Barb Wilkie's EHN Website
Last updated 2008

EHN Board President Barb Wilkie was very ill from chemically-induced kidney disease for several years. She passed away May 31, 2011. EHN presents this site both as a tribute and as valuable information. Many links and references will be out of date but Barb's research holds up over time. We will be transferring the site page by page, with updated details, to EHN's main site. If you would like to reach an EHN staff person, please contact us directly.


If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
--Professor Irwin Corey
For those too young to remember, Professor Irwin Corey was seen as a guru of laughter by those
who enjoyed seeing him as a regular on the Steve Allen shows of the 1950s and '60s.
-- barb, who always tries to always wonder: Whose vested interest is being served?



Fertilizer, Pest Management, Pesticide Information and "Pests"
. . . including the Light Brown Apple Moth


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

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Outbound to Government LINKS

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To EHN's HomePage
www.eh nca.org


Outside EHN's site to NIOSH
International Chemical Safety Cards
(A new page will open, just close to get back to EHN. -- barb)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/ipcscard.html 

THE BEST CONTROL®
Intelligent Pest ManagementTM
by Steve Tvedten
Safe, Non-Toxic approach to Pest Management
(A new page will open, just close to get back to EHN. -- barb)
http://www.thebestcontrol.com/

The National Pesticide Information Center
A toll-free telephone number, 800- 858-7378,
is available to the public daily from 9:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (EST)
http://npic.orst.edu

 

Sign designed by Joe Draeghert
http://www.pesticidefreezone.org/orders.htm

Something to keep in mind when your doctor tells you, "It is all in your head!" . . .
"[H]ealth care providers generally receive a very limited amount of training in
occupational and environmental health, and in pesticide-related illnesses, in
particular.
1 ..." [emphasis added]
"Reference:
"1. Institute of Medicine. Role of the Primary Care Physician in Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, 1988. "
From: RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF PESTICIDE POISONINGS
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm

Another piece of information to keep in mind:
The already chemically injured person can suffer adverse events to the medicines so cavalierly
prescribed by doctors who may have attended the 75 percent of medical schools that reportedly
required only seven hours environmental illness training during medical schooling.
(Source:

Health Care & Pesticides . . . a multiagency document -- National Strategies for Health
Care Providers: Pesticides initiative report's documentation: Schenk M, Popp SM,
Neale AV, et al. Environmental medicine content in medical school curricula. Acad. Med.
1996;71(5):27-29.); The National Environmental Education & Training
Foundation (NEETF).-- barb
http://neetf.org/Health/providers/index.shtm




Vinegar is a weed killer! - We knew it, now they know it.
Spray Weeds With Vinegar? By Don Comis; May 15, 2002; USDA
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2002/020515.htm

CATS -- Californians for Alternatives to Toxics
http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/

Pesticide FACT sheets (EPA's) are available as PDF files.
http://npic.orst.edu/npicfact.htm

Beyond Pesticides/NCAMP

Pesticides and the California HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 105200-105225
Did you know that your physician and/or surgeon must PROMPTLY report your
pesticide poisoning? No? I'll bet your doctor isn't aware of that either. -- barb


Pesticide Illness Reporting Form
Print this out and take it to your doctor. -- barb
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/pesticides/pdf/PIR_99.pdf


PESTICIDE EXPOSURE RECORD
Instructions and Definitions - V. 1
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
INTOX PROJECT
http://www.intox.org/pagesource/intox%20area/other/pesticide/annex2.htm


Pesticide Incident Reporting - a PDF file
National Pesticide Information Center
http://npic.orst.edu/mcapro/index.html

Safety Source for Pest Management
Beyond Pesticides: Least Toxic Service Directory
"Safety Source contains nearly 100 companies in 28 states and the District of Columbia. ..."
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/infoservices/PCOS/findpco.htm

Please use the Quick-Clicks below to get into the category and then scroll. OR,
use your web browser's find command if you are looking for a specific site.

Fertilizers
Food
GE/GM/GMO
Home Pesticides
Inerts
Insect Repellents
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Organics
Pesticide Articles
Pesticide Chemicals
Pesticide-Free
Pesticide Health Effects
Pesticide Information
Pesticide Notification Laws
Pesticide Poisoning
Pesticide Reports
Pesticides and Farmers' Health
Pesticides and Hospitals
Pesticides and Lawns
Pesticides and Schools
Pesticides and their use: Surveys
"Pests" -- How to safely control them!
Revolving Door
Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning



Some of the sites I turn to often are:

Agricultural search engine (not a searchable directory site)
http://www.web-agri.com/


B.I.R.C. Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC)
http://www.birc.org

 



The Best Control II by Steve Tvedten
"Stephen L. Tvedten has now completed the 1,668 page IPM encyclopedia on CD that
contains thousands of safe and far more effective alternatives to dangerous pesticide POISONS."
Price as of September 2004: CD-Rom $149.95 -- a very wise investment! -- barb
http://www.thebestcontrol.com

Order by way of their EHN link and you will donate money to EHN when purchasing your CD. -- barb
http://www.nice2people.com/ehn-order.htm

Beyond Pesticides
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/

The Bug Stops Here by Steve Tvedten
Free information . . . Steve's gift to the world! -- barb
http://www.thebestcontrol.com/bugstop/

Canaries - NO ACCEPTABLE RISK - Campaign
http://www.noacceptablerisk.com/

 

  • CATS -- Californians for Alternatives to Toxics
    http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/

    Earth Crash
    Documenting the Collapse of a Dying Planet - Pollution: Pesticides
    Series of articles
    http://eces.org/ec/pollution/pesticides.shtml

    East Bay Pesticide Alert
    Includes pictures of pesticde drift.
    Feb. 2005 . . . check out the other side of the plan to Roundup the Oakland Hills. -- barb http://www.dontspraycalifornia.org

    Get IPM (AKA, Get Set, Inc. )
    Steve Tvedten
    http://www.getipm.com/

    Also see Steve's Safe2Use
    http://www.safe2use.com/

     

  • Marin Beyond Pesticides
    Sign designed by Joe Draeghert
    http://www.pesticidefreezone.org/


  • Marin IPM Program
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/marinipm.htm

     

  • No Spray Action Network
    http://www.nospray.org/

     

    PANNA
    http://www.panna.org/panna/

    • Fields of Poison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides
      " This 1999 report by PANNA, United Farm Workers, California Rural Legal
      Assistance Foundation, and Californians for Pesticide Reform reveals that
      California farmworkers face a greater risk of pesticide poisonings than any
      other segment of the population. Includes an introduction to the problems
      related to pesticide exposure by California farmworkers, an analysis of pesticide
      exposure and poisonings amongst farmworker communities, a review of the
      effectiveness of current pesticide enforcement laws, and recommendations for
      the state with regards to protection farmworkers from pesticides. ..."
      http://www.panna.org/panna/resources/documents/fieldsAvail.dv.html

       

    • PANNA's POPs resources
      http://www.panna.org/resources/pops.html

       

    • PANNA's Recommendations: Controlling the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter and
      Pierce's Disease--Alternatives to Pesticides and Genetic Engineering

      http://www.panna.org/panna/campaigns/docsSustCA/docsSustCA_011103.dv.html

      "The California Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) has endorsed the use
      of the nerve toxin carbaryl and other synthetic pesticides to control glassy-winged
      sharpshooter, an insect that spreads Pierce's disease to grapes. Meanwhile, with financial
      support from the USDA, growers in Southern California are using a wide variety of
      insecticides to attempt to knock down sharpshooter populations to manageable
      levels in areas where it is already established.

      "These chemically based approaches are flawed because:

      • Pesticides endanger human health and the environment.
      • Insecticides are unlikely to bring the sharpshooter below its
        economic threshold because it damages crops by spreading disease
        rather than consuming the plant.
      • Broad-spectrum insecticides kill beneficial insects, including
        parasites and predators of sharpshooters and other pests. This creates
        an ecological vacuum that will create more pest problems in the future. ..."
      http://www.panna.org/panna/campaigns/docsSustCA/docsSustCA_011103.dv.html

      PANUPS: U.S. Court Rules Inert Ingredients Must Be Disclosed. October 28, 1996.
      October 28, 1996
      U.S. Court Rules Inert Ingredients Must Be Disclosed
      "A U.S. federal district court ruled this month that pesticide companies must disclose
      information about inert ingredients in six pesticide products. The suit, filed in 1994 by the
      Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) and the National Coalition
      Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP), charged that the U.S. Environmental
      Protection Agency (EPA) must disclose the common names and CAS* numbers of inert
      ingredients in these pesticides under the Freedom of Information Act. The pesticides
      named in the suit were Aatrex 80W (atrazine), Weedone LV4 (2,4-D), Roundup
      (glyphosate), Velpar (haxazinone), Garlon 3A (triclopyr) and Tordon 101 (picloram and 2,4-D). ..."
      http://www.panna.org/resources/pestis/PESTIS.1996.133.html

       

    Pesticide Education Center, Marion Moses, M.D.
    http://www.igc.org/pesticides/

    Pesticide Watch, Melanie Undem, Director
    http://www.pesticidewatch.org/


    Safe2Useand/or GetIPM
    Steve Tvedten
    http://www.safe2use.com/

    http://www.getipm.com/

     

    Stop Toxic Trespass
    http://www.stoptoxictrespass.org

    Washington Toxics Coalition
    Garden Insect Pests
    by Philip Dickey
    http://www.watoxics.org/thlc.htm


    And one of my favorite pieces, which has nothing to do with pesticides per se, is
    The Guy In the Glass by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934. But by making this
    available to you, with the blessings of Mr. Wimbrow's progeny, I'm certainly making
    an editorial comment. -- barb

