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Government Reports


U.S. General Accounting Office.Food Safety: Changes Needed to Minimize Unsafe Chemi-
cals in Food. Washington, D.C.: GAO, September 1994.
U.S. General Accounting Office.Food Safety: USDA’s Role Under the National Residue Pro-
gram Should be Reevaluated. Washington, D.C.: September 1994.
U.S. General Accounting Office.National Survey of Pesticides in Drinking Water Wells;
Phase I Report. Washington, D.C.: EPA, 1990.
U.S. General Accounting Office.Pesticides: Improvements Needed to Ensure the Safety of
Farmworkers and Children. Washington, D.C.: September 1994.
U.S. General Accounting Office.Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage: 1996 and 1997
Market Estimates. Washington, D.C.: Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances, 733-R-99-001, 1999b.
U.S. General Accounting Office.Pesticides: Use, Effects, and Alternatives to Pesticides in
Schools. Washington, D.C.: GAO/RCED-00-17, 1999.


Newspaper Articles


Eilperin, Juliet. ‘‘Study of Pesticides and Children Stirs Protests.’’Washington Post,
October 30, 2005, A23.
Janofsky, Michael. ‘‘EPA to Bar Data from Pesticide Studies Involving Children and Preg-
nant Women.’’New York Times, September 7, 2005, A22.
Janofsky, Michael. ‘‘Limits Sought on Testing for Pesticides.’’New York Times, June 30,
2005, A23.
Kenworth, Tom. ‘‘EPA Caught Between Farmers, Food Safety Fears.’’Washington Post,
August 2, 1999, A1.


Other Resources


Elderkin, S., et al.Forbidden Fruit: Illegal Pesticides in the U.S. Food Supply. Washington,
D.C.: Environmental Working Group, February 1995.
Marquardt, C., C. Cox, and H. Knight.Toxic Secrets: ‘‘Inert’’ Ingredients in Pesticides:
1987–1997. Eugene, OR: Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, 1998.
Piper, Courtney, and Kagan Owens.Are Schools Making the Grade? School Districts Nation-
wide Adopt Safer Pest Management Policies. Washington, D.C.: Beyond Pesticides,
2002.


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