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Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), 49 Powell St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA, Phone: (415) 981-1771, Fax: (415) 981-1991 Email: panna@panna.org , Web: http://www.panna.org ------- Raymond Singer: http://members.aol.com/neurosite/pest99.htm --------------- EPA: Registration Status Information, Office of Pesticide Programs: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/status.htm ---------------- May, 31. 2000: The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that one of the most commonly used pesticides, a compound sold as Dursban and found in dozens of home-and-garden products, may be more dangerous to people than once believed, the Washington Post reported today. http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/06/06012000/reu_pesti_13536.asp ------------------------------- The Politics Behind the Scientific Debate on Dioxin:
Pick your News ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_765000/765742.stmThis is an article about sheep dippers and organophosphate pesticides low levels over periods of time as opposed to one acute exposure. Important info for all of us. ----------------------------------- Scientists to Call for a Ban on BtkFrench government scientists have called for a ban on the insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) after finding that inhaled spores cause lung inflammation, internal bleeding and death in laboratory mice. MORE: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-04-28.htm ****************************************** Before you use "Registered" DEET----- The use of highly concentrated DEET-containing insect repellents shouldbe avoided to reduce the risk of toxicity in both children and adults. The consequences of DEET toxicity are variable and unpredictable. MORE: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-04-28a.htm ************************************** The People Are Speaking----- U.S. Citizens refuse to quietly go to their deaths under the government's pesticide spraying programs (Profit before People) (Governments ignore the Precautionary Principal so citizens must utilize the Bodies-in-the-Street Principal.) MORE: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-04-28b.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM/ SUMMER 1999 VOL.19, NO. 2 BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT PESTICIDES: NORTHWEST COALITION FOR ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES/NCAP DOES GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION MEAN PESTICIDES ARE SAFE? Legally, pesticides are supposed to be regulated so that they do not cause “unreasonable adverse effects” and so that there is “a reasonable certainty that no harm will result” from their use. But does this mean that pesticides, by a common-sense definition, are safe? .... The full article is available at: http://www.pesticide.org/NewArticlesRelease.html
information on natural pest control for both indoor and outdoor pesticides: without navigating the entire site, go to http://www.doityourself.com/pest/pestcontrol.htm This is the indoor site.For the outdoor site: http://www.doityourself.com/pest/outdoorcontrol.htm------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P A N U P S Pesticide Action Network Updates Service: California Ordered To Adopt Methyl Bromide Regulations March 22, 1999 A superior court judge has ordered the State of California to adopt regulations to protect the public from exposure to the fumigant methyl bromide. Judge David A. Garcia ruled in favor of four environmental groups -- Pesticide Action Network, Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth and Pesticide Watch -- who filed suit last June against the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)............ continue to read: www.panna.org Source: Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth, Pesticide Action Network, Pesticide Watch and Western Environmental Law Center press release, March 19, 1999. Contact: Pesticide Action Network North America. Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), 49 Powell St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA, Phone: (415) 981-1771, Fax: (415) 981-1991, Email: panna@panna.org, To subscribe to PANUPS, send email to majordomo@igc.org with the following text on one line: subscribe panups. To unsubscribe, use: unsubscribe panups =============================================================== 10/99: The new EPA Pesticides Web page: www.epa.gov/pesticides/ -------------------------------------- A resource written by the EPA called "Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings". It is free for the asking. The phone number to order this book is (703) 305-7666. The book lays out all the pesticides with their symtoms, what tests to order and what treatments are indicated.
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