    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/guyglass.htm

    Note, this is a one-pony show; my time, energy and website are donated to EHN.
    Mistakes are mine and only mine. -- barb

     

  • Fertilizers

    A thought: If you are as pleased as I am to find that these articles are still available, then:
    How about taking a minute to write a note of thanks to the newspapers? -- barb


  • Fear In The Fields -- How Hazardous Wastes Become Fertilizer -- Spreading
    Heavy Metals On Farmland Is Perfectly Legal, But Little Research Has Been Done
    To Find Out Whether It's Safe

    By Duff Wilson, Seattle Times Staff Reporter; Business: Thursday, July 03, 1997
    Copyright 1997, Seattle Times Co.
    You must register to use the Seattle Times Archive service, but its free. If this URL doesn't
    work, try an advanced search of their site. -- barb

    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2547772&date=19970703

    or via archive search:
    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2547772&date=19970703&query=Fear+in+the+fields%3A+How+hazardous+wastes+become+fertilizer%2C

     

  • Toxins in Familiar Places - Arsenic and old waste
    By Jackie Hunt Christensen; Sunday, September 15, 2002; ©2002 San Francisco Chronicle
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL&type=printable

    Also see EHN's section on Fertilizers
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fertilizers


    Food

  • Environmental Working Group
    Shoppers' Guide
    "The twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables." http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/Reports/Shoppers/Chapter2.html

    Home Pesticides

    Inerts
    (secret ingredients in pesticides)
    "Inert" is a misnomer when it comes to pesticides! Are you FULLY informed? -- barb

    • Advocate On-line, Nova Scotia
      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/Inerts.html

    • The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
      "The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice serves as a resource
      center for community groups working on environmental justice issues. We provide
      information / publications; direct assistance to groups; outreach, referral and network
      development, and training / leadership development."
      E-Mail: Penny Newman at admin@ccaej.org
      Pesticide Organizing Project
      The entire page is worth reading, but specifically . . .
      "Myth #3: I use Roundup and we all know it's safe. Afterall, it's sold in the grocery store.
      "There are two types of ingredients in Roundup and other pesticides - active and inert.
      The active ingredients are those designed to kill the target pest. The "inert" ingredient
      does not mean it's non-toxic or harmless. It is the secret ingredient added to the product
      to either preserve the active ingredients, make them easier to apply or improve their
      killing ability. For example, some inerts soften the skin of the pest, making it easier
      for the active ingredient to get into the pest and kill it.

      "Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, has been assumed to have low animal
      toxicity because the enzyme system which it inhibits is specific to plants. But studies now
      show that Glyphosate can cause acute symptoms including eye and skin irritation
      and nausea, conjunctivitis, vomiting and diarrhea. California statistics show that in 1994,
      glyphosate ranked eighth for most number of complaints filed with the state by
      people poisoned by the product.

      "Glyphosate can also drift off-site during applications. Studies show that from 14-78% of
      it can as far as 1300 feet downwind. Once on the ground, it can persist in soils from
      3 days to a year.

      "Misleading advertising has led many applicators to consider glyphosate nearly non-toxic
      . In 1996, the New York State Attorney General won an injunction against the
      chemical's manufacturer, Monsanto, for falsely claiming that the pesticide is as safe
      as table salt.
      [Emphasis added. This was the very statement used in a meeting with the
      Alameda County, California pesticide experts held in Oakland in April 2001. I was present. -- barb]

      "The inert ingredients [emphasis added] in Roundup may pose more danger
      than it's active ingredient. Japanese emergency medicine professionals reported in Lancet,
      the American Medical Journal, that the "inert" ingredient in the herbicide formulation,
      Roundup, accounts for the acute toxicity they had found in patients poisoned (some
      fatally) by Roundup.

      "Symptoms included vomiting and gastrointestinal pain, swelling of the lungs and
      pneumonia, reduction of blood pressure, clouding of consciousness, and red blood cell
      destruction. The "inert" ingredient they identified in Roundup was polyoxyethyleneamine
      (POEA) actually referring to a family of chemicals. It is added to Roundup to help
      evenly spread the active ingredient, glyphosate, on target plants.

      "EPA reports that it is common for 1,4-dioxane to be present with POEA. The International
      Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) consider 1,4-dioxane and animal carcinogen and
      EPA considers it to be a probable human carcinogen.

      "We continue to not know what is in Roundup and other pesticides because the
      manufacturers are not required to list them on the labels and have claimed that inerts
      are 'confidential business information that should not be available to the public.' EPA
      allows more than 2,000 chemicals to be used as inerts - many cause toxic effects including
      cancer and at least 382 were themselves used as the pesticide active ingredient.

      "In fact, hazardous waste have been allowed to be 'recycled' into pesticides as inerts. You
      may be spraying chemicals like xylene, chloroform, methylene chloride, toluene and
      other toxic chemicals. As one misguided EPA official said, 'it's a way of disposing of
      hazardous materials.'"
      http://www.ccaej.org/projects/pesticides.htm

       

    • EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs
      Federal Register and Pesticide Registration Notices on Pesticide Inerts
      http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/inerts/notices.htm

      • Inert Ingredients No Longer Used In Pesticide Products
        Federal Register: June 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 112)
        Scroll down to see the lists. -- barb
        http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1999/June/Day-11/p14759.htm

         

      • Pesticide Regulation (PR) Notice 97-6
        Use of Term "Inert" in the Label Ingredients Statement
        "I. BACKGROUND

        " The terms "active ingredient" and "inert ingredient" have been
        defined in FIFRA since 1947 and pesticide labeling regulations
        require that the ingredients statement use the terms "Active
        ingredients" and "Inert ingredients" as the headings for the
        ingredients statement information. An active ingredient is one
        that prevents, destroys, repels or mitigates a pest, and each
        active ingredient must be identified by name on the label together
        with its percentage by weight. An inert ingredient is simply any
        ingredient in the product that is not pesticidally active. Unless
        an inert ingredient is determined to be highly toxic, it is not
        required to be identified by name or percentage on the label, but
        the total percentage of such ingredients must be declared. Neither
        FIFRA nor the regulations define the term "inert ingredient" on the
        basis of toxicity, hazard or risk to humans, non-target species, or
        the environment.

        " Most "inert" ingredients are not known to pose health or
        environmental concerns; however, EPA has long known and
        acknowledged that some inert ingredients are not benign to human
        health or the environment. The "inert" ingredients in some
        products may be more toxic or pose greater risks than the active
        ingredient. [emphasis added]
        Since 1987, EPA has been actively evaluating
        new andexisting inert ingredients for their toxicity before allowing their
        use in pesticide products. EPA will also be reassessing food
        tolerances for existing inert ingredients in pesticide products.
        EPA has not taken the additional step, however, of departing from
        its traditional use of the term "inert ingredient" on pesticide
        labeling.

        "In 1996, EPA began a Consumer Labeling Initiative (CLI), which
        has as its goal the improvement of consumer labeling (focussing on
        pesticide products). In the first phase of the CLI, one-on-one
        interviews were conducted with users of household pesticides
        (indoor insecticides, outdoor pesticides, and household hard
        surface cleaners) and non-pesticide cleaning agents. Among other
        things, the interviews demonstrated that many consumers have a
        misleading impression of the term "inert ingredient," believing it
        to indicate water or other harmless ingredients. A number of
        comments from the public and the consumer interviews recommended
        that EPA discontinue the use of the term. By this notice, EPA is
        implementing that recommendation with respect to pesticide
        labeling."
        http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/PR_Notices/pr97-6.html

         

    • Inert Ingredients in Pesticides: Who's Keeping Secrets
      by Caroline Cox
      JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM/ FALL 1999 … VOL.19, NO. 3
      http://www.safe2use.com/poisons-pesticides/inerts/cox-inerts.htm

       

    • Red Hen's INFORMATION ... AND THE SECRETS OF INERT INGREDIENTS
      Click on Inert on sidebar at left. -- barb
      http://www.primenet.com/~redhen/intro.html


    • Pesticide Action Network
      Search PAN's site for INERTS! -- barb
      http://www.panna.org/panna/

       

      • Dirty Dozen Campaigner
        A Publication of PANNA
        "1. Approximately 40 of the "inert" ingredients are known
        to cause cancer, nerve damage, other chronic effects, or
        adverse reproductive effects. These "inerts" include
        asbestos, carbon tetrachloride (banned as
        an active pesticide ingredient), and trichloroethylene. In
        1987, EPA indicated these inerts must be listed on the
        pesticide label, but there is no evidence that EPA enforces
        this policy. All the other 1,400 or so inert ingredients do
        not have to be listed on pesticide labels.

