Multiresidue methods (MRM): detection
of different pesticide residues, 68;
FDA testing of food shipments, 77
National Association of Farmworkers v.
Marshall,31
National Association of School Nurses:
support of IPM, 114
National Association of State Departments
of Agriculture (NASDA), 66
National Organic Standard, 103
National Parent-Teachers Association:
support of IPM, 114
National Pesticide Telecommunications
Network, 39–40
Nervous system: monitoring of significant
impacts, 44
Non-detect factor, 85, 88
Notification laws: lawn pesticides, 176–77;
posting, 177; registries, 177; state
preemption of local laws, 177
Nutrient applications: unnecessary, 176
Occupational safety and health, 27–28,
28–29f; OSHA Field Sanitation
Standard, 28–30; poor enforcement,
34
Off-target spray: air pollution and, 194
Ohio: State pesticide regulations for
schools, 128
Organic agriculture, 238–39
Organic foods, 56–58; booming market
for, 104; certification, 103; for
children, 99–101; claimed benefits,
99; corporate inroads, 105–06;
demand outstrips supply, 105; fewer
pesticide residues, 102; fewer
pesticide residues in foods, 78–79;
increased antioxidant levels, 101–02;
labeling, 103–04; reasons for growth,
98–99; standards, 106–07
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990,
107
Organic lawn care, 180
Organic matter: pesticide leaching and,
210
Organic standards: failure of a legislative
challenge, 106–07
Organic Trade Association, 106
Organochlorines, 5, 165; residues, 92–93
Organophosphates (OP), 5–6, 89–92;
regulation of residues, 94–95;
spraying and children’s exposure, 189;
use in schools, 117
Oryzalin: use on school grounds, 143
Other ingredients.SeeInert ingredientsPackaging: labeling and, 175
Paraquat, 48
Parathion, 225
Parathion methyl, 225
Pentachlorophenol, 165
Permethrin, 85
Persistence factors: pest control, 214
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), 78, 221
Personal protective equipment, 33
Pesticide Action Network North America
(PANNA), 195
Pesticide applicators: exposure, 241–42
Pesticide Data Program (PDP): U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
67
Pesticide Education Center (PEL), 195
Pesticide industry: position then and now,
146–50
Pesticide manufacturers: public relations
efforts, 180–81
Pesticide-related illness: complications from
misdiagnosis, 41–42; data limitations,
39–40; exposure history importance,
38–39; Fresco County incident,
34–35; by industry, 29f;by
occupation, 28f; by pesticide
functional class, 29f; primary care
providers and, 37–38; underreporting
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