Earth Crash
Documenting the Collapse of a Dying Planet - Pollution: Pesticides
Series of articles
http://eces.org/ec/pollution/pesticides.shtml

East Bay Pesticide Alert
Includes pictures of pesticde drift.
Feb. 2005 . . . check out the other side of the plan to Roundup the Oakland Hills. -- barb http://www.dontspraycalifornia.org

Get IPM (AKA, Get Set, Inc. )
Steve Tvedten
http://www.getipm.com/

Also see Steve's Safe2Use
http://www.safe2use.com/

• A FEW OF MY FAVORITE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS OR PEST CONTROL "TOOLS" OR PESTISAFESÆ!
  http://www.thebestcontrol.com/bugstop/control_alternatives_favorite.htm

• Stop Toxic Trespass
  http://www.stoptoxictrespass.org

• Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning - graphic
  http://www.getipm.com/html/symptoms.htm

• Learn to Recognize the Symptoms of Pesticide (Poison) Exposure - text version
  http://www.getipm.com/html/tree.htm

• Insecticide Poisoning - query, with response by Steve Tvedton
  "The symptoms of pesticide poisoning, can obviously, vary by dose, individual sensitivity,
  type of and length of exposure, synergistic effects and by each individual toxin/'inert'.
  Most Physicians are not trained in even looking for acute pesticide exposure effects -
  very few can accurately determine chronic effects. ..."
  http://www.getipm.com/answers/pesticide-poisoning.htm

• ALTERNATIVE CONTROLS OF FIRE ANTS
  Excerpts from Steve Tvedten's book "The Best Control (2nd Edition)"
  "... We suggest slowly flooding with 3 gallons of diluted Kleen åEm Away NaturallyÆ or
  Safe Solutions, Inc. Enzyme Cleaners (8 oz.) with or without adding 4 -5 tablespoons
  of Safe Solutions, Inc. food-grade DE, some citrus oils and/or peppermint soap (3 oz.),
  or try using one gallon of orange/grapefruit juice, 2 gallons of water and a dash of
  dish soap or peppermint soap or 3 gallons of hot water and * cup lye soap on a
  sunny but cool day - your success rate will greatly improve. Area-wide flooding or
  prescribed burning of fire ant infested areas has proved ineffective, and may actually
  promote the establishment of new colonies. ..."
  http://www.safe2use.com/pests/fireants/ipm2.htm
  
  
• Limonene and Linalool (Citrus Peel Extracts)
  http://www.getipm.com/answers/bugsrdone.htm

• How to Avoid Pesticide Injury (and what to do if you can't)
  (reprinted from the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides)
  http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/gov-contact/what-to-do.htm

• The pesticide producers idea of School IPM (Include Pesticides Monthly)
  "This plan is apparently being sent to hundreds if not thousands of school districts in the
  United States and probably other countries. ..."
  http://www.getipm.com/schools/pest-industry/rise-plan2.htm

Marin Beyond Pesticides Sign designed by Joe Draeghert http://www.pesticidefreezone.org/

• DOCUMENTS FROM POLITICAL SOURCES AND PUBLIC FIGURES
  http://www.nospray.org/documnts.shtml

• FLYERS
  http://www.nospray.org/flyers/index.html

• NO SPRAY COALITION LAWSUIT
  against Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the New York City Government
  http://www.nospray.org/lawsuit.shtml

• No Spray Action Network - California
  P.O. Box 397
  Graton, CA 95444
  "Just say No to Agricultural - Pesticide Martial Law! "
  http://www.freestone.com/nospray/

• No Spary Sonoma
  http://www.freestone.com/nospray/nospraybody.html

• Respond to the DIER for California's GWSS pesticide program
  See EHN's Act Now! / GWSS for details from No Spray Action Network
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/action.htm#GWSS

• Fields of Poison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides
  " This 1999 report by PANNA, United Farm Workers, California Rural Legal
  Assistance Foundation, and Californians for Pesticide Reform reveals that
  California farmworkers face a greater risk of pesticide poisonings than any
  other segment of the population. Includes an introduction to the problems
  related to pesticide exposure by California farmworkers, an analysis of pesticide
  exposure and poisonings amongst farmworker communities, a review of the
  effectiveness of current pesticide enforcement laws, and recommendations for
  the state with regards to protection farmworkers from pesticides. ..."
  http://www.panna.org/panna/resources/documents/fieldsAvail.dv.html

• PANNA's POPs resources
  http://www.panna.org/resources/pops.html

• PANNA's Recommendations: Controlling the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter and
  Pierce's Disease--Alternatives to Pesticides and Genetic Engineering
  http://www.panna.org/panna/campaigns/docsSustCA/docsSustCA_011103.dv.html

  "The California Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) has endorsed the use
  of the nerve toxin carbaryl and other synthetic pesticides to control glassy-winged
  sharpshooter, an insect that spreads Pierce's disease to grapes. Meanwhile, with financial
  support from the USDA, growers in Southern California are using a wide variety of
  insecticides to attempt to knock down sharpshooter populations to manageable
  levels in areas where it is already established.
  
  "These chemically based approaches are flawed because:
  
  

  • Pesticides endanger human health and the environment.
    
  • Insecticides are unlikely to bring the sharpshooter below its
    economic threshold because it damages crops by spreading disease
    rather than consuming the plant.
    
  • Broad-spectrum insecticides kill beneficial insects, including
    parasites and predators of sharpshooters and other pests. This creates
    an ecological vacuum that will create more pest problems in the future. ..."
    
  http://www.panna.org/panna/campaigns/docsSustCA/docsSustCA_011103.dv.html

  PANUPS: U.S. Court Rules Inert Ingredients Must Be Disclosed. October 28, 1996.
  October 28, 1996
  U.S. Court Rules Inert Ingredients Must Be Disclosed
  "A U.S. federal district court ruled this month that pesticide companies must disclose
  information about inert ingredients in six pesticide products. The suit, filed in 1994 by the
  Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) and the National Coalition
  Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP), charged that the U.S. Environmental
  Protection Agency (EPA) must disclose the common names and CAS* numbers of inert
  ingredients in these pesticides under the Freedom of Information Act. The pesticides
  named in the suit were Aatrex 80W (atrazine), Weedone LV4 (2,4-D), Roundup
  (glyphosate), Velpar (haxazinone), Garlon 3A (triclopyr) and Tordon 101 (picloram and 2,4-D). ..."
  http://www.panna.org/resources/pestis/PESTIS.1996.133.html

• OVERKILL -- Why Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus in California
  May Cause More Harm Than Good -- PDF FILE
  http://www.pesticidewatch.com/Html/Pdf/WestNileVirus.pdf

http://www.getipm.com/

• Home Buyers Alert: What May Be in the Home You Are Buying? - Termites
  http://www.getipm.com/products/toxicology.htm

