Pesticides

June 3, 2008

Pesticides

_http://www.citlink.net/~bhima/pesticid.htm_

(http://www.citlink.net/~bhima/pesticid.htm)

(Editor's Note: Some sources are not written for MCS persons,

but may help provide general information about toxicity, etc.)

Caution to all MCS/ES persons:

Check all advice with your doctor. Some sources are not trained in

addressing the specific needs of MCS/ES persons. Natural products can provoke

serious

reactions, depending on the individual case.

Pesticide Information & Emergency

Services

Organizations

Information

Pesticides on Airlines

Lawn Care

Reporting Agencies

Online Toxicity Test

Less-Toxic and Non-Toxic Alternatives

Organizations and Information

West Nile Virus Mosquito Control

Lice Treatment

Consultants

Lawn Care

Organic Food Organization

Oragnic Gardening

Termite Extermination

Pesticides, Neurotoxins and Children

Information

Lice Treatments

Mosquito Control

Online Toxicity Test

Pesticide Effects on Children

Pesticides in Schools

Books on Pesticides, Neurotoxins and Children

Online Book

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Pesticide Information & Emergency

Services

Pesticide Hotline

1-800-858-7378

If you know what pesticide you are reacting to, use this line to report

severe reactions or poisoning. Half-life information is available and can help

determine seriousness of contaminations. Class of pesticide information

determines what is most effective for cleanup. The reports are gathered to

track the

safety of EPA approved pesticides.

_http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/emerg.htm_

(http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/emerg.htm)

Poison Control. Call the number listed in your phone book. It is best, to

have the specific name of the chemical(s) ready.

Editor's Note: I have found their information to be accurate and helpful.

Pesticide Poisoning - What to do. See this site _ " What to Do. . . " _

(http://www.citlink.net/~bhima/whattodopest.htm)

Organizations

Dallas Citizens for Alternatives to Pesticides (DalCAP). Concerned about the

West Nile Virus? Wonder how effective mosquito spraying is in stopping it?

Concerned about the health and environmental effects of the pesticides used

against adult mosquitoes by at least 16 Dallas area cities and counties? Read

our Dallas area Safer Mosquito Control Bulletin. _http://www.dalcap.org_

(http://www.dalcap.org/)

Just Say No To Pesticide Applications! Informed Choices.

_http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/say_no_pesticides.html_

(http://www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/say_no_pesticides.html)

No Spray Coalition, P.O. Box 334, Peck Slip Station, New York, NY 10272-0334

Hotline: (718) 670-7110

Listserve: _sprayno _ (sprayno )

Website: _www.nospray.org_ (http://www.nospray.org/) E-mail:

_mitchelcohen_ (mitchelcohen)

Tox Free Inc. Insecticide contamination for home buyers. 1-800-704-1662.

Information & support groups. _http://www.dcci.com/toxfree_

(http://www.dcci.com/toxfree/)

Information

****Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides. NCAP. Journal of

Pesticide Reform. Comprehensive articles of infromation and research on the

toxicity of key pesticides available online. Information demonstrates the

health

danger to humans, animals, and environment. Click on Publications &

Information: pesticide factsheets (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides) for

information on Roundup, Dursban, Malathion, etc.

_www.pesticide.org/default.htm_

(http://www.pesticide.org/default.htm)

Environmental Justice Data On-line. Different degrees of environmental

burden felt by different racial, ethnic and income groups are documented and

available for every community in the U.S. _http://www.Scorecard.org_

(http://www.scorecard.org/) use zip codes to get the local facts.

Environmental Working Group. " This website reports results from the most

comprehensive study ever conducted of multiple chemical contaminants in humans.

Blood and urine from nine people were tested for 210 chemicals that occur in

consumer products and industrial pollution. " This " body burden " study was

released on Thursday, January 30th, 2003. Please check our website for more

information: _http://www.ewg.org_ (http://www.ewg.org/)

Gulf War Syndrome Research. Frontline Interview with Dr. Robert Haley. Last

Battle of the Gulf War. Learn about some differences between the toxic

effects of acute and low level exposures to pesticides from researcher of the

Gulf

War Syndrome, Dr. Robert Haley.

