CONTAMINATION of a reservoir by herbicides from a nearby State Government-owned forest was the biggest incident of its kind in Australia

EPA signs Consent Agreement to carry out requirements under FIFRA and FQPA
Chemical companies get things done over lunch, people have to sue.  Does this seem fair?

Victims of Anvil Spray Had No Place to Hide
Most people would be surprised that a one-time exposure to a pesticide can bring on chronic asthma.
Several of the ingredients that help make Anvil effective are "skin and lung allergens and can cause respiratory reactions...

Skeeter Spray Nightmare
At least six men who worked in the city's war on the West Nile virus last summer say the Anvil pesticide they sprayed made them sick and their employer failed to properly protect them.

New York City Pesticide Spray Truck Drivers Sickened by Pesticides Go Public
The growing list of violations, cover-ups, mishandling, poisonings and utter disregard for human safety is shocking.

Top Health Agencies Urge Testing to Protect Child Development from Toxins

One out of six children are suffering from behavioral disorder according to the Learning Disabilities Association and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS-NIU). Both are calling for research testing to recognize, reduce and eliminate the environmental toxins scientifically linked to learning disabilities.

Dioxin Makes the List of Known Carcinogens
The government has placed a type of dioxin called TCDD on the list of substances that are known carcinogens. Dioxin came to public attention as the contaminant in Agent Orange, a controversial herbicide used by US forces in Vietnam.

Methyl Bromide victim wins suit 
A 32-year-old man was awarded $10  million by a Monterey County (CA) jury in late October after being exposed to methyl bromide and suffering brain damage.  (People are seeking justice... there will be justice. Chemical companies don't always win)

Wyoming moves closer to Pesticide Notification Bill 
The trend of notification law implementation in schools is moving westward to Wyoming where the state House passed a bill on Tuesday, Jan. 16 (House Bill 28) that would require PCOs to notify schools 72 hours prior to pesticide applications.

Environmental Protection Agency Rules Against Bayer´s Fenthion Pesticide 
EPA said it would seek public comment of what measures should be taken to lessen risks posed by the pesticide, which is primarily used in Florida to combat mosquitoes. Fenthion is very highly toxic to birds and highly toxic to marine invertebrates.

EPA PUBLISHES NOTICE OF PROPOSED USE DELETIONS FOR DIAZINON
EPA must receive comments on this notice by February 9, 2001

Sweden takes big steps to ban chemicals
''However environmentally permissive a Republican-controlled U.S. may be, other parts of the world are pioneering attitudes, technologies, and laws that could carry us safely through the 21st century.

A Pattern of Illness - Chemicals
A national study suggests Iowans are much more likely than most other Americans to contract the debilitating brain disease. Doctors believe the pattern is strongest in rural areas.  Researchers are homing in on farm chemicals as a possible cause.  

StarLink Unloaded by Aventis

Farmers file Class Action Suit because of contamination

Pesticide, Gulf War illness link possible
Some pesticides used by U.S. soldiers to ward off fleas, ticks, flies and mosquitoes during the Gulf War may be related to the mysterious symptoms reported by thousands of veterans, the Pentagon said Friday.

Report Damns US "Regulation" of Biotech Foods
The US government, in its enthusiasm to speed genetically altered foods to the market, has forsaken its responsibility to regulate in the public interest and allows the companies that make and sell those products to decide their safety...

Toxic Causes Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
...many of those patients with post viral CFS actually were poisoned by some chemical which weakened the immune system so that it was unable to cope adequately with a subsequent viral infection. 

Pesticide Action Network - UK
Report on women poisoned by Malathion head lice treatment

Imprinting: perinatal exposures cause the development of diseases during the adult age.
...perinatal exposure to several substances may induce irreversible alterations, that can be detected later in life. 

What's in Your Green Tea?
... the importance of the findings, say experts informed of the test results, is that they show the widespread contamination of our food supply and the environment.

HIGHTOWER: Perfuming Pesticides-

India:  Killer Diseases strike Kasaragod Village
Cashew Corporation has been spraying endosulphan thrice a year through helicopters to prevent tea-mosquito attack.  Dr Y.S.Mohankumar, MBBS, has been practicing in our village since last two decades.  He says that incidence of mental retarded cases, blood cancer & psychiatric cases are high in these areas which gets sprayed.

Acute DDT POISONING 
An old advertisement for DDT has a proud woman appearing with dancing farm animals who sing, "DDT is good for me."

Combination of Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's Disease
... two widely used agricultural pesticides - but neither one alone - creates in mice the exact pattern of brain damage that doctors see in patients with Parkinson's disease. The research offers the most compelling evidence yet that everyday environmental factors may play a role in the development of the disease. 

Could a banned POISON Actually Cause Illness - Why take it seriously?
Students being taught to ignore environmental causes of disease

Bacteria, Viruses and Insects Develop Ever Increasing Resistance to Synthetic "Controls"
Since the days when optimists had set out to defeat malaria, hoping to drive the parasites off the face of the earth, the global situation had worsened significantly.

WEST NILE VIRUS, PESTICIDE IMPACT SURVEY
New York finally looking at the poisoning of its people

Two News Articles on Percy Schmeiser
Farmer puzzled by weed killer's surprise crop 
The Gutsy Canadian Farmer Who Dares Take on Monsanto

Remembering Edward F. Knipling
National Medal of Science-winning researcher who developed pesticide-free ways of killing insects

Florida continues "mysterious' die off of Alligators, turtles, crabs and fish.
Biologists are searching for clues to determine what is killing scores of alligators, turtles and fish in Lake Griffin, one of Florida's most polluted lakes. 

88.6% Willingly Stop Using Pesticides
..,prevailing attitude used to be complacency because of the notion the federal government was monitoring everything closely and would order products off store shelves if they proved hazardous to one's health.