• The Bug Stops Here by Steve Tvedten
  http://www.thebestcontrol.com/bugstop/

• Termites? So Come Arrest me!
  http://www.safe2use.com/pests/termites/arrestme.htm
  
  
• Safe2Use - Pesticide Poisoning: Letters from Victims and Families (pets and people)
  http://www.getipm.com/articles/letters/sitemap-ltrs.htm

• Steve Tvedten's Letters to the EPA and Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, along with
  News, Articles and Opinions on the issues surrounding the growing human cost
  of "registered" pesticide use.
  http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/archives.htm

• Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
  http://www.getipm.com/pesticides/symptoms.htm
  • How to Avoid Pesticide Injury (and what to do if you can't)
    (reprinted from the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides)
    http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/gov-contact/what-to-do.htm

• Why Science Can't Prove a Pesticide is Safe
  Honest to God, at a meeting regarding the GWSS workplan for Alameda County, California,
  Tuesday April 10, before the Board of Supervisors, a fellow actually used that old Monsanto line
  (reportedly used for Roundup), "pesticides are safer than table salt." AND, the two of us
  speaking for using non-toxic means of control were labled EMOTIONAL, while their pleas for the
  use of pesticides were SOUND SCIENCE. Let me assure anyone reading this, THEY
  were emotional. We were pleading for the health of the people and the environment . . . if that's
  emotional, so be it. -- barb
  http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-04-11c.htm
  
  

Washington Toxics Coalition
Garden Insect Pests
by Philip Dickey
http://www.watoxics.org/thlc.htm

And one of my favorite pieces, which has nothing to do with pesticides per se, is
The Guy In the Glass by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934. But by making this
available to you, with the blessings of Mr. Wimbrow's progeny, I'm certainly making
an editorial comment. -- barb
http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/guyglass.htm

Note, this is a one-pony show; my time, energy and website are donated to EHN.
Mistakes are mine and only mine. -- barb

or via archive search:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2547772&date=19970703&query=Fear+in+the+fields%3A+How+hazardous+wastes+become+fertilizer%2C

• Fear In The Fields -- How Hazardous Wastes Become Fertilizer --
  Lack Of Fertilizer Regulation In U.S. Leaves Farmers, Consumers Guessing About
  Toxic Concentrations On Farms
  By Duff Wilson ,Seattle Times Staff Reporter; Business: Friday, July 04, 1997
  Copyright 1997, Seattle Times Co.
  http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2547909&date=19970704

  or via archive search:
  http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2547909&date=19970704&query=Fear+in+the+fields%3A+How+hazardous+wastes+become+fertilizer%2C

  • Editorials & Opinion: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 - Industry Responds To `Fear In The Fields'
    Pete Fretwell, Special To The Times
    via archive search:
    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2549566&date=19970715&query=Fear+in+the+fields%3A+How+hazardous+wastes+become+fertilizer%2C

  • Editorials & Opinion: Sunday, July 20, 1997 - Letters To The Editor
    Fear In The Fields -- Fda Data Show Human Intake Of Metals In Food Decreased
    via archive search:
    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2550391&date=19970720&query=Industry+Responds+To+%60Fear+In+The+Fields%27

Also see EHN's section on Fertilizers
http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fertilizers

Food

Home Pesticides

• JAMA - Vol. 283 No. 23; June 21, 2000
  Exposure to Home Pesticides Linked to Parkinson Disease
  By Joan Stephenson, PhD
  http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n23/ffull/jmn0621-1.html

• Advocate On-line, Nova Scotia
  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/Inerts.html
  
  
• The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
  "The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice serves as a resource
  center for community groups working on environmental justice issues. We provide
  information / publications; direct assistance to groups; outreach, referral and network
  development, and training / leadership development."
  E-Mail: Penny Newman at admin@ccaej.org
  Pesticide Organizing Project
  The entire page is worth reading, but specifically . . .
  "Myth #3: I use Roundup and we all know it's safe. Afterall, it's sold in the grocery store.
  "There are two types of ingredients in Roundup and other pesticides - active and inert.
  The active ingredients are those designed to kill the target pest. The "inert" ingredient
  does not mean it's non-toxic or harmless. It is the secret ingredient added to the product
  to either preserve the active ingredients, make them easier to apply or improve their
  killing ability. For example, some inerts soften the skin of the pest, making it easier
  for the active ingredient to get into the pest and kill it.

  "Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, has been assumed to have low animal
  toxicity because the enzyme system which it inhibits is specific to plants. But studies now
  show that Glyphosate can cause acute symptoms including eye and skin irritation
  and nausea, conjunctivitis, vomiting and diarrhea. California statistics show that in 1994,
  glyphosate ranked eighth for most number of complaints filed with the state by
  people poisoned by the product.

  "Glyphosate can also drift off-site during applications. Studies show that from 14-78% of
  it can as far as 1300 feet downwind. Once on the ground, it can persist in soils from
  3 days to a year.

  "Misleading advertising has led many applicators to consider glyphosate nearly non-toxic
  . In 1996, the New York State Attorney General won an injunction against the
  chemical's manufacturer, Monsanto, for falsely claiming that the pesticide is as safe
  as table salt. [Emphasis added. This was the very statement used in a meeting with the
  Alameda County, California pesticide experts held in Oakland in April 2001. I was present. -- barb]

  "The inert ingredients [emphasis added] in Roundup may pose more danger
  than it's active ingredient. Japanese emergency medicine professionals reported in Lancet,
  the American Medical Journal, that the "inert" ingredient in the herbicide formulation,
  Roundup, accounts for the acute toxicity they had found in patients poisoned (some
  fatally) by Roundup.

  "Symptoms included vomiting and gastrointestinal pain, swelling of the lungs and
  pneumonia, reduction of blood pressure, clouding of consciousness, and red blood cell
  destruction. The "inert" ingredient they identified in Roundup was polyoxyethyleneamine
  (POEA) actually referring to a family of chemicals. It is added to Roundup to help
  evenly spread the active ingredient, glyphosate, on target plants.

  "EPA reports that it is common for 1,4-dioxane to be present with POEA. The International
  Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) consider 1,4-dioxane and animal carcinogen and
  EPA considers it to be a probable human carcinogen.

  "We continue to not know what is in Roundup and other pesticides because the
  manufacturers are not required to list them on the labels and have claimed that inerts
  are 'confidential business information that should not be available to the public.' EPA
  allows more than 2,000 chemicals to be used as inerts - many cause toxic effects including
  cancer and at least 382 were themselves used as the pesticide active ingredient.