        " 2. Approximately 65 of the secret ingredients are
        considered "potentially toxic inerts/high priority for
        testing" because their chemical structure or existing data
        suggest toxicity. These "inerts" include xylene, cresols, and
        methyl bromide (a highly toxic fumigant and neurotoxin). EPA
        decided not to require testing for these ingredients."
        more . . .
        10/00: Unfortunately, the document in which I found this quote,
        could not be found again through the gopher search engine. -- barb
        http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS.1995.36.html

        If the above link does not work, search their site for "Dirty Dozen." -- barb


      • Global Pesticide Campaigner,
        Volume 8, Number 3, September 1998: Inert Ingredients in Pesticides.
        Toxic Secrets - Inert Ingredients in Pesticides
        by Sandra Marquardt, Caroline Cox and Holly Knight
        NOTE: If link doesn't work search http://www.igc.org/panna/ for INERTS. -- barb
        http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS980925.2.html

         

      • New Study Points to Inadequate Testing of Pesticides
        March 26, 1999
        http://www.panna.org/panna/resources/panups/panup_19990326.dv.html

         

      • PANUPS: "Inert" Pesticide Ingredients Pose Hazards, July 28, 1997.
        http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS.1997.66.html

         

      • Women Unite to Resist the Pesticide Onslaught
        International Gathering Condemns
        Worsening Pesticide Impacts on Women and Children - 11-5-1999
        http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/archives/womandpe.htm

         



    • The Secret Hazards of Pesticides: Inert Ingredients
      Attorney General of New York
      New York State
      Office of the Attorney General
      Environmental Protection Bureau
      February 1996
      This includes a very informative table. Remember folks, a lot of the inerts are also the same
      chemicals used to make synthetic scents. It's all hidden in fragrances by the phrase, "Trade Secret
      Laws," and in pesticides by the misleading word, Inert. But, it is YOUR body. Think! -- barb

      http://www.oag.state.ny.us/environment/inerts96.html

       

    -- end inerts --

    To top of page.


    Insect Repellents

    Also see EHN's information on West Nile Virus, General Links, page W / WNV
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/w.htm#WNV

     

      As the saying goes: Dog bites man is not a story. Man bites dog IS a story.
      DEET-based repellents repel mosquitos is not a story. Some DEET-FREE repellents work as well
      as some DEET-based repellents IS a story.

      EHN does not recommend any product, thereapy, etc., so what I write next is not EHN info.
      Here I'll put on my MCSbarbie hat and say, I've had great success with Crocodile and I've also
      heard from a nurse about the effectiveness of, but not used, pure Mexican vanilla, mixed equal
      amount of water. (Don't use USA vanilla as it has alcohol and sugar.) Above all, listen
      to your own body. Nothing matters that works for me, if it does not work for YOU! -- barb


    • Bug Spray Worse Than the Bite?
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 102, Number 11, November 1994
      Back in the 30% and more days . . . remember some DEET products are at 100%. -- barb
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1994/102-11/forum.html

       

    • Canadian Agency Bans Some Common Insect Repellent Products,
      While Duke Scientist Shows Neurological Effects
      Children's Health Environmental Coalition
      Ýhttp://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=452

       

    • CanadianNaturopathic Association
      Naturopathic Perspective on West Nile Virus ... includes repellent suggestions
      http://www.naturopathicassoc.ca/wnv.htm

       

    • Crocodile Repellent!
      http://www.safe2use.com/dancing-roots/index.htm

       

    • Purchase: http://www.safe2use.com/store/croc.htm

       

    • DEET - This is NOT a recommendation!
      Frankly, I do not use DEET. Further, I am appallaed at news shows -- and I've written letters
      that have been ignored! -- which run clips of people being sprayed on their exposed skin with
      DEET, also with footage of a pregnant woman being examined and the clear message that
      DEET was fine for pregnant women. Where is the science to back that up?? I suggest you
      do your own research before taking advice from a TV news doctor. Here's a start. -- barb

    • Herbals Lag as Mosquito Repellents
      DEET-Containing Products Far More Effective, Study Finds

      By Susan Okie; Washington Post Staff Writer; Thursday, July 4, 2002; Page A01
      "...Two botanical repellents performed as well as some DEET-based
      products. One, containing oil of eucalyptus -- Repel Lemon
      Eucalyptus Lotion Insect Repellent, which is also marketed as Fite
      Bite Plant-Based Insect Repellent -- protected participants for an
      average of 120 minutes. Another, containing 2 percent soybean oil,
      Bite Blocker for Kids, worked for an average of 95 minutes. ..."
      http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A22061-2002Jul3

       

      InHerbals Lag as Mosquito Repellents, we read: "Consumers have applied DEET
      more than 8 billion times in the past 45 years, and its overall safety record is excellent,
      researchers said." BUT, we still have a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to soaring
      rates of various environmentally linked diseases. Until those questions are answered, with more
      than the standard one-word, non-explanation explanation, "UNEXPLAINED," isn¼t
      PREVENTION a wiser course of action? So, for me, it¼s the non-DEET based repellents.

      And here, I'll tell you my personal preference, but it's up to you to try for yourself! EHN
      and I do not tout products. The only reason I'm stating what I use is, I've been so often asked.
      Crocodile -- all-natural, organically grown, herbal-based protection for the skin.
      I can handle its odor and it's safe on my skin and the skin of my grandchildren. However,
      I've yet to learn if my daughter who has eczema can use it . . . It's available from
      Dancing Roots (http://www.dancingroots.com/) and from
      Safe2Use (http://www.safe2use.com/dancing-roots/croc-about.htm). -- barb

       

    • "DUKE PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON DEET'S BRAIN EFFECTS
      WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE"

      The last paragraph states the concerns of Dr. Abou-Donia quite clearly:
      " 'The take home message is to be safe and cautious when using insecticides," said Abou-Donia. 'Never use insect repellents on infants, and be wary of using them on children in general. Never combine insecticides with each other or use them with other medications. Even so simple a drug as an antihistamine could interact with DEET to cause toxic side effects. Don't spray your yard for bugs and then take medications. Until we have more data on potential interactions in humans, safe is better than sorry.' "
      http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/med/deet.htm

      And because so many are so interested in repellents because of the hyped-to-dread WNV ...

    • TOP 10 LIES ABOUT WEST NILE VIRUS
      http://www.abstractblack.com/ledermanvirus.html

       

    Integrated Pest Management


  • Biological Control Virtual Information Center
    http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/biocontrol/newindex.html



  • Biology and Control of Insect Vectors
    UC scientists have discovered several natural enemies of GWSS
    http://danr.ucop.edu/news/speeches/vectors.html

     

  • CalEPA, Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
    http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/

  • California, University of, Pest Management Guidelines
    http://axp.ipm.ucdavis.edu/default.html


    CANADA


  • ETI Environmental
    http://www.toxint.com/

     

    • A national assessment of all aerial spraying in the U.S.
      R.K. Simon, Ph.D.
      Environmental & Toxicology International
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/alertspr.htm

       

    • ETI Pesticide Patch for Pesticide Monitoring
      "... What is the Cost of the Pesticide Patch Analysis?
      "The routine cost of the patch for the analysis by ETI's pesticides screen is $ 150 per patch.
      This testing will provide analysis for about 35 common pesticides used for termite
      control, interior pest control, lawn pesticide control and other uses. A report with a
      list of pesticides tested and quantitative levels for any found will be provided by ETI.
      The analysis usually takes about 7 days after ETI receives the patch.

      "Special Pricing for Staten Island, New York.
      "ETI is providing special pricing of $ 75.00 per patch for Staten Island, New York residents.
      Please enclose your check with the shipment of the patch. ETI does not accept credit cards. ..."
      http://www.toxint.com/page41.html

       

    • Topics discussed
      Info on VOCs, Inert ingredients of Dibrom®, Pyrethroids, Dursban, etc. -- barb
      http://www.toxint.com/page30.html

       

    • How to Evaluate Environmental Hazards in Your Home
      http://www.toxint.com/page22.html

       

    • Toxicity of "Inert" Ingredients in the Pesticide Dibrom³ (Naled)
      http://www.toxint.com/page25.html

       

  • Fabulous Web Sites!
    Ted Radcliffe and Bill Hutchison
    Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
    Found via the Wayback Machine. -- barb
    http://web.archive.org/web/19971015110717/http://www.ent.agri.umn.edu/academics/classes/ipm/favorite.htm

     

  • Florida, University of
    http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~entweb/publicat.htm



  • The Happy Gardener
    Residential IPM: Contra Costa County, California
    http://www.happygardener.com/text/about1.htm

  • Get Set, Inc - NonToxic Pest Control
    http://www.getipm.com

     

  • INSTITUTE OF PEST MANAGEMENT
    Teaching Intelligent Pest ManagementÅ
    http://www.learnipm.com/

  • Integrated Pest Management Program, List 2000 - San Francisco
    http://www.sfgov.org/ipm/list2000.htm

     

  • Integrated Pest Management for Schools
    (Link out via frames from their homepage. -- barb)
    http://www.spcpweb.org

  • Iowa State University, Integrated Pest Management at
    http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/

  • LadyBugs
  • Marin County [California] Integrated Pest Management Program
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/marinipm.htm

     

  • Mosquito Magnet -
    Introducing The Most Effective Control of Biting Insects. Ever.

    http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/

     

  • National Science Foundation, Center for IPM
    http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/cipm/

  • NON-TOXIC PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN A SCHOOL SETTING
    http://www.safe2use.com/ipm/ipm-program.ht

  • Pennsylvania IPM Program
    http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/

     

  • Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook
    Edward (Ted) B. Radcliffe and William (Bill) D. Hutchison, originators of this site,
    are faculty members in the Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural,
    Food, and Environmental Science; University of Minnesota
    http://www.ipmworld.umn.edu/

  • San Francisco IPM Program
    http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/environment/pestord.htm

     

  • SELECTIVITY OF INSECTICIDES AND MITICIDES U.C. Davis
    http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r107300811.html

     

  • Slug it out naturally with your garden's unwanted insect pests
    by Janet Macunovich
    http://detnews.com/homestyl/9712/06/growcon/growcon.htm

  • Terra Viva Organics
    (Click on image to enter site and then link out to "Pest Control." --barb)
    http://www.tvorganics.com/

  • University of California Statewide IPM Project
    • Pests of Agricultural Crops, Floriculture and Ornamental Nurseries,
      and Commercial Turfgrass UC Pest Management Guidelines


      All contents copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of California.
      The GWSS isn't included, nor is the wine industry. Do they not care?
      Or, is GWSS not a such a big deal? -- barb

      http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/GENERAL/pesticides.html

    • View Preprocessed Statewide or County [Pesticide Use] Reports
      And, we call this Integrated Pest Management ... notice it is not non-toxic pest control! -- barb
      http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PUSE/prepared.html

       

    The Washington Toxics Coalition
    " ... is a non-profit, member-based organization dedicated to protecting public health
    and the environment by identifying and promoting alternatives to toxic chemicals. We
    use research, grassroots organizing, publications and presentations, conferences,
    and our Toxics Hotline to provide reliable information about preventing pollution in
    homes, schools, workplaces, agriculture, and industry."
    http://www.watoxics.org/index.html

    -- end IPM --

    Pesticide, Fertilizer, & GMO Articles

  • AllerCare Dust Mite Powder Recall
    Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, Florida Chapter Inc.
    http://www.aafaflorida.org/recall_1_18_00.htm

     

  • Alliance for Human Research Protection
    AHRP is a national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing
    responsible and ethical medical research practices, to ensure that the human rights,
    dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected, and to minimize the risks
    associated with such endeavors.

