Pesticides A Toxic Time Bomb in Our Midst

in twenty states, from New York to Hawaii, and has been banned in many European countries. Most efforts to reduce levels of weed ...

In order to obtain a registration, the pesticide manufacturer must provide the EPA with studies designed to ascertain the proba ...

In summary, the implementation and enforcement of pesticide regulations may dif- fer from one state to another despite the fact ...

by children under six years of age. Pesticides also contribute to long-term health prob- lems in the people and communities who ...

even when tests are done, and pesticides are not always used according to directions; thus, dangerous pesticide residues do make ...

prohibited the setting of a tolerance. This had paradoxical effects in terms of food safety, since alternative pesticides could ...

The Common Mechanism of Toxicity The common mechanism of toxicity describes how two or more pesticides produce the same adverse ...

Hundreds of years ago, when chemical pesticides were rare or nonexistent, farmers protected their crops through changes in growi ...

Shanna H. Sean et al., ‘‘Pesticides and the Immune System,’’Pesticide News (June 1996): 15. Jerome Blondell, ‘‘Epidemiology of ...

S. Balk and K. Shea, eds., ‘‘A Partnership to Establish an Environmental Safety Net for Children,’’Pediatrics112 (suppl.) (2003 ...

GAO Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Government Affairs, U.S. Senate.Pesticides Use, Effects, and Alternativ ...

Two Pesticides in Agriculture The Pesticide Dilemma Twenty-two years that I have been working in the fields, I’ve seen more ill- ...

Total pesticide use, and the number of different chemicals applied, has increased substantially since the 1960s, when the first ...

Although some areas of the United States (such as California and Florida) have routinely employed large numbers of Latino season ...

higher accident and fatality rates in agriculture. The EPA estimates that 10,000 to 20,000 physician-diagnosed pesticide poisoni ...

Figure 2.2 Distribution and Number of Pesticide-Related Illnesses by Industry, 1998–1999. Sources: NIOSH 2002d; Calvert 2002. Fi ...

be provided by employers. However, farmworkers are not accorded the same protec- tions as other workers. The Occupational Safety ...

may be posted immediately before a pesticide application, and required location of the signs is intended to target the workers o ...

in general or to children who work in agriculture. Regional EPA offices have been inconsistent in setting goals for the number o ...

farmworkers to receive pesticide safety training from their employers—whether growers or farmers. The training sessions, however ...