  "In fact, hazardous waste have been allowed to be 'recycled' into pesticides as inerts. You
  may be spraying chemicals like xylene, chloroform, methylene chloride, toluene and
  other toxic chemicals. As one misguided EPA official said, 'it's a way of disposing of
  hazardous materials.'"
  http://www.ccaej.org/projects/pesticides.htm

• EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs
  Federal Register and Pesticide Registration Notices on Pesticide Inerts
  http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/inerts/notices.htm
  
  
  • Inert Ingredients No Longer Used In Pesticide Products
    Federal Register: June 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 112)
    Scroll down to see the lists. -- barb
    http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1999/June/Day-11/p14759.htm

  • Pesticide Regulation (PR) Notice 97-6
    Use of Term "Inert" in the Label Ingredients Statement
    "I. BACKGROUND
    
    " The terms "active ingredient" and "inert ingredient" have been
    defined in FIFRA since 1947 and pesticide labeling regulations
    require that the ingredients statement use the terms "Active
    ingredients" and "Inert ingredients" as the headings for the
    ingredients statement information. An active ingredient is one
    that prevents, destroys, repels or mitigates a pest, and each
    active ingredient must be identified by name on the label together
    with its percentage by weight. An inert ingredient is simply any
    ingredient in the product that is not pesticidally active. Unless
    an inert ingredient is determined to be highly toxic, it is not
    required to be identified by name or percentage on the label, but
    the total percentage of such ingredients must be declared. Neither
    FIFRA nor the regulations define the term "inert ingredient" on the
    basis of toxicity, hazard or risk to humans, non-target species, or
    the environment.
    
    " Most "inert" ingredients are not known to pose health or
    environmental concerns; however, EPA has long known and
    acknowledged that some inert ingredients are not benign to human
    health or the environment. The "inert" ingredients in some
    products may be more toxic or pose greater risks than the active
    ingredient. [emphasis added] Since 1987, EPA has been actively evaluating
    new andexisting inert ingredients for their toxicity before allowing their
    use in pesticide products. EPA will also be reassessing food
    tolerances for existing inert ingredients in pesticide products.
    EPA has not taken the additional step, however, of departing from
    its traditional use of the term "inert ingredient" on pesticide
    labeling.
    
    "In 1996, EPA began a Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI), which
    has as its goal the improvement of consumer labeling (focussing on
    pesticide products). In the first phase of the CLI, one-on-one
    interviews were conducted with users of household pesticides
    (indoor insecticides, outdoor pesticides, and household hard
    surface cleaners) and non-pesticide cleaning agents. Among other
    things, the interviews demonstrated that many consumers have a
    misleading impression of the term "inert ingredient," believing it
    to indicate water or other harmless ingredients. A number of
    comments from the public and the consumer interviews recommended
    that EPA discontinue the use of the term. By this notice, EPA is
    implementing that recommendation with respect to pesticide
    labeling."
    http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/PR_Notices/pr97-6.html

• Inert Ingredients in Pesticides: Who's Keeping Secrets
  by Caroline Cox
  JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM/ FALL 1999 … VOL.19, NO. 3
  http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/inerts/cox-inerts.htm

• Red Hen's INFORMATION ... AND THE SECRETS OF INERT INGREDIENTS
  Click on Inert on sidebar at left. -- barb
  http://www.primenet.com/~redhen/intro.html
  
  
  
• Pesticide Action Network
  Search PAN's site for INERTS! -- barb
  http://www.panna.org/panna/
  • Dirty Dozen Campaigner
    A Publication of PANNA
    "1. Approximately 40 of the "inert" ingredients are known
    to cause cancer, nerve damage, other chronic effects, or
    adverse reproductive effects. These "inerts" include
    asbestos, carbon tetrachloride (banned as
    an active pesticide ingredient), and trichloroethylene. In
    1987, EPA indicated these inerts must be listed on the
    pesticide label, but there is no evidence that EPA enforces
    this policy. All the other 1,400 or so inert ingredients do
    not have to be listed on pesticide labels.
    
    " 2. Approximately 65 of the secret ingredients are
    considered "potentially toxic inerts/high priority for
    testing" because their chemical structure or existing data
    suggest toxicity. These "inerts" include xylene, cresols, and
    methyl bromide (a highly toxic fumigant and neurotoxin). EPA
    decided not to require testing for these ingredients."
    more . . .
    10/00: Unfortunately, the document in which I found this quote,
    could not be found again through the gopher search engine. -- barb
    http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS.1995.36.html
    
    If the above link does not work, search their site for "Dirty Dozen." -- barb
    
    
    
  • Global Pesticide Campaigner,
    Volume 8, Number 3, September 1998: Inert Ingredients in Pesticides.
    Toxic Secrets - Inert Ingredients in Pesticides
    by Sandra Marquardt, Caroline Cox and Holly Knight
    NOTE: If link doesn't work search http://www.igc.org/panna/ for INERTS. -- barb
    http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS980925.2.html

  • New Study Points to Inadequate Testing of Pesticides
    March 26, 1999
    http://www.panna.org/panna/resources/panups/panup_19990326.dv.html

  • PANUPS: "Inert" Pesticide Ingredients Pose Hazards, July 28, 1997.
    http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS.1997.66.html

  • Women Unite to Resist the Pesticide Onslaught
    International Gathering Condemns
    Worsening Pesticide Impacts on Women and Children - 11-5-1999
    http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/archives/womandpe.htm

  
  
  
• The Secret Hazards of Pesticides: Inert Ingredients
  Attorney General of New York
  New York State
  Office of the Attorney General
  Environmental Protection Bureau
  February 1996
  This includes a very informative table. Remember folks, a lot of the inerts are also the same
  chemicals used to make synthetic scents. It's all hidden in fragrances by the phrase, "Trade Secret
  Laws," and in pesticides by the misleading word, Inert. But, it is YOUR body. Think! -- barb
  http://www.oag.state.ny.us/environment/inerts96.html

As the saying goes: Dog bites man is not a story. Man bites dog IS a story.
DEET-based repellents repel mosquitos is not a story. Some DEET-FREE repellents work as well
as some DEET-based repellents IS a story.