    "Comprehensive scientific review concluded: All pesticides pose serious health risks to
    humans-- especially children ... Sat, 8 May 2004
    http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/04/05/08.html

     

  • American Nurses Association
    Search this site for "pesticide" . . . also "fragrance" . . . you'll learn something! -- barb
    http://nursingworld.org/

     

    • Children's Health and the Environement - Safe Workplaces and Healthy Learning Places: Environmentally Healthy Schools
      by Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN; Brenda M. Afzal, MS, RN; Marian E. Condon, BSN, BA, RN;
      Erin K. Belka, BS; Tonya M. McKee, BA
      http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod250/cesafull.htm

      The section on pesticides: http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod250/cesafull.htm#pest

       

    • Asparagus Fights Common Pesticide
      And barb thinks orgainc is best . . . so here is another reason to enjoy!
      Enzyme May Give the Veggie Pesticide-Fighting Powers
      By Miranda Hitti; WebMD Medical News
      Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Thursday, September 23, 2004
      "Sept. 23, 2004 -- Looking to limit your exposure to pesticides? You may want to develop
      a taste for asparagus. The skinny green stalks appear to contain an enzyme that
      degrades a commonly used pesticide called malathion. ..."
      http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/94/102865.htm

       

    • Children's Health and the Environement -
      Environmentally Healthy Homes and Communities
      Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN; Brenda M. Afzal, MS, RN; Marian E. Condon, MS, RN
      Erin K. Belka, BS; Tonya M. McKee, BA
      You can even see some pesticide product recalls. -- barb
      http://nursingworld.org/mods/mod290/cehm10.htm

       

  • Barren Justice By Sasha Lilley; CorpWatch, May 13, 2004 "Francisco Gonz·les believes he lost his chance to be a father because of the pesticide
    DBCP. 'I can't have children,' says Gonz·les who began working in the banana
    plantations of Chinandega, Nicaragua, in 1975, when he was 20 years old. 'It's very
    painful, you know, each one of us would like to have our own child, a child of our
    blood. But I was poisoned.' ..."
    http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/inequal/labor/2004/0614pesticide.htm

     

  • British Society for Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine
    New report: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity ‚ recognition and management
    K Eaton & H Anthony (moderators)
    This report considers the effects of very low doses of the toxic substances to which we are
    all exposed, concluding that current toxicological models, and the policies that flow
    from them, are inadequate. The BSAENM identify MCS as an allergic response to

    environmental contamination, urging the government and other decision-makers to adopt policies which will reduce people¼s overall toxic load.

    åIn spite of the availability of potent medicines, the numbers of the population who claim
    to have chronic illness rose 66 per cent between 1972 and 1996¼, the report observes.
    åThere is a prevalence of åmedically unexplained¼ symptoms, and conventional medical
    management for these conditions is, by definition, inadequate. Toxicant-induced loss of
    tolerance (TILT) may cause conditions with many different medical and surgical
    diagnoses (including asthma, eczema, rhinitis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
    irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn¼s disease, migraine, depression and chronic fatigue)
    ä as well as many tiresome symptoms which are largely disregarded by the medical
    profession.¼
    http://www.pan-uk.org/Projects/Exposure/pex/pexartilces/MCSrep.htm

     

  • The Bug Man - Richard Fagerlund
    The Bug Man's column appears Saturdays in the San Francisco Chronicle. -- barb
    http://www.askthebugman.com

     

  • Californians for Pesticide Reform -- CPR
    Poisoning the Air
    " ... Many doctors are inadequately trained to diagnose pesticide poisoning. ... " http://www.pesticidereform.org/resources/poisonAir/poisonAir.html

     

  • Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ)
    The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice serves as a resource
    center for community groups working on environmental justice issues. We provide
    information / publications; direct assistance to groups; outreach, referral and network
    development, and training / leadership development.
    http://www.ccaej.org/

     

    • Taken from the Summer 1998 issue of Synergy
      Chrissy's Story; The Poisons Around Us; Pesticide Myths of Safety
      "... While the city does nothing, I have been labeled crazy, emotional, and responsible
      for all the bad press my daughter's death has brought Fontana. My question is this: why
      are we appalled at chemical warfare in other countries, when we permit it in our
      own backyard?

      To answer the rhetorical question: Because it is far easier to believe government protects the
      public and industry tells us the truth . . . Sadly, it too often is only AFTER THE FACT of illness
      or death of a loved one that people begin researching the problem. And then, they are up
      against industry propaganda that labels them malingerers, psychosomatic, pains in the collective
      backside of humanity, . . . and who wants to be so labeled? It seems easier to believe
      government protects ...

      Janine Matelko, I am so very sorry to learn you lost your daughter to pesticide poisonings.
      Because you chose to share your story, perhaps another child may live.


      http://www.ccaej.org/projects/pesticides.htm

       

  • Behold this Dreamer:
    What Happened to Marie ... at a Southern Baptist University

    http://members.aol.com/DonationDrive/Dream.html

     

  • CDC: Surveillance for Acute Insecticide-Related Illness Associated with
    Mosquito-Control Efforts --- Nine States, 1999--2002

    Now, what I wonder, is does CDC look to long-term effects, say of Malathion poisoning?
    We know that we lost Julia Kendall to leukemia that developed as a result of malathion poisoning.
    Surveillance for acute illnesses is one thing, but what about the long-term effects, including
    Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Parkinson's, etc? -- barb

    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5227a1.htm

     

  • Chicago Wilderness Magazine
    The Great Spray Debate: Spring 2003
    Could synthetic sprays eliminate our best defenseagainst West Nile virus ã a healthy ecosystem?
    by Arthur Melvile Pearson
    Let me assure you, that inhaling the residue of pyrethroid pesticides, sprayed in the workplace,
    can cause health problems too. My body responded with tinnitus and then spontaneously
    cratering sores, that took a good half year or better to heal. Pesticides are NOT safe! -- barb

    "... According to the National Pesticide Information Center, inhaling pyrethroids ã
    if you happened to be outdoors during spraying, for instance ã can cause its own
    flu-like symptoms: "coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, runny or stuffy nose,
    chest pain, or difficulty breathing...rash, itching, or blisters." Those most at risk are the
    young, the elderly, those with asthma, andx those with chemical sensitivity.

    "As for long-term risks, the EPA has determined that pyrethroids are carcinogenic,
    although which risk classification remains to be determined. The No Spray Coalition
    reports that the various elements in Anvil are either known or suspected to be toxic to
    the liver, kidneys, the gastrointestinal tract, and the respiratory tract. ..." [Emphasis added/.]
    http://chicagowildernessmag.org/issues/spring2003/spraydebate.html

     

  • Danger in the Air.(pesticide use in US airliners) Author/s: Karin Winegar
    Mother Jones- July-August, 1998
    " ... Several major U.S. airlines, including American, Continental, Delta, TWA, and
    US Airways, confirm that they use pesticides regularly or occasionally, but would not
    disclose what types they use. ..."
    http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1329/n4_v22/20908466/print.jhtml

     

  • DURSBAN CASE STUDY: The Toxic Pesticide the EPA Has Declined (So Far) to Ban
    Inaction Could Harm Your Health
    David Case is a reporter for TomPaine.com. - 1999
    He writes about the environment for the magazine.
    http://www.ohiocitizen.org/campaigns/pesticides/tompaine.htm

     

  • Environmental Toxins
    Linda Chae's You have a right to know!
    http://www.lindachae.com/environmental_toxins.htm

    EPA's RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF PESTICIDE POISONINGS
    "... Pesticide poisoning is a commonly under-diagnosed illness in America to-day.[sic]
    Despite recommendations by the Institute of Medicine and others urging
    the integration of environmental medicine into medical education, health care
    providers generally receive a very limited amount of training in occupational
    and environmental health, and in pesticide-related illnesses, in particular
    .1 ..."
    [emphasis added]

    Reference
    1. Institute of Medicine. Role of the Primary Care Physician in Occupational and
    Environ-mental Medicine, Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, 1988.
    http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm

     

  • FertilizerToxins in Familiar Places - Arsenic and old waste
    By Jackie Hunt Christensen; Sunday, September 15, 2002; ©2002 San Francisco Chronicle
    This is a must read. -- barb
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL&type=printable

     

  • The Dark side of Domestic Chemicals
    http://www.europa.com/edge/NR/flea.html

