(just because it's not tested and registration suspended.. doesn't mean you can't buy it and use it) UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
In its 17 states of operation, the bureau and its irrigation districts use more pesticides, herbicides and fungicide then any other federal or state agency, including the Defense Department and Energy Department, the EPA reported in 1992.
But when various local, county, state and federal agencies were asked whether the chemicals (POISONS) were being used properly or if drinking water supplies and wildlife habitat were endangered, few seemed to have any idea, or said it was someone else's responsibility.
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A survey of Yakima Valley farmworkers found that about a quarter of the respondents don't wear protective gear for pesticides, and about half do not promptly remove and wash contaminated clothing when they go home, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center officials say. UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
1. Resistance is Rampant
2. Does Organic Food Cost the Earth?
3. Denmarks ambitious pesticide reduction plan
4. Government commends Green Flag Park Awards
5. PSDs review of OP and carbamate compounds
6. Pesticides News No. 46, December 1999 - Three new articles available online:
The Bhopal Aftermath - generations of women affected
Endocrine disrupting pesticides
Rodents - least toxic control
7. Organophosphate pesticides: the health hazard: A Joint Conference of the OP Information Network and PEXAction on Pesticide Exposure (Pesticides Trust), Saturday, 29 January 2000.
8. Latest Pesticides Trust Vacancy: Project Officer - UK Pesticides
9. Campaign to ban lindane: update
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In October, Terminix, its corporate parent ServiceMaster and several corporate affiliates sued Virga to force her to remove all references to Terminix and ServiceMaster from her Web site. The suit also seeks millions of dollars in damages. Without contending that anything on her Web site is false, the companies allege in the suit that Virga violates their trademark rights every time she refers to them by name on the Web site. Public Citizen has asked the judge to dismiss the suit because it violates Ms. Virga's First Amendment rights.
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Pesticides seem to be one of the more reactive chemical cocktails that can drop MCS sufferers in their tracks. In Washington state, the Department of Agriculture keeps a list of people who have doctor verification of pesticide sensitivities. There are 42 residents of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties on the list and more than 100 residents statewide. UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
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ALLERCARE(tm) PRODUCTS RECALLED DUE TO ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
Not only did Tempe fail to inform residents near the lake of the potential health hazard, the city did not directly alert residents to more than a dozen pesticide applications -- including malathion and a closely related chemical agent -- by a fogging apparatus .... (So what is a little Malathion and other poisons between a government and its citizens?)UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
Dr. Steingraber spoke about the new science of endocrine disruptors and how it's not necessarily the dose, or even whether a toxin is a recognized carcinogen. Many scientists are now looking at 'windows of vulnerability' - and when we may be more susceptible to these toxic exposures, such as during stress, or prenatally or during puberty. UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
...the regulatory process, in fact, is a virtual failure - and it is - whether in Canada or elsewhere, then what should be our only option? Clearly, it is the responsibility of independent public health experts to make this information available to the public. UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
On December 3, 1999, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) groups around the world observed "No Pesticides Day" with a host of activities to draw attention to the life-threatening impacts of chemical pesticides on people and the environment. This date was chosen to honor those who died as well as those still suffering as a result of the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India. UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
Safeguarding children's health while at school is a priority for parents, teachers, schools administrators, lawmakers, and clinicians. Yet children are continually and unknowingly exposed to toxic chemicals while in and around school buildings. Substantial scientific evidence indicates that children are at risk for disease as a result of these exposures. Sort of Answered when the DPR denied a grant for a non-toxic school pest control program.
The drift of spray from pesticide applications can expose people, wildlife and the environment to pesticide residues that can cause health and environmental effects and property damage. UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
Sort of Answered when the DPR denied a grant for a non-toxic school pest control program.
All data available to us today suggest that children face hazards from pesticide use at school that are unacceptable. The GAO report being released today confirms that our federal government is not doing enough to protect our nation's most precious resource, our children. Sort of Answered when the DPR denied a grant for a non-toxic school pest control program.
the World Health Organisation has estimated that between 3.5 and 5m people globally suffer acute pesticide poisoning every year UNANSWERED BY EPA or DPR
Far too little is known about the health risks facing children from exposure to pesticides (POISONS) in school, a congressional study concludes, prompting a call for the Environmental Protection Agency to examine the issue.
Sort of Answered when the DPR denied a grant for a non-toxic school pest control program.