EHN does not recommend any product, thereapy, etc., so what I write next is not EHN info.
Here I'll put on my MCSbarbie hat and say, I've had great success with Crocodile and I've also
heard from a nurse about the effectiveness of, but not used, pure Mexican vanilla, mixed equal
amount of water. (Don't use USA vanilla as it has alcohol and sugar.) Above all, listen
to your own body. Nothing matters that works for me, if it does not work for YOU! -- barb


• Bug Spray Worse Than the Bite?
  Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 102, Number 11, November 1994
  Back in the 30% and more days . . . remember some DEET products are at 100%. -- barb
  http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1994/102-11/forum.html

• Canadian Agency Bans Some Common Insect Repellent Products,
  While Duke Scientist Shows Neurological Effects
  Children's Health Environmental Coalition
  Ýhttp://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=452

• CanadianNaturopathic Association
  Naturopathic Perspective on West Nile Virus ... includes repellent suggestions
  http://www.naturopathicassoc.ca/wnv.htm

• Crocodile Repellent!
  http://www.safe2use.com/dancing-roots/index.htm

• Purchase: http://www.safe2use.com/store/croc.htm
  Also available from many sources, including but not limited to:
  • DancingRoots.com - the manufacturer
    http://www.dancingroots.com/

  • Physician.com
    http://www.physician.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=19

  • DEETfree.com
    http://www.deetfree.co.uk/crocodile.htm

• DEET - This is NOT a recommendation!
  Frankly, I do not use DEET. Further, I am appallaed at news shows -- and I've written letters
  that have been ignored! -- which run clips of people being sprayed on their exposed skin with
  DEET, also with footage of a pregnant woman being examined and the clear message that
  DEET was fine for pregnant women. Where is the science to back that up?? I suggest you
  do your own research before taking advice from a TV news doctor. Here's a start. -- barb
  
  • The Dangers of DEET
    http://dukemednews.duke.edu/news/medminute.php?id=5638

  • DUKE PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON DEET'S BRAIN
    EFFECTS WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE
    http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/news/newsrelease652d.html?p=all&id=872&catid=2

    OR: http://dukemednews.duke.edu/news/article.php?id=5500

  • Arctic Science Journeys
    Interview with Dr. Abou-Donia, worth your reading. -- barb
    http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/NewsMedia/02ASJ/05.10.02deet-dilemma.html

  • Too much DEET can cause brain degeneration: study
    "DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - Bug sprays using DEET can cause brain cells
    to die after prolonged use, according to new research.
    
    A study by Mohamed Abou-Donia of Duke University Medical Center in
    North Carolina has found behavioural changes and alterations to the brain in rats.
    
    DEET is a common chemical used in insecticides with concentrations up to 100 per cent.
    http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/05/02/Consumers/DEETstudy_020502

  • Use Caution When Using DEET
    Duke Health
    http://dukemednews.duke.edu/news/healthtip.php?id=5656

• Herbals Lag as Mosquito Repellents
  DEET-Containing Products Far More Effective, Study Finds
  By Susan Okie; Washington Post Staff Writer; Thursday, July 4, 2002; Page A01
  "...Two botanical repellents performed as well as some DEET-based
  products. One, containing oil of eucalyptus -- Repel Lemon
  Eucalyptus Lotion Insect Repellent, which is also marketed as Fite
  Bite Plant-Based Insect Repellent -- protected participants for an
  average of 120 minutes. Another, containing 2 percent soybean oil,
  Bite Blocker for Kids, worked for an average of 95 minutes. ..."
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A22061-2002Jul3

  InHerbals Lag as Mosquito Repellents, we read: "Consumers have applied DEET
  more than 8 billion times in the past 45 years, and its overall safety record is excellent,
  researchers said." BUT, we still have a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to soaring
  rates of various environmentally linked diseases. Until those questions are answered, with more
  than the standard one-word, non-explanation explanation, "UNEXPLAINED," isn¼t
  PREVENTION a wiser course of action? So, for me, it¼s the non-DEET based repellents.

  And here, I'll tell you my personal preference, but it's up to you to try for yourself! EHN
  and I do not tout products. The only reason I'm stating what I use is, I've been so often asked.
  Crocodile -- all-natural, organically grown, herbal-based protection for the skin.
  I can handle its odor and it's safe on my skin and the skin of my grandchildren. However,
  I've yet to learn if my daughter who has eczema can use it . . . It's available from
  Dancing Roots (http://www.dancingroots.com/) and from
  Safe2Use (http://www.safe2use.com/dancing-roots/croc-about.htm). -- barb

• "DUKE PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON DEET'S BRAIN EFFECTS
  WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE"
  The last paragraph states the concerns of Dr. Abou-Donia quite clearly:
  " 'The take home message is to be safe and cautious when using insecticides," said Abou-Donia. 'Never use insect repellents on infants, and be wary of using them on children in general. Never combine insecticides with each other or use them with other medications. Even so simple a drug as an antihistamine could interact with DEET to cause toxic side effects. Don't spray your yard for bugs and then take medications. Until we have more data on potential interactions in humans, safe is better than sorry.' "
  http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/med/deet.htm

  And because so many are so interested in repellents because of the hyped-to-dread WNV ...
  

• TOP 10 LIES ABOUT WEST NILE VIRUS
  http://www.abstractblack.com/ledermanvirus.html

• Alameda County, California
  
  County Board calls for fewer pesticides
  by Donna Horowitz, May 11, 2001;The Oakland Tribune
  "...[Supervisor Keith Carson] ... asked department heads how much pesticide they use
  to kill weeds and rats in January after a Berkeley constituent who was active in Marin on
  the issue contacted his office. ..."
  http://www.oaklandtribune-ang.com/s-asp-bin/link/ShowArchiveStory.asp?URL=search.newschoice.com/Display.asp&story=d:\index\newsarchives\angtr\loc\20010511\855007_t4bs211.txt&searchtext=county board calls for fewer pesticides&puid=557

• Alternative Agriculture
  By Leonard P. Gianessi
  Fellow, Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, D.C.
  "... My thesis is that these farms illustrate the value of using pesticides; they illustrate
  some of the potential tradeoffs -- both economic and environmental -- of alternatives to
  pesticides; and they illustrate some of the potential constraints on policies that would
  attempt to lessen pesticide use. ..."
  http://ext.agn.uiuc.edu/piap/gianessi/g9.htm

• Alternatives to Pesticdes: A resource list
  
  http://members.aol.com/homeview2/info/index.htm

• Alternatives to Toxic Pesticides
  http://www.citlink.net/~bhima/alternat.htm
  
  
• Beyond Pesticides - Safety Source for Pest Management
  http://www.beyondpesticides.org/infoservices/pcos/index.htm
  • STATEMENT OF JAY FELDMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
    BEYOND PESTICIDES
    /NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST THE MISUSE OF PESTICIDES
    Of particular interest (to me) is this section, in which he gives health info related to pesticides. -- barb
    An overview of some of the pesticides used in Maryland in and around daycare facilities.
    http://www.beyondpesticides.org/watchdog/alerts/Jay_PIR_Testimony.htm#_ftn22

• BIOCONTROL NETWORK -- IPM
  http://www.biconet.com/us/about.html
  
  
  • Beneficial Insects, Mites & Organisms
    http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol.html
    
    
  • Biocontrol Network Reference Center -- IPM Ressources
    http://www.biconet.com/reference/BICONETRC.html
  
  
  
• THE BIO-INTEGRAL RESOURCE CENTER
  (BIRC -- Integrated Pest Management, IPM)
  Berkeley, California
  http://www.keyed.com/birc/index.html
  
  
  • Integrated Pest Management - What is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?
    http://www.keyed.com/birc/IPM.htm