     

  • Discovery Channel's Toxic Legacies
    "... the story of one tireless anthropologist's quest for answers to some disturbing
    findings in a small Mexican town. ..."
    http://health.discovery.com/premiers/toxic/inside.html

     

  • "DUKE PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON DEET'S BRAIN EFFECTS
    WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE"

    The last paragraph states the concerns of Dr. Abou-Donia quite clearly:
    " 'The take home message is to be safe and cautious when using insecticides," said Abou-Donia. 'Never use insect repellents on infants, and be wary of using them on children in general. Never combine insecticides with each other or use them with other medications. Even so simple a drug as an antihistamine could interact with DEET to cause toxic side effects. Don't spray your yard for bugs and then take medications. Until we have more data on potential interactions in humans, safe is better than sorry.' "
    http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/med/deet.htm

     

  • Earthbound Farm- Organic
    Study: Hispanic farmworkers experience higher rates of leukemia, brain, skin cancers
    By KIM BACA; Associated Press Writer; Mon March 18, 2002 01:11 EST
    http://www.ebfarm.com/news-world/farmworkers.html

     

  • EPA - Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings
    PDF file available. -- barb
    http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm

     

  • Environmental Working Group's
    Pesticide Industry Propaganda: The Real Story

    Check out the real stories behind many of the industry commonly spawned myths! -- barb
    http://www.ewg.org/reports/Myths/Myth_home.html

     

  • FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
  • Fairfax prepares for court
    By Rebecca Rosen Lum; Marin Independent Journal
    It's more than just politics that make strange bedfellows . . . the state of
    California looks like it hopped into bed with the pesticide industry and that
    works against the public's right to know! -- barb

    http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/index5001796.html

     

    See EHN's section on Fertilizers
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/f.htm#Fertilizers

  • GetIPM.com
    http://www.getipm.com
  • Globe and Mail
  • GMO FREE MENDOCINO
    VICTORY! MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRST COUNTY IN NATION TO BAN THE
    GROWING OF GENETICALLY ALTERED CROPS AND ANIMALS
    Despite spending $55 on each NO vote, industry-fueled opposition is crushed.
    Measure H supported by 56.5 percent of voters. - March 3, 2004
    http://www.gmofreemendo.com/press_releases/2004-03-03.html

     

  • Health Care Without Harm
    http://www.noharm.org/pesticidesCleaners/issue
  • Help planet by creating a `safe zone'
    BY JOAN JACKSON; Published Friday, April 20, 2001; San Jose Mercury News
    http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/arts/garden/docs/joanie20.htm

     

  • Healthy Lawns Without Pesiticides
    http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/parks/healthylawn/index.htm

     

    Herbicide ruining compost; chemical detected in vegetable gardens
    Los Angeles Times and Seattle Times staff
    Friday, December 28, 2001 - 12:00 a.m. Pacific
    " The Washington state Department of Agriculture is considering banning some uses
    of an herbicide that is toxic to several vegetables and has been discovered in compost.

    "Traces of Clopyralid, manufactured by Dow AgroSciences and deadly to potatoes,
    peppers, tomatoes and beans, have been found in compost made from recycled grass,
    straw and manure in Washington, California, Pennsylvania and New Zealand. ..."
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134383978_compost28m.html

    How to Keep Your Kids Safe from Pesticides
    Ladies' Home Journal - [page 116 September 1999 ]
    http://www.safe2use.com/media/moses.htm

    THE IMPACT OF CHEMICAL LAWN CARE ON HUMAN HEALTH
    By Roy Fox
    "Lawn care in urban Canada has become increasingly dependent upon chemicals. ..."
    http://www.eisc.ca/royfox1.html

     

  • Journal of Pesticide Reform
    HOT WATER A "COOL" NEW WEED CONTROL METHOD
    http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/MagRack/JPR/JPR_27.htm

     

  • Marin Independent Journal
    Pesticide use on trails stops
    By Richard Halstead
    "... This month, Brown short-circuited plans to spray the weed-killer Roundup on the
    Creekside Park trail, between Bon Air Road and College Avenue in Kentfield, after
    the Pesticide Education Group mounted a small protest demonstration, said Susan
    Christman, who founded the group. ..."
    http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/news9002166.shtml

    now available through http://web.archive.org/web/20021012202851/http://www.marinij.com/news/stories/news9002166.shtml

     

  • Monsanto Sues 70-Year-Old Farmer
    March 30, Toronto (WP); Orion Society
    "A judge yesterday ordered a Canadian farmer to pay thousands of dollars to the
    biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. because the company¼s genetically engineered
    canola plants were found growing in his field, apparently after pollen from modified
    plants had blown onto his property from nearby farms. ..."
    http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/oo/sidebars/absurd/absurd_monsanto.html

     

  • Natural Resources Defense Council
    http://www.nrdc.org

     

    • Poisons on Pets - Health Hazards from Flea and Tick Products
      ; November 2000 NRDC report http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/pets/execsum.asp

       

    • Agricultural Solutions -- Improving Water Quality in California
      Through Water Conservation and Pesticide Reduction

      "... Pesticides
      "Pesticides are chemicals used to control insects, weeds and plant diseases. They are
      inherently toxic compounds; risks to human health and the environment primarily
      depend on the relative toxicity of individual compounds. Experimental and
      epidemiological studies demonstrate that humans exposed to pesticides are subject
      to a variety of health risks including cancer, neurotoxicity, reproductive harm, birth
      defects and damage to the immune and endocrine systems. Pesticides also have caused
      cases of acute poisoning in farm workers. Environmental risks such as toxicity to
      beneficial insects, aquatic organisms, and birds also are well documented. ..."
      http://www.nrdc.org/water/conservation/ragsosum.asp

       

  • Nova Scotia Allergy and Environmental Health Association (NSAEHA)
    http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/

    How Much Do You Pay For Your Neighbour¼s Lawn Care?
    BY FLORENCE SENAY; Update Spring 1999
    http://www.environmentalhealth.ca/spring99pay.html

     

  • Organic Gardening Ý Roundup Kills More Than Weeds
    http://web.archive.org/web/20001217023400/http://www.organicgardening.com/watchdog/roundup.html

     

  • Orlando News Weekly
  • Our Toxic Dogs
    By Barbara Bouyet
    Good information on common pesticides found on our food -- meat and produce. -- barb
    http://www.akitarescue.com/our_toxic-dogs.htm

     

  • PCT Online ª News ª California Pesticide Use Drops By Jodi Dorsch; 10/23/2002
    "The California Department of Pesticide Regulation recently announced that
    reported pesticide use dropped by more than 30 million pounds in 2001, to
    the lowest level since DPR began collecting the data more than a decade ago."
    http://www.pctonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=1458

     

  • Pesticide Use in Marin
    By Kim Helmuth, Science Interchange's Teen Environmental Media Network reporter
    http://www.eecom.net/earthscope_16.htm

     

  • PESTICIDE WARS
    © By 1998 Charles W. Moore
    http://barque.freeyellow.com/lawn.html

     

  • TheSanDiegoChannel.com
    http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/

     

    • Unit10 Investigation: Valley Center Cancer Some Suspect 'Cancer Cluster'
      Posted: 6:20 p.m. PST November 16, 2001; Updated: 8:37 p.m. PST November 16, 2001
      "SAN DIEGO -- An unusually high number of illnesses in Valley Center has county
      officials investigating the possibility of a cancer cluster, 10News' Kim Edwards reported
      in a Unit10 Investigation. ..."
      http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-108356120011116-201101.html

       

    • Experts To Investigate Cancer Cluster
      Several Cancer Cases Found In Valley Center
      Posted: 6:45 p.m. PST January 24, 2002; Updated: 7:07 p.m. PST January 24, 2002
      "VALLEY CENTER, Calif. -- Some Valley Center parents may finally get answers
      to life and death questions about an unusually high number of cancer cases in the area, 10News reported. ..."
      http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-120600420020124-200152.html

       

  • San Francisco Chronicle Toxins in Familiar Places
    Arsenic and old waste
    Jackie Hunt Christensen; Sunday, September 15, 2002; ©2002 SF Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL

    printer version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL&type=printable

     

  • Seattle Public Utilities
    Think Twice About Pesticides Alternatives to Pesticides or"Weed-and-Feed."
    "These products can damage soil and lawn health and pollute our waterways. Some
    studies also suggest that regular use of pesticides may harm our health. . . ."
    http://www.seattle.gov/util/Services/Yard/Natural_Lawn_&_Garden_Care/Natural_Lawn_Care/THINKTWIC_200311261653108.asp

     

  • Seattle Times
    • Purging The Pests: Do what the zoo folks do ã the simple stuff
      Pacific Northwest Magazine / Plant Life; Friday, August 01, 2003
      By Valerie Easton
      "INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT sounds intimidatingly technical, perhaps most
      appropriate for professional horticulturists. Not so, I learned on a recent trip to the
      Woodland Park Zoo. Called IPM for short, this kind of pest control is nothing more
      than pursuing the least toxic solution first ã as useful a concept for home gardeners
      as for those maintaining public grounds. ... "
      http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/plantlife/2001232023_plife03.html

       

    • Seattle Times Special Reports
      Includes "Fear in the fields; How hazardous waste becomes fertilizer" series. -- barb http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/special/

       

  • SiliconValley-San Jose Business Journal
    October 16, 2002
    California pesticide use drops to new low
    " Pesticide use dropped by more than 30 million pounds in 2001, to the lowest
    level since data collection began more than a decade ago, according to the
    California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

    "Preliminary DPR statistics show that reported pesticide applications totaled
    151 million pounds, compared with about 188 million pounds in 2000. The data
    also show declining use of chemicals classified as possible carcinogens, reproductive
    toxins and toxic air contaminants, the DPR says. Usage dropped both in pounds
    applied and acres treated.
    http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/10/14/daily37.html

     

  • Summit Daily, Breckenridge
    Other voices
    By Stacy Malkan; guest columnist "... We have been repeatedly told that the pesticides in use are not harmful, but the fact is, there is no proof they are safe. As amazing as it may seem, standard tests for cancer, birth defects, reproductive toxicity and other long-term health problems are not required under law for chemicals used in most products, including pesticides ..." http://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/op2_040601.html

    ThomasPaine.common sense
    A Journal of Opinion
    http://www.tompaine.com

     

    • A VICTIM'S STORY: Poisoned!
      His Doctor's Story. His Story.

