Pesticides Causing The Most Human Ill Health And Environmental Disturbance Should Be Restricted
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Pesticides Causing The Most Human Ill Health And Environmental Disturbance
Should Be Restricted
Date:
Wed, Oct 16 2002
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Dear Mr. Helliker, I thought you
might like to read an article entitled: 'Pesticides causing the most
human ill health and environmental disturbance should be restricted'.
http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol360/iss9340/full/llan.360.9340.editoral_and_review.22697.1
In some parts of the developing world, pesticide poisoning causes more
deaths than infectious diseases. Frequently, people using pesticides are
unaware of the dangers, and even if they are aware, do not have the resources
to protect themselves against the effects of these potentially deadly
chemicals. In a Public health article, Michael Eddleston and colleagues
discuss the model essential drugs list implemented by WHO, which has led to
better supply and safer use of important drugs.
The authors call on WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
to develop a minimum pesticides list, which could be used in combination with
methods to control use of pesticides to reduce the effect of pesticides on
people and the environment.
Well Mr. Helliker, How on earth can you
"justify" the statement that "in some parts of the developing world,
("registered") pesticide poisoning causes more deaths than infectious
diseases?" Especially when there
are literally thousands of safe and far more effective and more economical
unregistered alternatives?
Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
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