Health effects of pesticides: airborne
pesticide contamination, 195–96;
children, 3–4; drift incidents,
197–98; factors involved in health
risks, 161–62; farm children, 48–49;
water quality, 13–14
Healthy Schools Act: California, 128
Heptachlor, 165, 226
Herbicides, 2; routine applications, 176
Home and Garden Pesticide Survey,
162–63
Homeowners: awareness of pesticide risks,
163; pesticide blunders in the home,
168–70; use of farm pesticides, 161
Household dust: soft/drift and, 159–60
Household pesticides: risks to children,
162; ten most frequently used,
164–65Illegal application: pesticides, 167–68
Indoor air and surfaces, 158–65
Inert ingredients (other ingredients), 8; EPA
treatment of, 88; name change, 8–9;
non-reporting of, 36; status of, 9
Insecticides, 2; routine applications, 176
Integrated pest management (IPM), 54;
least-toxic, 123–24; responsibilities,
131–34; sample notification letter for
parents, 130–31; in schools, 114,
120–25; sustainable agriculture and,
238
International Code of Conduct on the
Distribution and Use of Pesticides,
220–21
International trade, 219–33; ill-fated
legislative effort, 224–25; incomplete
records, 221–22; lack of awareness,
222JAMA Study: use of pesticides in schools,
117–18Kwell, 165Label information: effects on consumer
awareness, 176; pesticides, 167–68
Langen v. Helicopters:liability for spray
drift, 197
Lawn and garden pesticides, 171–74; false
assumptions, 172; health dangers,
171–72; impact on water supplies,
172; indoor risks, 173–74; lawn
posting problems, 178; notification
laws, 176–77; sickness from, 178–79
Leaching, 205; soil properties and, 210–11
Lead arsenate, 2
Lethal concentration (LC 50 ), 8
Lethal dose (LD 50 ), 8
Loe v. Lenhardt:liability for spray drift,
197
Lumber industry: use of arsenic in wooden
structures, 143–44Malathion, 96, 164, 173
Maneb, 164
Massachusetts: state pesticide regulations
for schools, 127
Maximum contamination levels (MCL),
14; pesticides in public water
supplies, 201–02; unacceptable risks,
206–07
Maximum residue levels (MRL), 80
MCPA, 173
Medical monitoring: toxic exposures and
their consequences, 43–44
Metam sodium, 195
Methoxychlor, 164
Methyl bromide, 165
Methyl parathion, 96
Microbial degradation: pesticides in soil,
212
Misdiagnosis: pesticide-related illness,
41–42
Monocrotophos, 225
Monsanto: corporate accountability,
229–30
Multiple chemical sensitivities, 237252 | Index