IPM, Pesticides, and Risk: Musing on Messaging

Speaker

Dan Wixted is retiring after 34 years as a pesticide safety educator, first with the Pesticide Applicator Training program at the University of Wisconsin and then with the Cornell Pesticide Safety Education Program. He’s served on the Cornell Integrated Pest Management Program’s Community IPM Coordinating Council, the New York State Department of Health’s School Environmental Health Program Steering Committee, and EPA’s Certification and Training Assessment Group. Dan received the Outstanding Accomplishment in Extension Award as part of Cornell’s Pollinator Health Team, the Excellence in IPM Award from the Cornell IPM Program, and the Professional Recognition Award for Risk Communication from the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators.

Cornell IPM Academic Seminars

This event is part of the Cornell Integrated Pest Management academic seminar series which is designed to increase awareness of new research and techniques that advance Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and its adoption in all types of pest management settings.