PANUPS: CDC Body Burden Study Finds Widespread Pesticide Exposure

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PANUPS: CDC Body Burden Study Finds Widespread Pesticide Exposure

 

 

 

July 21 -- A new CDC study shows that most people in the U.S.,

including children, carry multiple pesticides in their bodies. More

than 90% of the thousands of people tested carried a mixture of

pesticides, many linked to serious health problems. Read more about

the pesticides in your body.

 

 

 

http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/cdcRelease2005Data.dv.html

 

CDC Releases 3rd National Report on Chemical Body Burden

 

July 21, 2005

 

CDC's New Report - A direct link to the Centers for Disease Control's

Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals.

CDC tested hundreds of Americans for 148 chemicals, 43 of them pesticides.

http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/

 

 

PANNA's Press Release in response to the CDC report release

http://www.panna.org/resources/newsroom/cdcRelease2005.dv.html

 

 

PANNA's Pesticide Backgrounder - Describes the types of pesticides

found in the CDC report, sources of exposure and health effects, with

detailed fact sheets on 4 key chemicals and direct links to PANNA's

pesticide database for all 43 pesticides.

http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/CDCBackgrounder.dv.html

 

 

Factsheets - Provides information on each chemical's common uses,

known health effects, and manufacturers.

 

* Chlorpyrifos

http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/factsheetChlorpyrifos.pdf

* Lindane

http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/factsheetLindane.pdf

* Triclosan

http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/factsheetTriclosan.pdf

* Pyrethroids

http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/factsheetPyrethroid.pdf

 

 

Chemical Body Burden Web Site - Provides more information on chemicals

in our bodies and their health effects, with links to U.S.

organizations working on related issues.

http://www.chemicalbodyburden.org/

 

 

Louisville Charter Web Site - A statement of principles to promote

better policies to protect the public from toxic chemicals, endorsed

by 52 organizations and networks across the country.

http://www.louisvillecharter.org/

 

 

Read more about Pesticides in Our Bodies.

http://www.panna.org/campaigns/bodyBurden.html