January, 2003

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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Question: Has anyone ever read the label of any EPA registered pesticide whether off the store shelf or applied by a pest control company to find anything that states:  "Safe for use around children, pets, or pregnant women?"  
Answer:  You won't find that statement because it is an illegal statement under Federal law.  [They know it isn't "safe" (even when used as directed).] Read More

What about the EPA Registration Process? What the Chemical Industry thinks about illness arising from these chemicals?  

Corporate Watch once noted "The Five 'D's" of corporations:

Deny [harm],      Delay [solutions],      Divide [opposition],      Dupe [the public]      and then Dump [the product]

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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?
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01-22d Media Advisory
01-22c A Look Back At Cockroach Resistance
01-22b New York PCOs Wary Of Neighbor Notification Law Campaigns
01-22a

Testing Pesticides On Humans
01-22 Historic Claim Against PCB Producers
01-20a

"Registered" Pesticide POISON Resistance Problems
01-20 Big trouble in Libby, Montana
01-19m Gulf War Veterans Suing Companies For Chemical Exports
01-19l Workers Worldwide Who Were Exposed To Pesticides
01-19k Bucknell Greenhouse Celebrates Four Years of IPM
01-19j Pesticide Residues a Major Threat to China's Ag Exports
01-19i IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-19h

Chemical Giant Paid Students To Drink Pesticides
01-19g Evaluation of a Respiratory Health Program for Farmers and Their Families
01-19f Cancer Incidence Among Triazine Herbicide Manufacturing Workers
01-19e IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-19d

Gulf War Chemicals Can Damage Testes
01-19c Restrict Children's Exposure to Pesticides
01-19b Mosquito "control" or population control?
01-19a IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-19 USDA Sued to Stop GE Grasses
01-17d Montgomery County Law on Storage and Handling of Pesticides
01-17c Widely Used Crop Herbicide Is Losing Weed Resistance
01-17b IPM in the Big Boxes
01-17a Europe Bans Timber Kiwi Kids Play On
01-17 Experts to Examine Red Panda Deaths, Zoo Says
01-14b EPA Opens Green Cafeteria - "They" should know why!
01-14a [OEM] Bayer and sundry
01-14 FMC Sponsors Legislative Day For 15th Consecutive Year
01-11i [OEM] Farben, Bayer Zyklon & Warnings More By Popular Request
01-11h EPA Names DoD "Champion" for Pesticide Management
01-11g Ethics of Human Pesticide Studies Questioned
01-11f

Millions Of Nepalis At Risk From Arsenic
01-11e

Take the Money and Run
01-11d From Silent Spring To Scientific Revolution
01-11c Exposure to Indoor Pesticides during Pregnancy
01-11b IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-11a [OEM] Bayer & Ethics - Nazi Run Company At It Again
01-11 Chemicals Used To Protect Soldiers In 1991 Gulf War Can Damage Testes, Animal Studies Show
01-09a Warning Over GM Food Safety
01-09 EPA Investigation Highlights Potential Weaknesses In Pesticide Distribution Controls
01-08b Greenpeace Gives Dow Chemical Taste of Bhopal Waste
01-08a Dow Shalt Not Sue the Survivors
01-08 The European Commission Announced A Ban On The Use Of Arsenic
01-07b Firm Withdraws Plans To Sell Herbicide To Wisconsin Farmers
01-07a Each Year, Six Thousand Americans Lose Their Lives On The Job
01-07

Banana Workers Win Against Dow, Shell & Standard Fruit
01-04i ATSDR Case Studies
01-04h Regulatory Update
01-04g

Poisoned And Silenced
01-04f Water is Becoming a Dangerous Drug
01-04e Indiana Lawmakers Eye Pesticide Bills
01-04d IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-4c

Single-Dose Topical Exposure To The Pyrethroid Insecticide, Permethrin In C57BL/6N Mice
01-04b IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-04a

Terminix To Pay $100,000 To Settle
01-04 VIDEO: Terminix TV Commercials Throughout The Years
01-03a IN THIS EPA UPDATE
01-03 DDT Is STILL Being Used In New Zealand Despite Being Banned Over 30 Years Ago!

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