Education is hard to measure when you are changing a way of thinking and the way a person acts. If they are knowledgeable about the subject and add practices or procedures to eliminate exposure to applicators, the public and the environment, we will have less misuse and incidents for the states to investigate. When companies have reference material to use to evaluate and compare their procedures against they can make corrections and changes before they lead to activities or practices that cause contamination or accidents that result in environmental damage or personal injury. When there is not a rash of pesticide misuse cases which leads to emphasis on inspections or regulatory actions against a pesticide user industry, we know they are performing their activities in a manner that meets all laws and regulations and have not caused specific attention to that industry. If the lawn care industry in not listed by EPA or the states as a priority, that is some measure of success.
People tend to follow by example and from the advice they receive from professionals.
We would expect better and more knowledgeable applications by a better informed public. These are educational outreach activities, and the number of brochures and contacts made have a direct influence on people s actions. When articles are placed in a publication, we can measure the number of people it reaches by the publication s circulation. More information on the Professional Lawn Care Association of America . The site map above requires JavaScript capability.