  • Publications & Reprints
    http://www.keyed.com/birc/pubrep.htm

  • IPM for Schools: A How-to Manual
    Available from BIRC in a three-ring binder for about $55 - $60 with S&H. -- barb
    http://www.keyed.com/birc/bstsellers.htm
    
    
    Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)
    P.O. Box 7414, Berkeley, CA 94707
    phone (510) 524-2567
    fax (510) 524-1758
    or email birc@igc.org
    
    
  • Care for Kids (Pesticide Safety)
    "Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our children." -- Jane Seymour
    B.I.R.C. is an affiliate of Care for Kids NOW. -- barb
    http://www.careforkidsnow.org/

• Links to related sites --
  http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/biocontrol/newindex.html

• Illnesses and Injuries Related to Pesticide Exposure - 2002
  http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/whs/2002pisp.htm

• Pest Management Related Sites
  http://axp.ipm.ucdavis.edu/GENERAL/links.html

• CASLE - Citizens for a Safe Learning Environment
  This site is loaded with valuable information! Visit and learn -- whether or not you are
  in the field of education. YOUR health may depend on what you learn here. -- barb
  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/
  
  
  • Pesticide Facts
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Education/CASLE/pesticides.html
    
    
    • Pros and Cons of different pesticide bylaw choices
      NOTIFICATION ONLY Pros Cons
      BUFFER ZONES AROUND THE PESTICIDE SENSITIVE ONLY Pros Cons
      TOTAL PHASE OUT OF LANDSCAPE PESTICIDES Pros Cons
      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/Pros_and_Cons_of_different.html

    
    
• The Christie List of Links
  References Related to Health Concerns of Pesticides - scroll to section on Canada
  http://www.geocities.com/johnsankey.geo/christielist.html

• Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (CAP)
  http://www.cap-quebec.com

  In English: http://www.cap-quebec.com/index_eng.html

• Health Dangers of Urban Use of Pesticides (HDUUP)
  A Working Group of the City of Ottawa, Ontario Canada
  http://www.geocities.com/johnsankey.geo/hduup.html
  • Ecological Lawn Care in Ottawa-Carleton
    http://www.geocities.com/johnsankey.geo/ecolawn.html

• The Pesticide Education Network - Ottawa Ontario Canada
  http://www.geocities.com/johnsankey.geo/pen.html

• Real Alternative to Toxins in the Environment - RATE
  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/index.html
  • INERTS
    "Inert" is a misnomer when it comes to pesticides! Are you FULLY informed? -- barb
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/Inerts.html

• Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC)and
  Vancouver Environmental Information Center (VIEC)
  http://www.spec.bc.ca/

• Vancouver Environmental Information Center (VIEC) and
  Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC)
  http://www.spec.bc.ca/

• A national assessment of all aerial spraying in the U.S.
  R.K. Simon, Ph.D.
  Environmental & Toxicology International
  http://users.lmi.net/~wilworks/ehnhompg/alertspr.htm

• ETI Pesticide Patch for Pesticide Monitoring
  "... What is the Cost of the Pesticide Patch Analysis?
  "The routine cost of the patch for the analysis by ETI's pesticides screen is $ 150 per patch.
  This testing will provide analysis for about 35 common pesticides used for termite
  control, interior pest control, lawn pesticide control and other uses. A report with a
  list of pesticides tested and quantitative levels for any found will be provided by ETI.
  The analysis usually takes about 7 days after ETI receives the patch.

  "Special Pricing for Staten Island, New York.
  "ETI is providing special pricing of $ 75.00 per patch for Staten Island, New York residents.
  Please enclose your check with the shipment of the patch. ETI does not accept credit cards. ..."
  http://www.toxint.com/page41.html

• Topics discussed
  Info on VOCs, Inert ingredients of Dibrom®, Pyrethroids, Dursban, etc. -- barb
  http://www.toxint.com/page30.html

• How to Evaluate Environmental Hazards in Your Home
  http://www.toxint.com/page22.html

• Toxicity of "Inert" Ingredients in the Pesticide Dibrom³ (Naled)
  http://www.toxint.com/page25.html

• Publications - Entomology and Nematology Department
  http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~entweb/publicat.htm
  
  
  • Links:
    http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu/links.htm
  
  

• Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
  http://www.getipm.com/pesticides/symptoms.htm

• LADYBUGS
  by Stephanie Bailey, Extension Specialist; University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
  " Ladybugs, or lady beetles, are a very beneficial group of insects; a single lady beetle may
  consume as many as 5,000 aphids in its lifetime. "
  http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/fldcrops/ef105.htm

• Fairfax's Notification policy
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/pfairfax.htm

• Pest Profiles - Pest Information Fact Sheets
  http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ipm/pest.htm

• Pests of Agricultural Crops, Floriculture and Ornamental Nurseries,
  and Commercial Turfgrass UC Pest Management Guidelines
  
  All contents copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of California.
  The GWSS isn't included, nor is the wine industry. Do they not care?
  Or, is GWSS not a such a big deal? -- barb
  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/GENERAL/pesticides.html
  
  
• View Preprocessed Statewide or County [Pesticide Use] Reports
  And, we call this Integrated Pest Management ... notice it is not non-toxic pest control! -- barb
  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PUSE/prepared.html

Pesticide, Fertilizer, & GMO Articles

• Children's Health and the Environement - Safe Workplaces and Healthy Learning Places: Environmentally Healthy Schools
  by Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN; Brenda M. Afzal, MS, RN; Marian E. Condon, BSN, BA, RN;
  Erin K. Belka, BS; Tonya M. McKee, BA
  http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod250/cesafull.htm

  The section on pesticides: http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod250/cesafull.htm#pest

• Asparagus Fights Common Pesticide
  And barb thinks orgainc is best . . . so here is another reason to enjoy!
  Enzyme May Give the Veggie Pesticide-Fighting Powers
  By Miranda Hitti; WebMD Medical News
  Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Thursday, September 23, 2004
  "Sept. 23, 2004 -- Looking to limit your exposure to pesticides? You may want to develop
  a taste for asparagus. The skinny green stalks appear to contain an enzyme that
  degrades a commonly used pesticide called malathion. ..."
  http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/94/102865.htm

• Children's Health and the Environement -
  Environmentally Healthy Homes and Communities
  Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN; Brenda M. Afzal, MS, RN; Marian E. Condon, MS, RN
  Erin K. Belka, BS; Tonya M. McKee, BA
  You can even see some pesticide product recalls. -- barb
  http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod290/cehm10.htm

• Taken from the Summer 1998 issue of Synergy
  Chrissy's Story; The Poisons Around Us; Pesticide Myths of Safety
  "... While the city does nothing, I have been labeled crazy, emotional, and responsible
  for all the bad press my daughter's death has brought Fontana. My question is this: why
  are we appalled at chemical warfare in other countries, when we permit it in our
  own backyard?
  