      Jacob Berkson is the former Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. General
      Services Administration, and a former Maryland State Representative.

      Editor's note: A Canary's Tale is Mr. Berkson's self-published book
      documenting his encounter with Dursban, a common pesticide. It is a
      personal story of chemical poisoning and its real-life impact. But it is
      also a story about the Doubting Thomases in the medical
      establishment, who continue to harbor skepticism about chemical
      sensitivity in humans. One who changed his mind was Berkson's own
      doctor, Norman Rosenthal. His story, which appears as the forward to
      the book, is published below, followed by an excerpt from Chapter One.

      " There is no generally agreed upon mechanism for how
      such a process might unfold biologically, though speculations
      about this question abound. One speculation is that patients
      with this problem are neurotics, hypochondriacs and malingerers.
      In my view, this is frequently an erroneous explanation for a
      complicated biological phenomenon and an injustice to many
      people who suffer from a legitimate, albeit ill-understood, affliction.

      "I have come to understand that chronic exposure to low dosages
      of toxic chemicals can be as detrimental as one-shot exposures to
      high doses of toxins." -- Dr. Norman Rosenthal, M.D.
      http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/07/index.html

      Via The Wayback Machine:http://web.archive.org/web/20000930123021/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/07/index.html


    • CHICKEN LITTLE: This Time It's Industry that's Crying the Sky Is Falling
      A Campaign of Fear is Savaging the Food Quality Protection Act


      Jeannine M. Kenney, Edward Groth III and Charles M. Benbrook are
      analysts for Consumers Union, a non-profit organization that produces
      Consumers Report, among other publications.
      http://web.archive.org/web/20011201014113/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/07/1.html

       

    • DURSBAN CASE STUDY: The Toxic Pesticide the EPA Has Declined (So Far) to Ban
      Inaction Could Harm Your Health
      David Case is a reporter for TomPaine.com. - 1999
      He writes about the environment for the magazine.
      http://www.ohiocitizen.org/campaigns/pesticides/tompaine.htm

       

    • INDUSTRY PROPAGANDA: The So-Called Alar Scare
      Don't Believe the Hype -- It Was Real

      Kenneth Cook is president of the Environmental Working Group.
      "The government always insists the food supply is 'safe.' Right up until
      it bans a high-risk pesticide like Alar that has been on the market, and
      in the food of millions of children, for decades. Then the government says
      the safe food supply is 'safer.' "
      http://web.archive.org/web/20011210123343/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/04/index.html

       

    • TOXIC DECEPTION: The Chemical Industry's Propaganda Campaign to Discredit a Frontline ExposÈ Keeping the Public in the Dark Charles Lewis is the executive director of the Center for Public Integrity. "Editor's Note: In 1999, Dan Fagin, Marianne Lavelle and the Center for Public Integrity wrote Toxic Deception, an exposÈ of the chemical industry's orchestrated campaign to hide the truth about its products from the public. Following is an excerpt from the Introduction, which was written by Mr. Lewis." http://web.archive.org/web/20011201014111/http://www.tompaine.com/features/2000/02/04/1.html

      --end pesticide articles on TomPaine.com , but don't let me stop you from searching for your own favorites! --

  • Toxic gardens?
    Concerns raised on health risks of green grass

    By Francesca Lyman MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR
    Save this article . . . MSNBC drops great articles after a short while. -- barb
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/809243.asp

     

  • Toxins in Familiar Places
    Arsenic and old waste

    Jackie Hunt Christensen; Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002; ©2002 San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL

    Print version: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/15/ED1334.DTL&type=printable

     

  • Troublesome inconsistencies in the federal regulation of pyrethrin-based shampoos
    Michael H Surgan; Environmental Protection Bureau New York State
    Attorney General's Office 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271
    http://www.ewjm.com/cgi/content/full/174/3/169

     

  • The Village Voice
    • EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People
      Spoon-Feeding Poison
      by Tennille Tracy; July 9 - 15, 2003
      "The Bush administration is now moving to endorse the testing of noxious
      and lethal chemicals on human beings. Since this spring, despite rife
      opposition from the medical community, the Environmental Protection
      Agency has quietly begun lifting a 1998 ban on accepting such research. ..."
      http://www.villagevoice.com/print/issues/0328/tracy.php

       

        My letter to VV ...
        When I was in 6th and 7th grades, St. Louis, southside, I had a few bouts of excessive
        drooling. I'd not be able to swallow fast enough. Drool would then pour forth from my
        mouth, coat my desk and clothes. The first time it happened I had no idea what was
        about to follow . . . so I puked right there at my desk. After that, I'd try to get the
        teacher's attention to run to the bathroom. If I couldn't, I'd just run out and deal with
        being in trouble later.

        Based upon my current understandings, I'd bet the city was spraying outside of school
        at that time and that was my reaction. At that time, no one equated my experiences with
        pesticide poisonings. I didn't always have excessive drooling and vomiting. It wasn¼t
        like it always happened during tests, although that was the case the first time. It also
        occurred in the fun part of class ... which I hated to miss by getting sick.

        It's that fact that my symptoms were sporadic and before the end of the school year that
        leads me to think pesticides. There's little need for pesticides in St. Louis winters! And,
        why not again in 8th grade? My family moved to a farm in the Ozarks . . . away from
        city spraying and my folks weren¼t crazy about the „need¾ for using pesticides; there
        are safer alternatives.

        How many other students were inadvertent guinea pigs and yet fall into the category of
        NEVER MEASURE, NEVER MANAGE?

        For more information and links to resources, visit the Environmental Health Network at
        http://www.ehnca.org.

        Sincerely,
        Barb Wilkie; July 21, 2003
  • Washington Post
    Colombians Protest Fumigation
    By Karen DeYoung; Washington Post Staff Writer;
    Wednesday, August 1, 2001; Page A13
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14419-2001Jul31.html

     


    -- end pesticide articles --


    Pesticide Chemicals

    Note: Work is underway on this section ... other chemicals can be found below in the category
    Pesticide Information. I'm pulling them out of there and putting them in this subcategory ...
    thinking that that will make it easier for you to find a particular chemical. -- barb


  • 2,4-D
  • Aldrin and Dieldrin
    CAS#: Aldrin 309-00-2; Dieldrin 60-57-1; September 2002
    http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts1.html

     

  • ALPHABETIC ACTIVE CHEMICAL CODE REPORT - EPA
    Office of Pesticide Programs
    http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/DataSubmittersList/dslchem.htm

  • Atrazine - Hormone disrupter and more!
  • Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards
    Rachel Carson Council, Inc. - "Selected sample excerpts and pesticide clusters"
    http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/samples.htm

     

  • Carbaryl

     

     

  • CHLOROPICRIN
  • Chlorpyrifos
    DEET

     

      See Insect Repellents, above and West Nile Virus, EHN's page W

    • Bug Spray Worse Than the Bite?
      Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 102, Number 11, November 1994
      Back in the 30% and more days . . . -- barb
      http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1994/102-11/forum.html

       

    • DUKE PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON DEET'S BRAIN
      EFFECTS WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE

      " DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University Medical Center pharmacologist is recommending caution
      when using the insecticide DEET, after his animal studies last year found the chemical causes diffuse
      brain cell death and behavioral changes in rats after frequent and prolonged use. ..."
      http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/med/deet.htm

       

  • Dibrom
    ETI Environmental, Inc.
    http://www.toxint.com/page25.html

     

  • DIELDRIN
    International Chemical Safety Cards
    http://www.itcilo.it/english/actrav/telearn/osh/ic/60571.htm

    Dioxin

     

  • Consumer Factsheet on: GLYPHOSATE by the US EPA
    "Trade Names and Synonyms:
      Glialka
      Roundup
      Sting
      Rodeo
      Spasor
      Muster
      Tumbleweed
      Sonic
      Glifonox
      Glycel
      Rondo "
    "What are the Health Effects?
      "Short-term: EPA has found glyphosate to potentially cause the following health effects when people are exposed to it at levels above the MCL for relatively short periods of time: congestion of the lungs; increased breathing rate.

      " Long-term: Glyphosate has the potential to cause the following effects from a lifetime exposure at levels above the MCL: kidney damage, reproductive effects. ..."

    http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/dw_contamfs/glyphosa.html

     

  • Glyphosate Fact Sheet - A Greenpeace Report
    http://archive.greenpeace.org/~usa/reports/biodiversity/glyp.html

     

  • It's Time to Halt the Use of Cancer-Causing and Other Harmful Pesticides in
    Portland's Public Schools

    http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:lX2Q20wrlmQJ:www.pesticide.org/PDXSchoolsActionAlert.pdf+Harmful+effects+of+RoundUp+Pro&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

    or PDF
    http://www.pesticide.org/PDXSchoolsActionAlert.pdf

    Pesiticde chemicals used against the GWSS, beneficial bugs, humans and pets . . .

