March, 2000 Pesticide Poisonings... deaths and injury

Letters, Articles and Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency
and Departments of Pesticide Regulation
(These issues impact every citizen of the U.S. and World)

Date Sent	Subject
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3-15-00	Common pesticide product reduces testosterone levels - Possible Contributory Factor to Male Infertility The chemical HPTE, a metabolite of the common pesticide methoxychlor, reduces testosterone production and could be a contributory factor in male infertility
3-14-00e	Ruth Berlin, victim of Los Angeles' Malathion Spraying Honored "Everybody has a passion. For me, it's the issue of children's health and toxics, such as pesticides. I believe we're all here for a reason. We're not just here to have a good time. I'm not going to sit around when I see injustice. Children and teachers are being sprayed and don't even know it."
3-14-00d	Farmworker's Safety Bill ...a bill that requires that agricultural employers to post warning signs on fields that, because of pesticide applications, are too dangerous for workers to enter.
3-14-00c	Another Bhopal Averted in California Apparently a jar of malathion, a pesticide used for agricultural purposes, fell off a shelf in the garage... and a whole neighborhood had to be evacuated. (This may seem small, but taken with the accumulating number of pesticides accidents reported and unreported... it is only time before the "big one" hits.)
3-14-00b	Here is Today's Surprise Quiz Pesticides: A. Are necessary to feed the world's growing population. B. Can do more harm than good. The answer? For some students, it depends on whether they learned their lessons from the Monsanto Co. or the National Wildlife Federation
3-14-00a	MORALS, NOT MONEY WILL SAVE THE PLANET
3-14-00	"The Secret History of Lead" ... reckless endangerment is reckless endangerment. And the people need a chance to bring justice to those who perpetrated this atrocity. It will be worth your while. These companies knew from mid-1920s that leaded gasoline was a public health menace, yet they went ahead and put lead in gasoline anyway... .
3-10-00b	The Environmental Legacy of Governor George W. Bush Texas Governor George W. Bush wants to bring the agenda he championed as governor to Washington D.C. as the next U.S. president. But so far little has been made public about the actual substance of those policies, particularly concerning the environment.
3-10-00a	One of your "Registered" POISONS Has Killed at Least 19 People Since 1985 More than 2.3 million pounds of the acutely toxic pesticide methyl bromide are applied near California schools each year, but the state is proposing new regulations that ignore its own scientists' recommendations for protecting children from the lethal chemical
3-10-00	California Town Bans Your "Registered" POISONS Arcata City Council puts people before poisons
3-09-00b	FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE "INERTS" DISCLOSURE STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP. Although not recognizing MCS as an illness, agency requests participants to limit wearing fragrances at the meeting.
3-09-00a	Saturday Educational Forum Open forum, Riverside, California. - Mr. Hawkins' stand on alternatives to "registered" pesticide poisons
3-09-00	Europe Sees Potential in Organic Foods Gowen said the European Union does not agree with the U.S. view that consumers should accept foods derived from gene modification technology on the grounds no scientific evidence exists that GMOs are harmful to human health.
3-08-00c	Chemical Cocktails - Are Mixed Pesticides More Potent? Increasing evidence suggests that environmental chemicals that interact with the endocrine system harm the health of humans and animals. More recent studies suggest further that these chemicals act synergistically, meaning that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
3-08-00b	Children Face Danger in the Schoolyard grass from Pesticide POISONS Schools spray herbicides and pesticides on their grounds every year to control pests of all kinds, from yellow jackets to ants. But no one is paying enough attention to the harmful effects that such chemicals may have on schoolchildren...
3-08-00a	Government again proposing to spray Btk pesticides on citizens. Ingredients of the pesticide will not be discussed because government is protecting the chemical company's trade secrets
3-08-00	Debating the Precautionary Principle The precautionary principle has taken center stage in a number of recent international discussions on trade, the environment, and human health. As a result, it has stirred criticism as well as interest.
3-07-00	US proposes to ban genetic altering and pesticides from Organic Food ... biotechnology claims that any cross-contamination from neighboring non-organic crops would be the fault of the organic growers... not theirs (why do the agrochemcial companies always blame everyone but themselves?)
3-06-00	Sound Science taking on Toxics and Developmental Disabilities The Greater Boston chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility has documented the apparent epidemic of developmental, learning, and behavioral disabilities among American children.
3-05-00	A Mother takes on the System to Save her Child from Pesticides. In March of 1998, I was dropping my sons off at their elementary school in Sherman Oaks, California, and noticed a man in a hazardous materials suit. He was spraying the grounds as children walked into the building.
3-04-00	California's Inadequate Methyl Bromide Regulations In January 2000, California's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued draft regulations covering many uses of the toxic pesticide methyl bromide. Unfortunately, the new regulations do not protect the public from this deadly pesticide.
3-03-00	Natural Pesticides do not need to be "registered" "Natural" pesticides. ... Researchers found that if dishwashing detergent (or some other emulsifier) was mixed into a foamy solution and applied to bees, they died almost immediately. In fact, a soapy water solution applied to and enveloping nearly any insect was equally effective.
3-02-00a	Maryland Approves Pesticide Law In passing the law, Maryland's lawmakers placed the state at the forefront of a growing national movement aimed at ultimately curbing the use of pesticides, some of which contain toxins linked to a range of health problems, including cancer and birth defects.
3-02-00	Pesticides and Deadly Tagamet Synergism Unfortunately, his vulnerability to the poisoning increased by virtue of his daily consumption of 900 milligrams of Tagamet, which grossly interfered with his ability to detoxify the common pesticide, diazinon.
3-01-00	Californians For Pesticide Reform Project Update Toxic Cloud Spurs Action by Earlimart Residents Santa Clara Group Takes on County Pesticide Use People's CORE Survey Finds Community Education a Must County Personnel Promote Park Pesticide Progress San Francisco Schools Moving toward Zero Use Other Project Impact Groups
More	February, 2000

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