  To answer the rhetorical question: Because it is far easier to believe government protects the
  public and industry tells us the truth . . . Sadly, it too often is only AFTER THE FACT of illness
  or death of a loved one that people begin researching the problem. And then, they are up
  against industry propaganda that labels them malingerers, psychosomatic, pains in the collective
  backside of humanity, . . . and who wants to be so labeled? It seems easier to believe
  government protects ...
  
  Janine Matelko, I am so very sorry to learn you lost your daughter to pesticide poisonings.
  Because you chose to share your story, perhaps another child may live.
  
  http://www.ccaej.org/projects/pesticides.htm

"As for long-term risks, the EPA has determined that pyrethroids are carcinogenic,
although which risk classification remains to be determined. The No Spray Coalition
reports that the various elements in Anvil are either known or suspected to be toxic to
the liver, kidneys, the gastrointestinal tract, and the respiratory tract. ..." [Emphasis added/.]
http://chicagowildernessmag.org/issues/spring2003/spraydebate.html

EPA's RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF PESTICIDE POISONINGS
"... Pesticide poisoning is a commonly under-diagnosed illness in America to-day.[sic]
Despite recommendations by the Institute of Medicine and others urging
the integration of environmental medicine into medical education, health care
providers generally receive a very limited amount of training in occupational
and environmental health, and in pesticide-related illnesses, in particular.1 ..."
[emphasis added]

Reference
1. Institute of Medicine. Role of the Primary Care Physician in Occupational and
Environ-mental Medicine, Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, 1988.
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm

• West Nile Panic Attack -
  Media foment fear of virus and obscure pesticide concerns
  By Karen Charman; November/December 2000
  http://www.fair.org/extra/0011/west-nile.html

• Fairfax Nofitication -- Health and Safety Code, Chapter 8.40
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnlinx/pfairfax.htm

• Home Buyers Alert: What May Be in the Home You Are Buying?
  http://www.getipm.com/products/toxicology.htm

• Sprayed Away
  Did calling in an exterminator put health and home at risk?
  http://www.getipm.com/articles/debore.htm

• Ten Steps to a Healthy Lawn...
  http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/parks/healthylawn/tensteps.htm

"Traces of Clopyralid, manufactured by Dow AgroSciences and deadly to potatoes,
peppers, tomatoes and beans, have been found in compost made from recycled grass,
straw and manure in Washington, California, Pennsylvania and New Zealand. ..."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134383978_compost28m.html

How to Keep Your Kids Safe from Pesticides
Ladies' Home Journal - [page 116 September 1999 ]
http://www.safe2use.com/media/moses.htm

THE IMPACT OF CHEMICAL LAWN CARE ON HUMAN HEALTH
By Roy Fox
"Lawn care in urban Canada has become increasingly dependent upon chemicals. ..."
http://www.eisc.ca/royfox1.html

now available through http://web.archive.org/web/20021012202851/http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/news9002166.shtml

• Poisons on Pets - Health Hazards from Flea and Tick Products
  ; November 2000 NRDC report http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/pets/execsum.asp

• Agricultural Solutions -- Improving Water Quality in California
  Through Water Conservation and Pesticide Reduction
  "... Pesticides
  "Pesticides are chemicals used to control insects, weeds and plant diseases. They are
  inherently toxic compounds; risks to human health and the environment primarily
  depend on the relative toxicity of individual compounds. Experimental and
  epidemiological studies demonstrate that humans exposed to pesticides are subject
  to a variety of health risks including cancer, neurotoxicity, reproductive harm, birth
  defects and damage to the immune and endocrine systems. Pesticides also have caused
  cases of acute poisoning in farm workers. Environmental risks such as toxicity to
  beneficial insects, aquatic organisms, and birds also are well documented. ..."
  http://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/ragsosum.asp

How Much Do You Pay For Your Neighbour¼s Lawn Care?
BY FLORENCE SENAY; Update Spring 1999
http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/spring99pay.html

• The Orkin Scam
  By Jeffrey C. Billman; Published 9/25/03
  http://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/story.asp?ID=4098

• Unit10 Investigation: Valley Center Cancer Some Suspect 'Cancer Cluster'
  Posted: 6:20 p.m. PST November 16, 2001; Updated: 8:37 p.m. PST November 16, 2001
  "SAN DIEGO -- An unusually high number of illnesses in Valley Center has county
  officials investigating the possibility of a cancer cluster, 10News' Kim Edwards reported
  in a Unit10 Investigation. ..."
  http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-108356120011116-201101.html

• Experts To Investigate Cancer Cluster
  Several Cancer Cases Found In Valley Center Posted: 6:45 p.m. PST January 24, 2002; Updated: 7:07 p.m. PST January 24, 2002
  "VALLEY CENTER, Calif. -- Some Valley Center parents may finally get answers
  to life and death questions about an unusually high number of cancer cases in the area, 10News reported. ..."
  http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-120600420020124-200152.html

printer version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL&type=printable

• Purging The Pests: Do what the zoo folks do ã the simple stuff
  Pacific Northwest Magazine / Plant Life; Friday, August 01, 2003
  By Valerie Easton
  "INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT sounds intimidatingly technical, perhaps most
  appropriate for professional horticulturists. Not so, I learned on a recent trip to the
  Woodland Park Zoo. Called IPM for short, this kind of pest control is nothing more
  than pursuing the least toxic solution first ã as useful a concept for home gardeners
  as for those maintaining public grounds. ... "
  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/plantlife/2001232023_plife03.html

• Seattle Times Special Reports
  Includes "Fear in the fields; How hazardous waste becomes fertilizer" series. -- barb http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/special/

ThomasPaine.common sense
A Journal of Opinion
http://www.tompaine.com

• A VICTIM'S STORY: Poisoned!
  His Doctor's Story. His Story.
  Jacob Berkson is the former Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. General
  Services Administration, and a former Maryland State Representative.
  
  Editor's note: A Canary's Tale is Mr. Berkson's self-published book
  documenting his encounter with Dursban, a common pesticide. It is a
  personal story of chemical poisoning and its real-life impact. But it is
  also a story about the Doubting Thomases in the medical
  establishment, who continue to harbor skepticism about chemical
  sensitivity in humans. One who changed his mind was Berkson's own
  doctor, Norman Rosenthal. His story, which appears as the forward to
  the book, is published below, followed by an excerpt from Chapter One.
  " There is no generally agreed upon mechanism for how
  such a process might unfold biologically, though speculations
  about this question abound. One speculation is that patients
  with this problem are neurotics, hypochondriacs and malingerers.
  In my view, this is frequently an erroneous explanation for a
  complicated biological phenomenon and an injustice to many
  people who suffer from a legitimate, albeit ill-understood, affliction.

