Risk Management & Tort Defense

LOSS PREVENTION RESOURCE PORTAL: POISONOUS PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND ARTHROPODS

ARTICLES AND INFORMATION

Bugs, Spiders, etc. / Hantavirus / Plants / Snakes and Other Animals / Ticks & Lyme Disease / West Nile Virus / Avian Influenza / H1N1 (Swine) Flu

Bugs, Spiders, etc.

• Bee and Wasp Stings (UC Davis)
• Bee and Wasp Stings (WebMD)
• Bees, Africanized Honeybees and Wasps (UCSD)
• Home and Garden Insects (collection of pdf files from Okla. Coop. Extension)
• Mud-daubers (OUPD)
• Mystery Bugs (Ohio State Univ. Extension)
• Recluse Spiders (Hobo Spider Web Site)
• Scorpion FAQ
• Scorpions (Desert USA)
• Spider Bites (WebMD)
• Stinging Caterpillars (Univ. Kentucky)
• Using Insect Repellents Safely (EPA)
• The Widow Spiders (Hobo Spider Web Site)
• Yellow Sac Spiders (Hobo Spider Web Site)
• Yellowjackets (OUPD)

Arachnology Home Page

Hantavirus

• All About Hantavirus (CDC)
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Collection from CDC)
• Hantavirus (CCOHS)

Plants

• FDA Poisonous Plant Database (FDA)
• Poison Ivy (Kids Health)
• Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac (Collection from Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Info Ctr)
• Poison Oak FAQ

Canadian Poisonous Plant Information System
Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac Information Center

Ticks / Lyme Disease

• Guide to Lyme Disease (LymeNet)
• Lots of Links on Lyme Disease (from Art Doherty)
• Lyme Disease (Center For Disease Control)
• Lyme Disease FAQ (Lloyd E. Miller)

American Lyme Disease Foundation
Lyme Disease Information Resource
LymeNet
Lyme Disease Network

Snakes and Other Animals

• Dr. Seward's Gila Monster Page
• Guide to Florida's Poisonous Snakes (Florida's Museum of Natural History)
• Rattlesnakes (Desert USA)
• Snakebite Emergency First Aid Information (New York Search & Rescue)
• Venomous Animals of Southern California (UCSD)

West Nile Virus

• DEET (EPA Pesticide Fact Sheet)
• Fight the Bite (NY State Dept. of Health)
• New York State West Nile Virus Response Plan (NY State Dept. of Health)
• West Nile Virus (CDC)
• West Nile Virus (National Institutes of Health)
• Mosquito Remedy is a Hoax (Snopes)

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

• Avian Influenza Outbreak (CDC)
• Avian Influenza--Latest Information (WHO)
• Pandemic Flu (US Dept. of Health & Human Services)

H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)

• H1N1 Influenza Outbreak (CDC)
• Frequently Asked Questions About Influenza (WHO)