US EPA - PESP Participation Links to sites outside the U.S. EPA Web site are not an endorsement of the external site or its contents. All organizations with a commitment to pesticide risk reduction are eligible to join PESP, either as Partners or as Supporters.
Membership is completely voluntary.
Organizations that use pesticides or represent pesticide users are eligible to join PESP as Partners . Such organizations include commodity groups, associations of pesticide users, and individual companies that apply pesticides. Organizations that do not use pesticides, but are involved in pesticide issues or have influence over the pest management practices of pesticide users, are eligible to join PESP as Supporters . Food processors, for example, may influence the use of pesticides on produce they buy, even though they do not apply pesticides to the produce themselves. Supporters may also include public interest groups whose constituencies have a strong interest in pesticide risk reduction.