  "I have come to understand that chronic exposure to low dosages
  of toxic chemicals can be as detrimental as one-shot exposures to
  high doses of toxins." -- Dr. Norman Rosenthal, M.D.
  http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/07/index.html

  Via The Wayback Machine:http://web.archive.org/web/20000930123021/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/07/index.html

  
  

• CHICKEN LITTLE: This Time It's Industry that's Crying the Sky Is Falling
  A Campaign of Fear is Savaging the Food Quality Protection Act
  
  Jeannine M. Kenney, Edward Groth III and Charles M. Benbrook are
  analysts for Consumers Union, a non-profit organization that produces
  Consumers Report, among other publications.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20011201014113/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/07/1.html

• DURSBAN CASE STUDY: The Toxic Pesticide the EPA Has Declined (So Far) to Ban
  Inaction Could Harm Your Health
  David Case is a reporter for TomPaine.com. - 1999
  He writes about the environment for the magazine.
  http://www.ohiocitizen.org/campaigns/pesticides/tompaine.htm

• INDUSTRY PROPAGANDA: The So-Called Alar Scare
  Don't Believe the Hype -- It Was Real
  Kenneth Cook is president of the Environmental Working Group.
  "The government always insists the food supply is 'safe.' Right up until
  it bans a high-risk pesticide like Alar that has been on the market, and
  in the food of millions of children, for decades. Then the government says
  the safe food supply is 'safer.' "
  http://web.archive.org/web/20011210123343/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/04/index.html

• TOXIC DECEPTION: The Chemical Industry's Propaganda Campaign to Discredit a Frontline ExposÈ Keeping the Public in the Dark Charles Lewis is the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity. "Editor's Note: In 1999, Dan Fagin, Marianne Lavelle and the Center for Public Integrity wrote Toxic Deception, an exposÈ of the chemical industry's orchestrated campaign to hide the truth about its products from the public. Following is an excerpt from the Introduction, which was written by Mr. Lewis." http://web.archive.org/web/20011201014111/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/04/1.html

  --end pesticide articles on TomPaine.com , but don't let me stop you from searching for your own favorites! --

Print version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL&type=printable

• EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People
  Spoon-Feeding Poison
  by Tennille Tracy; July 9 - 15, 2003
  "The Bush administration is now moving to endorse the testing of noxious
  and lethal chemicals on human beings. Since this spring, despite rife
  opposition from the medical community, the Environmental Protection
  Agency has quietly begun lifting a 1998 ban on accepting such research. ..."
  http://www.villagevoice.com/print/issues/0328/tracy.php
  My letter to VV ...
  When I was in 6th and 7th grades, St. Louis, southside, I had a few bouts of excessive
  drooling. I'd not be able to swallow fast enough. Drool would then pour forth from my
  mouth, coat my desk and clothes. The first time it happened I had no idea what was
  about to follow . . . so I puked right there at my desk. After that, I'd try to get the
  teacher's attention to run to the bathroom. If I couldn't, I'd just run out and deal with
  being in trouble later.
  
  Based upon my current understandings, I'd bet the city was spraying outside of school
  at that time and that was my reaction. At that time, no one equated my experiences with
  pesticide poisonings. I didn't always have excessive drooling and vomiting. It wasn¼t
  like it always happened during tests, although that was the case the first time. It also
  occurred in the fun part of class ... which I hated to miss by getting sick.
  
  It's that fact that my symptoms were sporadic and before the end of the school year that
  leads me to think pesticides. There's little need for pesticides in St. Louis winters! And,
  why not again in 8th grade? My family moved to a farm in the Ozarks . . . away from
  city spraying and my folks weren¼t crazy about the „need¾ for using pesticides; there
  are safer alternatives.
  
  How many other students were inadvertent guinea pigs and yet fall into the category of
  NEVER MEASURE, NEVER MANAGE?
  
  For more information and links to resources, visit the Environmental Health Network at
  http://www.ehnca.org.
  
  Sincerely,
  Barb Wilkie; July 21, 2003
  

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• WRCG
  http://www.wrcg.com/index.html
  
  
  • Study: Farmworkers More Diseased
    By KIM BACA; Associated Press Writer, MARCH 17, 18:34 ET
    
    "FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ã A state agency's study found that Hispanic farmworkers have
    higher rates of brain, leukemia, skin and stomach cancers than other Hispanics in
    California, a phenomenon their union blames on pesticide exposure.
    
    Female Hispanic farmworkers also had more cases of uterine cancer than the rest of
    the state's Hispanic women, according to the Cancer Registry of California study,
    'Cancer Incidence in the United Farm Workers of America, 1987-1997.' ..."
    http://www.wrcg.com/News/3-02/3-17-02/Study__Farmworkers_More_Diseas/study__farmworkers_more_diseas.html

  
  

Pesticide Chemicals

Note: Work is underway on this section ... other chemicals can be found below in the category
Pesticide Information. I'm pulling them out of there and putting them in this subcategory ...
thinking that that will make it easier for you to find a particular chemical. -- barb

• 2,4-D fact sheet
  by PAN UK
  http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/Actives/24d.htm

• ATRAZINE "LIKELY" CARCINOGEN.
  http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-07-04a.htm

• Atrazine in Lake Michigan
  http://www.lakemichigan.org/mb_atrazine.htm

• Atrazine - Despite evidence of hormonal disruption, EPA considering re-registration
  http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-04-11.htm

• EPA Comment Period ends April 16, 2001
  E-Mail your comments to lowe.kimberly@epa.gov and opp-docket@epa.gov
  

• EU Bans Toxic Atrazine Herbicide Still Widely Used in US Corn Belt
  Pesticide Action Network via Organic Consumers Association
  http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/atrazine102703.cfm

• Minnesota Center for Environment Advocacy
  http://www.mncenter.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=7
  • Popular Pesticide Faulted for Frogs' Sexual Abnormalities
    6/18/2003 Jennifer Lee The New York Times Ý Scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency say there is "sufficient evidence" to conclude that the country's most widely used pesticide, atrazine, causes sexual abnormality in frogs. http://www.mncenter.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=24&Profile_ID=258

• National Geographic
  
  • Hermaphrodite Frogs Caused By Popular Weed Killer?
    By Bijal P. Trivedi; National Geographic Today
    "April 16, 2002Atrazine, a top selling weed killer in the United States and the world, has
    been found to dramatically affect the sexual development of male frogs, turning them
    into hermaphroditesãcreatures with both male and female organsãat concentrations
    30 times lower than those deemed safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ..."
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0416_020416_TVfrog.html

• (SEVIN)
  http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/pesticides/misc/sevin-carbaryl.htm

  
  

• What is Carbaryl
  Basis for Establishing the Common Mechanism of Action of Organophosphate and
  Carbamate Insecticides
  http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/pesticides/misc/sevin-carbaryl-CU.htm

