PANUPS: Help Activists Monitor Poisoned Air

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PANUPS: Help Activists Monitor Poisoned Air

 

 

Help Activists Monitor Poisoned Air

December 6, 2005

 

As a PANUPS reader, you're concerned about toxic pesticides in the air

you breathe, the food you eat, and the water you drink. You likely

prefer organic foods and may even grow your own fruit and vegetables.

You may even read policy reports, scientific journals or breaking news

on these issues.

 

Each week, the Pesticide Action Network Update Service (PANUPS)

captures our movements' dynamic progress toward a healthier

environment. This digest provides the information you need to protect

yourself and your family, teach about pesticides in your classroom,

fight contamination in your community and make decisions as a

regulator or policy maker. It's inspiring how many ways PANUPS readers

use this service.

 

Now we're asking for your help -- please make a generous

tax-deductible donation today to support this free news service.

 

For 23 years Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has conducted

groundbreaking research, policy analysis, and campaign coordination,

providing critical resources for more than 700 partner organizations

and allies around the world. We're also helping grassroots groups

document pesticide exposures in their communities and fight the

companies making them sick.

 

For example, we're training community activists to use our " Drift

Catcher " air sampling device. These groups are collecting solid

evidence that pesticides are in their air -- which helps explain why

some of them suffer from headaches, dizziness, vomiting, and asthma.

And they will tell you they know there's a link between the pesticides

they're exposed to and long-term health problems.

 

Please help us get the Drift Catcher into more communities. Your

contribution will provide the tools they need to fight for justice and

healthier lives. If you are a member of PAN North America, you

recently received a letter asking for your support of this work. If

you have already made a contribution, thank you so much. If you

haven't, please consider donating now.

 

We also want to hear from you about what you're doing to help curb the

use of pesticides and promote sustainable alternatives in your

community. Did you convince neighbors to stop spraying Chemlawn on

their front yards? Stop town officials from using pesticides near your

child's school? Start a community garden? Send us a message at

community. We'll collect your comments and stories and share

them with other PANUPS rs, to help inspire us all.

 

From all of us at PAN, thanks for your support and everything you do

to help create a healthier and more sustainable planet.

 

Best regards,

 

The PAN team

 

P.S. - Something you won't want to miss: we still have copies of

Deborah Koons Garcia's award-winning DVD " Future of Food " . We'd love

to send it to you as a thank you for your contribution to PAN of $100

or more.

 

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.

Tell-a-friend!

 

PANUPS is a weekly email news service providing resource guides and

reporting on pesticide issues that don't always get coverage by the

mainstream media. It's produced by Pesticide Action Network North

America, a non-profit and non-governmental organization working to

advance sustainable alternatives to pesticides worldwide. We gladly

accept donations for our work and all contributions are tax deductible

in the United States.

 

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 Web: http://www.panna.org