Fw: Pesticides in the News... Good, Bad and Ugly

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----- Original Message ----- From: Safe2Use

Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 4:04 AM

Subject: Pesticides in the News... Good, Bad and Ugly

***************************************** PE$TICIDE$ ***************************************** Regulatory News -------------------------------------- EPA LABELS ORGANIC PYRETHRUM A CARCINOGEN Dennis Avery and Avery, of the Hudson Institute`s Center for Global Food Issues (Indianapolis), report that pyrethrum, one of the most widely used organic pesticides, has been declared a likely human carcinogen by an EPA scientific advisory committee. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-23.htm -------------------------------------- E.P.A. Rejects Use of a Gene-Altered Corn in Human Food The Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to let even trace amounts of genetically modified StarLink corn into human food, officials said yesterday. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-31.htm -------------------------------------- FEDERAL RULING HALTS STATE SPRAY PROGRAMS Chemically sensitive Whidbey Island residents will get a break from pesticides and herbicides this year thanks to an Oregon court case that has forced the state to take a closer look at its chemical spray programs. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-18a.htm -------------------------------------- Poisonings and Accidents and other chemical messes Cashews for human life? For over 20 years, the villages near the cashew plantations in Kasargod district, Kerala, have been devastated by an unusually large number of cancer deaths, neurological disorders and different kinds of physical and mental impairment. Recent reports in the media and studies done in the area indicate a strong link between the spraying of a pesticide called endosulfan and the deteriorating health of the local people More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-22.htm -------------------------------------- Mutant Malathion: New York's Mosquito Spray Campaign Sprayed a Deadly Neurotoxin For months, the malathion sat in Deep South warehouses and outdoor storage tanks, baking in thesummer sun. Destined for mosquito-control programs, the insecticide was supposed to be stored attemperatures no higher than 77 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid conversion to a more deadly poison.But there it was, unrefrigerated in parts of the country where the mercury can climb toward 100 dayafter day. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-18.htm -------------------------------------- The Profitability of An Early Death “Sick smokers may burden a country's health care system, but dead smokers save governments money. That's the conclusion of a study on the financial cost of smoking that was commissioned by tobacco giant Philip . (Anyone who thinks that corporate America has your best interest at heart must read this.) More: http://www.nice2people.com/declaration_of_independence/dead-smokers.htm -------------------------------------- School Pesticide Measure Is Attacked House GOP Vows to Kill Senate Provision for Parental Notice of Chemicals' Use More: http://www.nice2people.com/declaration_of_independence/why/schools-pesticides.htm ***************************************** LEGAL NEWS ***************************************** Colombia Court Suspends Spraying of Drug Crops Bogota Judge Gilberto Reyes Delgado, ruling in favor of indigenous groups that had protested the spraying program, said he had asked the government to provide studies on glyphosate's effects on the environment and human health. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-30.htm -------------------------------------- Adding Insult to Injury: Young Poison Victim Ordered to Pay Stanley Pest Control Company's Court Costs of $132,276 Stanley intends to collect all of it! More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-31c.htm ***************************************** RESEARCH ***************************************** Blindness, Mad Cow Disease and Canola Oil In the reports I read, the "experts" blamed the behavior on a viral disease called scrapie. However, when rape oil was removed from animal feed, "scrapie disappeared. No longer a European livestock problem; now it is ours. U.S. farmers grow rape seed, and manufacturers use its oil (canola) in thousands of processed foods, with the blessings of government watchdog agencies, of course. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-21.htm ----------------------------------- HEADLINES: SCIENCE, PRECAUTION, AND PESTICIDES In other words, we might begin to view pesticide exposures not as a scientific question, but mainly as a question of morals and ethics, a question of human rights. If we view the problem in this light, then we can review the scientific evidence without expecting it to provide "the answer" to our questions, because science cannot answer questions of morals and ethics and human rights. Science can provide food for thought -- sometimes very compelling food for thought -- but we must provide the thought. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-17b.htm -------------------------------------- Pesticide Spraying Poses Death Risk to Humans Spraying pesticides to combat mosquitos suspected of carrying the West Nile Virus (WNV) has notbeen scientifically proven to be either safe for humans or effective against the disease, according toaward winning public health author and emerging diseases expert Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-20.htm ----------------------------------- GREENHOUSE FLOURISHES UNDER BIOCONTROL PROGRAM Eliminating the majority of pesticides and implementing a biocontrol system at Pennsylvania College of Technology's greenhouse in port, Pa. has resulted in a complete turn-around from the pest problems that have plagued the facility in the past. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-20a.htm ----------------------------------- Pesticides make us sick, field hands say in study The researchers found that half of the workers in the four-year study -- all of whom are Mexican or Haitian -- reported skin rashes that they blamed on exposure to pesticides. Thirty-five percent of the 382 workers interviewed complained of headaches and swollen hands, while 33 percent had allergies they think resulted from frequent exposure to chemicals used to protect plants from insects and fungus. More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-31a.htm ----------------------------------- Does Vitamin C Increase the Toxicity of Your "Registered" POISONS? More: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-07-31b.htm ************************************ COMMUNITIES / INDIVIDUALS IN ACTION ************************************ New Zealander writes to Dow asking for help. Dow email address included I am a Dow Neighbor in New Plymouth and it would seem my house and land are toxic with substances from your plant unique to your plant. http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-06-14b.htm ----------------------------------- REMEMBER FAIRFAX: Help this small community fight for their right not to be poisoned. More: http://www.safe2use.com/dpr-epa/fairfax/index.htm ************************************ COMMENTS AND UPDATES ************************************ Dow Chemical's Nasty Little Secret Agent Orange Dump found under New Zealand Town Update: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-05-05.htm