• Bioassay of Chloropicrin for Possible Carcinogenicity (CAS No. 76-06-2)
  "Chloropicrin is an agricultural fumigant, once widely used but now being phased out.
  It was developed as a tear gas, but was found to be useful as a fumigant in 1918.
  The primary use of chloropicrin as a fumigant was in the treatment of stored grain.
  It also functions as a nematicide, fungicide, and insecticide when used as a soil fumigant
  prior to planting. ..."
  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/LT-studies/TR065.html

• Chloropicrin Applications for California Strawberries
  http://www.epa.gov/spdpublc/mbr/chlorp2.html

• E X T O X N E T - Extension Toxicology Network Pesticide Information Profiles
  http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/pips/chloropi.htm

BanDursban.org - EWG
MYSTERY KILLER
Even after 30 years, a pesticide used 25 million times a year in homes is still
controversial. While opponents and proponents debate its use, government
regulators are re-examining its effects.
By John J. Fried, INQUIRER staff writer; Philadelphia Inquirer; February 12, 1996
http://www.bandursban.org/newsroom/phillyinquirer.shtml
• Bibliography: Chlorpyrifos and Breast Cancer Risk
  http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/bcerf/Bibliography/Pesticide/bib.chlorpyrifos.cfm#human

• Chlorpyrifos - a nerve poison
  http://www.dontspraycalifornia.org/chlorpyrifos.htm

• Chlorpyrifos Revised Risk Assessment And Risk Mitigation Measures
  "On June 8, 2000, EPA released the revised risk assessment and announced an agreement with
  registrants to phase out/eliminate certain uses of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos. ..."
  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/chlorpyrifos/consumerqs.htm

• Developmental Cholinotoxicants: Nicotine and Chlorpyrifos
  Environmental Health Perspectives; By Theodore A. Slotkin
  Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology,
  Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
  http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/Suppl-1/71-80slotkin/abstract.html

See Insect Repellents, above and West Nile Virus, EHN's page W


• Bug Spray Worse Than the Bite?
  Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 102, Number 11, November 1994
  Back in the 30% and more days . . . -- barb
  http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1994/102-11/forum.html

• DUKE PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON DEET'S BRAIN
  EFFECTS WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE
  " DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University Medical Center pharmacologist is recommending caution
  when using the insecticide DEET, after his animal studies last year found the chemical causes diffuse
  brain cell death and behavioral changes in rats after frequent and prolonged use. ..."
  http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/med/deet.htm

• June 1999-Dibrom®
  http://www.toxint.com/page21.html

Dioxin

• Dioxin Advisories and Guidance
  Food Safety and Inspection Service United States Department of Agriculture
  http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/topics/dioxmenu.htm

• Dioxin Named a Known Carcinogen
  By Cat Lazaroff; Environmental News Service
  "WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2001 (ENS) - Dioxin - already blamed for a
  host of ills ranging from immune system suppression and infertility to learning
  disabilities - has now been officially linked to cancer. The National Toxicology
  Program announced last week that dioxin has been added to a federal list of
  substances "known to be human carcinogens.
  " Plastic trash bags and many other common plastic products can contain toxic organochlorines ..."
  http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-24-06.html

• Dioxin Report By EPA On Hold
  Industries Oppose Finding of Cancer Link, Urge Delay
  "The chemical, beef and poultry industries are waging an intense campaign to delay
  further an Environmental Protection Agency study showing that consumption of animal
  fat and dairy products containing traces of dioxin can cause cancer in humans.
  [ That doesn't mean one doesn't exist, just that the chemical industry opposes finding it ]
  http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-04-12d.htm

• Dioxin Reassessment by the US EPA
  Announced close date: Jun 12, 2000 - most files are in PDF format. -- barb
  http://www.epa.gov/ncea/pdfs/dioxin/dioxreass.htm
• Dioxin Research at the
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/dioxin.htm

• International Chemical Safety Cards in Alphabetical Order
  http://www.itcilo.it/english/actrav/telearn/osh/kemi/alpha2.htm

• International Chemical Safety Cards by CAS Number
  http://www.itcilo.it/english/actrav/telearn/osh/kemi/icsc.htm

• International Chemical Safety Cards by Risk Phrases Used in the
  Countries of European Union
  http://www.itcilo.it/english/actrav/telearn/osh/ip/risky.htm

• International Food Information Council
  Questions and Answers about Dioxin and Food Safety; August 1990
  http://ificinfo.health.org/qanda/qadiox.htm

• Ruth's Page - Endometriosis and Dioxin, includes Tampon Survey
  http://www.frontiernet.net/~ruthb/

• Tampons and Asbestos, Dioxin, &Toxic Shock Syndrome
  "...Asbestos is not an ingredient in any U.S. brand of tampon, nor is it associated
  with the fibers used in making tampons. ..."
  "... there may be trace amounts of dioxin present from environmental
  sources in cotton, rayon, or rayon/cotton tampons...."
  
  • US FDA
    http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/ocd/tamponsabs.html

Glialka
Roundup
Sting
Rodeo
Spasor
Muster
Tumbleweed
Sonic
Glifonox
Glycel
Rondo "

"Short-term: EPA has found glyphosate to potentially cause the following health effects when people are exposed to it at levels above the MCL for relatively short periods of time: congestion of the lungs; increased breathing rate.

" Long-term: Glyphosate has the potential to cause the following effects from a lifetime exposure at levels above the MCL: kidney damage, reproductive effects. ..."

or PDF
http://www.pesticide.org/PDXSchoolsActionAlert.pdf

Pesiticde chemicals used against the GWSS, beneficial bugs, humans and pets . . .

Note: At the bottom of this window of info, you'll find, Non-chemical and
least-toxic approaches are safer and more effective. Short-term solutions. My two bits' worth:
Don't kill off beneficial bugs; don't slowly and painfully kill off people and their pets -- barb


• Respond to the DIER for California's GWSS pesticide program
  See EHN's Act Now! / GWSS for details from No Spray Action Network
  http://users.lmi.net/wilworks/ehnhompg/action.htm#GWSS

• Malathion Research
  by Wayne Sinclair, M.D., Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (Immunology Board Certified)
  Richard W. Pressinger, M.Ed., Tampa, Florida
  http://www.chem-tox.com/malathion/research/

• Transcript of testimony of Dr. Adrienne Buffaloe on the effects of pesticides
  on people, particularly malathion and pyrethroids based on her own evaluations of her
  patients, before hearings held by a Congressional panel chaired by Congressional
  representative Gerald Ackerman, of Queens NY.
  "... Malathion, the manufacturer's own sheets state what the health effects are.
  There is a note on those data sheets to the doctors informing the doctors that
  Pipanol and Malathion can cause respiratory, cardiac and neurological dysfunction,
  including coma, muscle spasms, labor breathing, frothing of the mouth and nose,
  nausea, vomiting, headache, and weakness. [emphasis added] "

  http://www.nospray.org/buffaloe.shtml