December, 2002

Letters / Articles and Information sent to the Environmental Protection Agency and Departments of Pesticide Regulation

(Just in case they weren't listening to everybody else)

About the Precautionary Principle   Memorial to the Poisoned


The government can no longer claim ignorance or the need to "study" its citizens to death.

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Fairfax, California Taking on the bureaucrats and the pesticide poison industry.  The town of Fairfax defends its new, public right to know, "Neighbor Notification Law".  Updated as events happen
Steve Tvedten responds to Medicis Pharmaceutical Is Ovide's active ingredient, Malathion, safe, effective and not a poison?
FREE BOOK on ALTERNATIVE PEST CONTROL The Bug Stops Here by Stephen Tvedten
Discussions with Steve Tvedten - VHS Informative and timely - excellent educational tools.
January, 2003 NEXT
12-27a Urge Overkill: Declining Sperm Count
12-27

EPA Censors Program/Speakers at Pesticide Conference
12-24c Pesticide Use/Misues Reduction
12-24b

Bush Administration tweaks all aspects of environmental policy 
12-24a Agriculture, Biotech Mix Uncomfortably
12-24 KIDS AND CHEMICALS (links between childhood illness and environmental contamination)
12-23d IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-23c The NGWRC Web Site Has New Articles
12-23b New Reasons For Eating Organic?
12-23a

Untreated wood more risky than arsenic - researcher, Massey University
(Who Is Paying This "Researcher"?)
12-23

Moth Spray Resumes As Opposition Mounts
12-21h

Enviro Tells Major Retailers to Stop Sale of Deadly Pesticide Widely Used on Pets
12-21g The Effects Of Hazardous Chemicals On Humans
12-21f Sarin Exposure Linked to Brain Damage
12-21e Two Major Institutions of the Wood Preservatives Industry Fall
12-21d Monsanto Sales Down, CEO Out and Weed Resistance Up (Globally, Monsanto expects to sell 57 million gallons of Roundup in 2002, or about 38% of total world glyphosate sales.)
12-21c IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-21b The Rivers of Don and Humber Contaminated By Pedsticides, Study Finds
12-21a IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-21 IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-18j Farmer Fights Spray: Calves Born Without Eyes (glyphosphates - i.e. Roundup)
12-18i How Safe Is Safe Enough For Pesticides? (Alert parents find cause of children's illness - Dursban)
12-18h Paraclesus Revisited - The Dose Makes the Poison
12-18g Organophosphates: A Timebomb Ticking
12-18f

Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest, Atrazine, and Cancer (study financed by manufacturer)
12-18e

Two Biotech Companies Fined for Violations
12-18d

Tompkins County Board Passes Pesticide Notification Law
12-18c Cosmetic Pesticide Bans Escalate
12-18b

Toxic Effect and Bioavailability of Malathion
12-18a

Scotts To Pay $1.2 Million Over Unregistered Pesticides
12-18 Moth Infestation Gobbling Way Through Tarakanki Crops
12-17b

New Jersey Passes School Pesticide Legislation
12-17a

California Farmers Allowed to Pollute
12-17 Want To Curb The Violence?
12-16a France To Rerun DDT Test On Ukrainian Wheat Import
12-16

Nicaraguan Judge Orders U.S. Companies To Pay $490 Million
12-13a IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-13 Community Exposures to Airborne Agricultural Pesticides in California: Ranking of Inhalation Risks 
12-11b

Lawsuit Challenges Herbicide Use in Klamath Basin
12-11a

Labor, Environmental Groups and Victims Sue EPA
12-11

SCIENTISTS fear a powerful pesticide used by farmers on newly-planted potatoes is putting lives at risk in Scotland.
12-10c

GM Expert Warns of Cancer Risk From Crops
12-10b Sen. Mary Landrieu, An Industry Supporter, Wins Tough Re-Election Battle
12-10a

How The New Congressional Makeup Will Affect The Pest Control Industry
12-10 California Department of Pesticide Regulation Sued for Frog Declines
12-09k Abu Dhabi Moves To Keep Tabs On Pest Control Firms
12-09j The National Academies of Science Is Setting Up A Panel
12-09i Residents Will Voice Herbicide Concerns
12-09h

P.E.I. Bans Two Pesticides
12-09g Alberton Wells' Contamination Could Pose Health Risk
12-09f

Fertility Threat For Dioxin Babies
12-09e Spread of Gene-Altered Pharmaceutical Corn Spurs $3 Million Fine
12-09d The Dow of Satire
12-09c Exposing The Game That Industry And Government Play On Toxins
12-09b

Bhopal tragedy: Beyond The Gas
12-09a Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Can Cause Damage Later in Life
12-09 Herbicide Test Could Impact Adirondack Landowners
12-08a Ontario Municipal Amendment Act (Prohibiting Use Of Pesticides)
12-08 Dear Santa, Please, No More Lindane in my Chocolate
12-06c Dow Shalt Not Contaminate
12-06b Switzerland Wants Paraquat Placed on Caution List
12-06a Banning One Pesticide Is Not Enough 
12-06 Municipalities Encouraged As Patten's Bill On Pesticides Passes 2nd Reading
12-05bb Hartz Must Re-Label Pesticides After Cat Deaths
12-05aa Workers Poisoned By "Registered" Pesticides
12-05z DOW Gets What it Deserves
12-05y IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-05x Three-Hundred Pesticides To Be Withdrawn
12-05w Kumaran Master Succumbs to Endosulfan-Inflicted Disease
12-05v California Sued Over Pesticide Effects in 'Pristine' Sierra
12-05u Wells in PEI Farming Hamlet Contaminated by Pesticide
12-05t Action Alert: Biopharm Corn Contaminates Food Crop
12-05s How Pesticides Can Hurt Us
12-05r Scientific Journal Compromised by Industry Ties
12-05q

Autism Increase -- Do You Suspect Any POISON Combination?
12-05p Alabama Grandmas on Trial
12-05o Couple Sues Over Pesticide Spraying
12-05n IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-05m Why Other Cities and States Do Not Spray Pesticides for West Nile Virus
12-05l IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-05k

Pesticide Health Risks Undeniable
12-05j IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-05i Analysis Of Latin American Pest Control Market
12-05h IN THIS EPA UPDATE
12-05g

Pe$ticide$ in the New$
12-05f "Registered" POISONS In The Water
12-05e Scientists Harassed
12-05d Pesticide Action Network Alert
12-05c December 3rd -- Day Of No Pesticides And Bhopal Anniversary
12-05b

Wells in PEI Farming Hamlet Contaminated By Pesticide

12-05a Citizen's Sue the California Department of Pesticide Regulation
12-05

Committing Pesticide 

November, 2002

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