program is based within the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, and has the following objectives:
- To make information pertaining to both the clinical and basic toxicology of pesticides available to all inquirers from the United States , including health care providers, public health professionals, regulatory agencies, and the general public.
- To provide written information on pesticide toxicology, when available and requested, to respond to inquiries.
- To provide quantitative laboratory measurements of pesticides in environmental samples, as well as in select cases, in biological samples of exposed human beings.
- To classify informational inquiries and incidents relating to human pesticide exposures, and provide summaries and interpretations to the U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs. These data and their interpretation by the investigator are intended to provide some direction for future research or regulatory needs by identifying problems associated with pesticide use, and their human and environmental health impact.
- To develop and maintain a comprehensive hardcopy and electronic library of resources relevant to the clinical toxicology of pesticides, including peer-reviewed publications, textbooks, technical reports, regulatory documents, and computerized databases.