  • Health and Ecological Effects of Pesticides Used to
    Combat the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter in California, 2000

    The No Spray Action Network
    Graton, CA 95444
    http://www.freestone.com/nospray/pesthealtheffects.html

     

      Note: At the bottom of this window of info, you'll find, Non-chemical and
      least-toxic approaches are safer and more effective. Short-term solutions. My two bits' worth:
      Don't kill off beneficial bugs; don't slowly and painfully kill off people and their pets -- barb


    • Respond to the DIER for California's GWSS pesticide program
      See EHN's Act Now! / GWSS for details from No Spray Action Network
      http://ehnca.org/www/ehnhompg/action.htm#GWSS

       

  • Imidacloprid - Beekeepers call Imidacloprid "the end of beekeeping."
    " ... From its introduction, 'Imidacloprid' the active substance was announced as the first
    systemic soil insecticide applied as a seed treatment ("GAUCHO"). Neuro toxic, it
    works by contact as well as ingestion, on the nervous system by maintaining neural
    activity, inducing a tetanic condition resulting in the death of the insect. It presents a wide
    spectrum of effectiveness: soil pests as well as piercing/sucking insects are affected. ..."
    http://www.apiculture.com/articles/gaucho/gaucho_france.htm

     

  • Malathion
    As you read through information on Malathion, hold a thought for Julia Kendall. She was inadvertently sprayed while in an open convertible while driving in southern California
    during the late 1980s. They were spray for the medfly. Julia's body's reaction was leukemia
    and MCS. Julia died July 12, 1997 but her work lives on. -- barb

    • Malathion Research
      by Wayne Sinclair, M.D., Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (Immunology Board Certified)
      Richard W. Pressinger, M.Ed., Tampa, Florida
      http://www.chem-tox.com/malathion/research/

       

    • Transcript of testimony of Dr. Adrienne Buffaloe on the effects of pesticides
      on people, particularly malathion and pyrethroids based on her own evaluations of her
      patients, before hearings held by a Congressional panel chaired by Congressional
      representative Gerald Ackerman, of Queens NY.

      "... Malathion, the manufacturer's own sheets state what the health effects are.
      There is a note on those data sheets to the doctors informing the doctors that
      Pipanol and Malathion can cause respiratory, cardiac and neurological dysfunction,
      including coma, muscle spasms, labor breathing, frothing of the mouth and nose,
      nausea, vomiting, headache, and weakness.
      [emphasis added] "

      http://www.nospray.org/buffaloe.shtml

       

  • No Foam B
    I found precious little info on No Foam B . . .
    MSDS, HTML
    http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:FEQPX9ExPY0J:www.montereylawngarden.com/pdf/nofoamb-1099-m.pdf+%22No+Foam+B%22++&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 PDF http://www.montereylawngarden.com/pdf/nofoamb-1099-m.pdf I also found, according to Clark Pest that it is supposed to "increase the efficiency of various agricultural chemicals" . . .
    HTML: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:wS3pj5It-SkJ:www.clarkpest.com/MSD_Label/NoFoamB.pdf+%22No+Foam+B%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 PDF file http://www.clarkpest.com/MSD_Label/NoFoamB.pdf

     

  • PESTICIDE INGREDIENTS
    (Information from various sources, with list of ingredients in alphabetical order)
    Copyright © 2000; Susan Wells Vaughan and ATB Communications
    http://home.interpath.com/sioux/tox/INGREDIENTS_A_C.htm

     

  • Pyrethrins or Pyrethroids
    July 2003 -- My chiropractor had discovered a cycle associated with my tinnitus (ringing in
    the ears), as he kept a record of my work-related health complaints, including asthma, headaches,
    and tinnitus. OK, so now I had information that my tinnitus was cyclical., what did that
    mean? I figured it had to be chemical, but my various reactions to fragrances couldn't explain
    it as that was daily and the tinnitus was a monthly pattern, once in a while it was off by a week.
    In the early stages of my tinnitus, it was dramatically eased by adjustments, but after years
    it was chronic. Only now after I've been out of the workplace 4.5 years, and with detoxing
    with the help of chiropractic and the addition of acupuncture and Chinese herbs, do I find
    welcomed breaks in that incessant ringing in my ears.

    But to return to the earlier days of my MCS . . . a few months along, I also experienced a bloom
    of non-healing wounds, mainly on my feet, ankles and lower legs . . . I was already into severe
    acne as one of my various reactions to fragrances worn and used by others, but this was different.
    Fortunately, there would be only one or two really deep sores developing at a time. The
    wounds would manifest as spontaneous craters ranging in size from nickels to quarters . . . a
    few the size of pennies and a couple on my right ankle were the size of a half dollar. (Remember
    those coins?)

    The wounds accompanied the tinnitus on a cycle, though the sores would remain for six or
    more months, once they had developed. They healed slowly from the depths of the center, up
    and toward the outside. They were not only ugly and painful but could impede my walking,
    particularly when developing on my ankles and calves. Occasionally one would appear on my
    thighs or kiester -- if on the sitting part of my anatomy, you can only imagine the pain and
    discomfort. Various ointments, including prescribed, had no noticeable affect upon the healing
    of these sores, and, of course, they weren't recognized by source. I gave up the idea of using
    ointments and just made sure the area remained free of infection. I took a load of Vitamin C.
    I didn't know about tea tree oil in those earlier days of my MCS. If infection looked like it was
    starting to form, I used sugar and covered it with a bandaid. I got by.

    I called my friend, Julia Kendall -- the friend of so many with MCS in the very early 1990s --
    and asked her, What does a monthly cycle of tinnitus mean? She had a one-word explanation
    that WAS an explanation: "PESTICIDES!," she exclaimed. And then she suggested I ask
    management for the records of their spraying: When, what, how much, where . . .
    That info was not easily forthcoming, but they did give it to me. The pesticide spraying coincided
    with my recorded adverse health events, validating Julia's quick assessment. My persistence
    gained the information I had a right to know, but it also hastened me along the path of being
    considered a "problem employee" -- a royal pain in management's collective backside. It was
    sometime during this general timeframe that I was told by my former workplace that all they
    were using were pyrethroids and they were safe. BULL! Their stories of denied
    sprayings, etc., would make another book, suffice it to say, my body always told me when the
    pesticides were sprayed . . . even when off schedule by a week.

    And now, roughly a decade later, I have found the testimony of Dr. Adrienne Buffaloe, below,
    which gives the symptoms of poisoning by Pyrethrins or Pyrethroids.

    This could be read as a major whine by those so bent. So be it. However, I've written this account,
    and others scattered throughout EHN's site, to help give clues to those who are struggling to
    learn just what is the matter with their bodies. The patient has to learn, for the bulk of the
    mainstream doctors are not adequately educated on environmental illnesses. -- barb


    • Cypermethrin
      Cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid, used in "foggers." Foggers are not "safe" insecticdes.
      There are no "safe" pesticides! Buyer beware! -- barb

    • Cypermethrin - MSDS
      E X T O X N E T - Extension Toxicology Network
      "It may cause irritation to the skin and eyes. Symptoms of dermal exposure
      include numbness, tingling, itching, burning sensation, loss of bladder control,
      incoordination, seizures and possible death). Pyrethroids may adversely effect
      the central nervous system... "
      http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/cypermet-ext.html

       

    • Dr. Adrienne Buffaloe
      Transcript of testimony of Dr. Adrienne Buffaloe on the effects of pesticides
      on people, particularly malathion and pyrethroids based on her own evaluations of her
      patients,
      before hearings held by a Congressional panel chaired by Congressional
      representative Gerald Ackerman, of Queens NY.

      "...Pyrethrins or Pyrethroids, ... causes severe allergy attacks in sensitive people,
      dermatitis, asthma, rhinitis, anaphylactic reactions, numbness of the lips and tongue,
      sneezing, vomiting, diarrhea, ringing in the ears and restlessness; it can also cause
      convulsions, which is seizures, incoordination, and death from respiratory paralysis.

      "To say that these pesticides are perfectly safe is an outrage. With Resmethrin or
      Pyrethroid, it's particularly problematic, because the first death from a Pyrethroid
      exposure was reported right here in New York City in 1994, just five years before
      the spraying, by the current director of the New York City Poison Center. And that
      article has been given to the legislators, and it is in your packet. This death was as a
      result of a very brief exposure to Pyrethroid.
      ..." [emphasis added]
      http://www.nospray.org/buffaloe.shtml
  • Sprayed Away
    Did calling in an exterminator put health and home at risk?

    http://www.getipm.com/articles/debore.htm

     

  • Round Up
    http://www.reninet.com/catz/roundref.htm

    • Consumer Factsheet on: GLYPHOSATE by the US EPA
      "Trade Names and Synonyms:
        Glialka
        Roundup
        Sting
        Rodeo
        Spasor
        Muster
        Tumbleweed
        Sonic
        Glifonox
        Glycel
        Rondo "
      "What are the Health Effects?
        "Short-term: EPA has found glyphosate to potentially cause the following health effects when people are exposed to it at levels above the MCL for relatively short periods of time: congestion of the lungs; increased breathing rate.

