Spray drift, 188–89; enforcement and
compliance of laws, 189; failure of
laws and regulations, 199; Federal
action, 190–91; incidents affecting
human health, 197–98; stricter
regulations, 189–190; strict liability
for, 196–97
State pesticide regulations, 15–16, 35–36;
schools, 126–29
Strawberries: soil fumigants and, 213–14
Sulfur compounds, 2
Surface waters: importance of, 201
Surveillance samples: food shipments, 77
Sustainable agriculture: IPM and, 238
Synthetic pesticides, 2Telone, 195
Tenfold safety factor for children, 19
Termite control: hazards, 161
Tolerances: food safety and, 75; old,
reassessment of, 76
Tomatoes: soil fumigants and, 213–14
Total Diet Study (TDS): FDA, 78
Toxicity, 7–8; the body burden, 95,
239–240; common mechanism of,
20; measurement of risk of exposure,
44–45; signal words, 45–46; tests,
82–83
Trimec, 173
Tripe-X, 165
2,4-D, 48, 164, 173
2,4,5-T, 225U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):
Food Safety Inspection Service
(FSIS), 65–66; Pesticide Data
Program (PDP), 67; reporting on
organic foods, 78
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), 65–66; Total Diet Study
(TDS), 78Vapor movement, 194–95
Violative pesticide residues, 68Washington state experience: Department
of Labor and Industry’s inadequate
response, 44; monitoring of pesticide-
related illness, 43–44; state
pesticide regulations for schools,
128–29
Water quality: impact of lawn and garden
pesticides, 172; pesticides and,
12–13, 199–208; prevention is key,
208; significance to, 201–02;
unacceptable risks, 206–07
Wells: pesticides in, 202
Wingspread Statement, 236
Worker Protection Standard (WPS): EPA,
30–31; poor enforcement, 34;
protection for children, 31–32;
weakening of protection standards,
55–56
World Health Organization (WHO),
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