19th National Pesticide Forum: Beyond Pesticides--Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy Children, May 18-20, 2001 Boulder, CO

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: Resource Pointer #252

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: March 8, 2001

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: For copies of the following resources, please contact the

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: *Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of

: Pesticides (NCAMP) 19th National Pesticide Forum: Beyond

: Pesticides--Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy Children, May 18-20, 2001*

: Boulder, CO. Focuses on adopting alternative practices and policies

: to protect children from hazards of pesticides. Also features

: discussion of ecological management of open space. Speakers include

: Helen Caldicott, Theo Colborn, Pimentel, O'Brien and

: Doris Rapp. Visit Web site for cost information. Contact Beyond

: Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, 701

: E St., SE, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20003-2841; phone (202)

: 543-5450; fax (202) 543-4791; email info@...; Web

: site http://www.beyondpesticides.org.

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: *America's Children and the Environment: A First View of Available

: Measures, 2001* Tracey J. Woodruff, A. Axelrad and Amy D.

: . First-ever U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

: assessment of trends in environmental factors that may affect

: children's health in the U.S. Outlines progress made and presents

: continuing challenges. Cites that environmentally-related health

: problems are found to be persistent among some groups of children,

: with race and poverty playing a disproportionate role. Presents

: quantitative measures of trends in environmental contaminant levels

: in air, water, food and soil, concentrations of contaminants in

: children's bodies, and childhood diseases that may be influenced by

: environmental factors. 91 pp. Free (order or download at

: http://www.epa.gov/children/indicators/download.html). Contact U.S.

: EPA/NSCEP, P.O. box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419; phone (800)

: 490-9198 or (513) 490-8190; fax (513) 489-8695; email

: ncepimal@...; Web site http://www.epa.gov/children/indicators.

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: *Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects

: Child Development and Learning, 2000* National Environmental Trust,

: Physicians for Social Responsibility and Learning Disabilities

: Association of America. Documents scope, nature and sources of

: chemical pollution in U.S. that is of specific concern for child

: development, learning and behavior. Estimates total likely emissions

: of developmental and neurological toxins in U.S., identifies

: geographical hotspots for reported emissions and identifies most

: polluting industries. 31 pp. Download for free at

: http://www.safekidsinfo.org. Contact National Environmental Trust,

: 1200 18th St. NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036; phone (202)

: 887-8800; fax (202) 887-8877; email netinfo@...; Web site

: http://www.environet.org.

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: *Help Yourself to a Healthy Home: Protect Your Children's Health

: (Contribuya a Tener un Hogar Sano), 2000* Farm-A-Syst

: Home-A-Syst--University of Wisconsin. Spanish and English versions

: available. Offers basic information about indoor air quality, lead,

: drinking water, hazardous household products and pesticides and

: their impacts on children's health in the home. Each section

: provides information, asks questions and shows the reader simple

: steps to protect children's health. Also includes resource list. 24

: pp. Download for free in Spanish or English at

: http://www.uwex.edu/homeasyst. Contact Farm-A-Syst Home-A-Syst,

: University of Wisconsin, 303 Hiram Hall, Madison, WI 53706;

: phone (608) 262-0024; fax (608) 265-2775; email homeasys@...;

: Web site http://www.edu/homeasyst.

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: *Pesticides: Their Multigenerational Cumulative Destructive Impact

: on Health Especially on the Physical, Emotional and Mental

: Development of Children and of Future Generations, 2000*

: Environmental Illness Society of Canada (EISC). Provides support for

: declaring a moratorium on use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes.

: Discusses prenatal and postnatal transfer of maternal " body burden "

: to offspring, persistence of pesticides, bioaccumulation,

: biomagnification and synergistic effects of pesticides. Presented

: before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on

: Environment and Sustainable Development. 29 pp. Download for free at

: http://www.eisc.ca/pesticide_moratorium.html. Contact EISC, 536

: Dovercourt Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2A 0T9; phone (613)

: 728-9493; fax (613) 728-1757; email eisc@...; Web site

: http://www.eisc.ca.

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