        " Long-term: Glyphosate has the potential to cause the following effects from a lifetime exposure at levels above the MCL: kidney damage, reproductive effects. ..."

      http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/dw_contamfs/glyphosa.html

       

    • Glyphosate Fact Sheet - A Greenpeace Report
      http://archive.greenpeace.org/~usa/reports/biodiversity/glyp.html

       

    • It's Time to Halt the Use of Cancer-Causing and Other Harmful Pesticides in
      Portland's Public Schools

      http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:lX2Q20wrlmQJ:www.pesticide.org/PDXSchoolsActionAlert.pdf+Harmful+effects+of+RoundUp+Pro&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

      or PDF
      http://www.pesticide.org/PDXSchoolsActionAlert.pdf

       

    • TWO HOME PESTICIDES RECALLED - COULD SPRAY USERS
      http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-06-01a.htm

    • EPA recall on Monsanto Corporation's RoundupÆ
      http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-06-01a-comment.htm

    • Roundup - Safe as it gets?
      Texas Pesticide Information Network
      http://www.txpin.org/parks/roundup.htm

       

    • Toxic Drift: Monsanto and the Drug War in Colombia
      By Jeremy Bigwood; Special to CorpWatch; June 21, 2001
      http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/military/featured/2001/monsanto.html


    • Round Up ProÝ
      Statement of Jay Feldman, Executive Director Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
      at Press Conference on the School Environment Protection Act
      U.S. Senate, October 13, 1999
      "... Glyphosate (Roundup/Rodeo). The adverse effects associated with
      glyphosate were documented by doctors in Japan between June, 1984
      and March, 1986 in cases associated with gastrointestinal, respiratory,
      cardiovascular, and central nervous system damage caused by ingestion.14
      At the time, the doctors identified the surfactant in the pesticides, POEA,
      as the cause of the adverse effects. This raises serious concerns about
      the product formulation, most of which is usually not disclosed on the
      product label, but protected as trade secret information.

      A recent review identifies serious adverse effects associated with
      glyphosate¼s so-called inert ingredients. Inert is a term of art because it
      can include chemicals that are both chemically and biologically active. (See
      below.) Glyphosate products have been reported to contain ammonium sulfate,
      benziothiazolone, 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC), isobutane,
      methyl pryrrolidionone, pelargonic acid, polyethoxylated tallowaine (POEA),
      potassium hydroxide, sodium sulfite and sorbic acid. These chemicals are
      associated with a range of acute effects, including eye irritation, nausea, diarrhea,
      respiratory reactions, miscarriages in laboratory tests, skin reactions, weight loss.
      The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 1998, in an unpublished report
      attributes the following adverse effects to glyphosate exposure: eye irritation,
      painful eyes, burning eyes, blurred vision, swollen eye, face, joints, facial
      numbness, coughing, headaches skin rash, heart palpitations, elevated blood pressure,
      chest pains and more.
      15 ..." [emphasis added]
      http://www.checnet.org/legislation_sepa_bgstatement.asp

       

  • Timbor
    "For protection and preventative treatment of wood* against decay fungi and wood-
    destroying insects, and for remedial control of such pests in infested wood. "
    http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/timbor.htm

     

  • Toxic Pesticides: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us
    http://www.reninet.com/catz/toxicpesticides.htm

    now at http://web.archive.org/web/20010303021708/http://www.reninet.com/catz/toxicpesticides.htm



    Triclopyr
    Also see EHN's General Links, page G / Garlon
    http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/g.htm#Garlon

     

  • TurflonÝ
    Statement of Jay Feldman, Executive Director Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
    at Press Conference on the School Environment Protection Act
    U.S. Senate, October 13, 1999
    "... Triclopyr (Garlon, Turflon). Garlon can cause permanent impairment of vision. Effects include severe conjunctival irritation, moderate internal redness, and moderate to severe corneal injury. Washing is not effective in prevention these effects. Subchronic and chronic feeding laboratory studies found kidney and liver effects in dogs. In soils with low biological activity trichlopyr remained for more than two years. Faftors such as organic matter, pH, temperature and water content influenced the decomposition rate. Triclopyr is mobile and leaches readily into surface run off waters. In October, 1998, EPA issued a label change under its reregistration process which establishes, „Homeowner reentry is restricted until sprays have dried and dusts have settled.¾ The agency is requiring additional product chemistry and acute toxicity studies. ..." http://www.checnet.org/legislation_sepa_bgstatement.asp

     

  • Vikane
    Vikane, or Sulfuryl Fluoride, seemingly has become the killer of choice upon the phasing out of
    methyl bromide in the U.S. I wonder how long it will be before there's another "phasing out"
    and what chemical will move in to then take the place of Vikane? -- barb

    Pesticide Free!

    Pesticide Information
    -- use these sites to become informed of the dangers in using pesticides. You may wish to
    visit sites listed under Toxics at http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/t.htm#TOXICS

    Also visit Newspapers, Online News and References and Publications
    for links to articles of possible interest.

    Note: So many want to know about prenotification forms, so I thought I'd bring
    this info to the top of the resources on pesticides, and why and how to avoid them. Please visit

    Pre-notification form -- Canada
    Environmental Illness Society of Canada
    http://www.eisc.ca/prenotification.htm


  • CDFA - California Department of Food and Agriculture
    http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/

     


    "Revolving Door" - US EPA and the Chemical Industry
    Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
    • Are children at greater risk from pesticide poisoning than adults? (You decide)
      http://www.safe2use.com/data/kids.htm

       

    • The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
      "The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice serves as a resource
      center for community groups working on environmental justice issues. We provide
      information / publications; direct assistance to groups; outreach, referral and network
      development, and training / leadership development."
      E-Mail: Penny Newman at admin@ccaej.org
      Pesticide Organizing Project
      The entire page is worth reading, but specifically . . .
      "Myth #3: I use Roundup and we all know it's safe. Afterall, it's sold in the grocery store.
      "There are two types of ingredients in Roundup and other pesticides - active and inert.
      The active ingredients are those designed to kill the target pest. The "inert" ingredient
      does not mean it's non-toxic or harmless. It is the secret ingredient added to the product
      to either preserve the active ingredients, make them easier to apply or improve their
      killing ability. For example, some inerts soften the skin of the pest, making it easier
      for the active ingredient to get into the pest and kill it.

      "Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, has been assumed to have low animal
      toxicity because the enzyme system which it inhibits is specific to plants. But studies now
      show that Glyphosate can cause acute symptoms including eye and skin irritation and
      nausea, conjunctivitis, vomiting and diarrhea. California statistics show that in 1994,
      glyphosate ranked eighth for most number of complaints filed with the state by
      people poisoned by the product.

      "Glyphosate can also drift off-site during applications. Studies show that from 14-78%
      of it can as far as 1300 feet downwind. Once on the ground, it can persist in soils from
      3 days to a year.

      "Misleading advertising has led many applicators to consider glyphosate nearly non-toxic
      . In 1996, the New York State Attorney General won an injunction against the
      chemical's manufacturer, Monsanto, for falsely claiming that the pesticide is as safe
      as table salt.
      [Emphasis added. This was the very statement used in a meeting with the
      Alameda County, California pesticide experts held in Oakland in April 2001. I was present. -- barb]

      "The inert ingredients [emphasis added] in Roundup may pose more danger
      than it's active ingredient. Japanese emergency medicine professionals reported in Lancet,
      the American Medical Journal, that the "inert" ingredient in the herbicide formulation,
      Roundup, accounts for the acute toxicity they had found in patients poisoned (some
      fatally) by Roundup.

      "Symptoms included vomiting and gastrointestinal pain, swelling of the lungs and
      pneumonia, reduction of blood pressure, clouding of consciousness, and red blood cell
      destruction. The "inert" ingredient they identified in Roundup was polyoxyethyleneamine
      (POEA) actually referring to a family of chemicals. It is added to Roundup to help
      evenly spread the active ingredient, glyphosate, on target plants.

      "EPA reports that it is common for 1,4-dioxane to be present with POEA. The International
      Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) consider 1,4-dioxane and animal carcinogen and
      EPA considers it to be a probable human carcinogen.

      "We continue to not know what is in Roundup and other pesticides because the
      manufacturers are not required to list them on the labels and have claimed that inerts
      are 'confidential business information that should not be available to the public.' EPA
      allows more than 2,000 chemicals to be used as inerts - many cause toxic effects including
      cancer and at least 382 were themselves used as the pesticide active ingredient.

      "In fact, hazardous waste have been allowed to be 'recycled' into pesticides as inerts. You
      may be spraying chemicals like xylene, chloroform, methylene chloride, toluene and
      other toxic chemicals. As one misguided EPA official said, 'it's a way of disposing of
      hazardous materials.'"
      http://www.ccaej.org/projects/pesticides.htm

       

    • Learn to Recognize the Symptoms of Pesticide (Poison) Exposure
      http://www.safe2use.com/data/tree.htm

       

    • Pesticide Poisoning Symptoms and First Aid
      Fred Fishel, Department of Agronomy
      Paul Andre, Missouri Department of Agriculture
      " Pesticide poisoning is a commonly under-diagnosed illness. Health care providers
      generally receive a limited amount of training in occupational and environmental health,
      especially in pesticide-related illnesses."
      http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/agengin/g01915.htm

       

    • Signs and Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
      University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension EC97-2505-A
      http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/pesticides/ec2505.htm

       

    • Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
      2001 Cornell University
      http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/facts-slides-self/core-tutorial/module09/

       

    • Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
      Sources: National Cancer Institute, National Academy of Science,
      Office of Technology Assessment, EPA, OSHA
      http://www.safe2use.com/data/symptoms.htm

       

  • What To Do In A Pesticide Emergency Beyond Pesticides
    701 E Street SE #200
    Washington DC 20003

    phone 202-543-5450
    fax 202-543-4791
    email: info@beyondpesticides.org

    http://www.beyondpesticides.org/todo1.html

     



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