_www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/syndrome/interviews/haley1.html_

(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/syndrome/interviews/haley1.html)

Hazardous Chemicals in Human and Environmental Health. International

Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). On-line version free of charge: The file

is

full-text html and can be printed. _http://www.who.int/pcs_

(http://www.who.int/pcs)

Healthy Families, Healthy Environment. A Christian ministry helping families

enrich their physical and spiritual health. Health tips about protecting you

and your family from toxic chemicals for each room in your house and the

yard. _www.healthyfamiliesnow.org/home.asp_

(http://www.healthyfamiliesnow.org/home.asp)

Howard Garrett. The Dirt Doctor. Many references about the toxic effects and

research on pesticides and herbicides.

_http://www.dirtdoctor.com/org_research.php_

(http://www.dirtdoctor.com/org_research.php)

Long Term Effects of Chemical Agents. Medical Research Institute of Chemical

Defense. USAMRICD. On-line printable version. Contains organophosphates

section for the long term effects associated with them.

_http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/textbook/Ch-8.pdf _

(http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/textbook/Ch-8.pdf)

Malathion Medical Research. Health Effects Research Summaries. Wildlife

Photos - Photos of animals killed, organs damaged & mutations from malathion.

Human deaths from Malathion - 5 die and 2,800 poisoned after spraying in

Pakistan. Intestinal disorders in children - this research does show

significant

public health problems after aerial spraying. Intestinal Disorders in test

animals - more evidence supporting intestinal defects in children from

Malathion.

Child leukemias develop after homes sprayed and kidney damage.

_http://www.chem-tox.com/malathion/research/index.htm_

(http://www.chem-tox.com/malathion/research/index.htm)

National Library of Medicine. Search the Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

_http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB_

(http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB)

No Spray Coalition, P.O. Box 334, Peck Slip Station, New York, NY 10272-0334

Hotline: (718) 670-7110

Listserve: _sprayno _ (sprayno )

Website: _www.nospray.org_ (http://www.nospray.org/) E-mail:

_mitchelcohen_ (mitchelcohen)

PESTICIDE.NET developed an exclusive feature of a searchable, online version

of EPA's Data Submitters List for pesticides. For finding registrants and

contact information for particular pesticide active ingredients, market and

competitive intelligence research, and much more.

_http://www.pesticide.net/DSL/pdslmain.htm_

(http://www.pesticide.net/DSL/pdslmain.htm)

PEX Action on Pesticide Exposure. Information and help for pesticide

injury _http://www.gn.apc.org/pesticidestrust/pex/intro.htm_

(http://www.gn.apc.org/pesticidestrust/pex/intro.htm)

Extoxnet. Information about pesticides written for the non-expert

_http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/faqs/index.htm_

(http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/faqs/index.htm)

USGS Annual Pesticide Use Maps. Updated March 1998

The pesticide use maps show regional scale patterns in use intensity within

the United States and are not intended for making local-scale estimates of

use, such as for individual counties. _http://water.wr.usgs.gov/pnsp/use92_

(http://water.wr.usgs.gov/pnsp/use92/)

USGS Pesticides in Groundwater Data

Scroll down to maps

_http://water.wr.usgs.gov/pnsp/allsum_

(http://water.wr.usgs.gov/pnsp/allsum/)

Studies

Study of Sheep Dippers and Paroxynase. Letter sent to California Pesticide

Regulatory Agency. Barbara Rubin.

_www.enviromental-toxins.org.uk/casefiles/rubinorganicphosphateletter.doc_

(http://www.enviromental-toxins.org.uk/casefiles/rubinorganicphosphateletter.doc\

) E-mail: _Raisyl_

(Raisyl) Environmental Toxins Foundation, March 8th 2002.

Pesticides on Airlines

Pesticides. Association of Flight Attendants.

_http://www.afanet.org/pesticides.asp_ (http://www.afanet.org/pesticides.asp)

Aircraft Disinsection Requirements. U.S. Department of Transportation.

_http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/safety/disin.htm_

(http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/safety/disin.htm)

Danger in the Air: Pesticide use on domestic airplanes may make flying

hazardous to your health. Mother Jones Magazine. by Karin Winegar.

_http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JA98/winegar.html _

(http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JA98/winegar.html)

Ask Flyana: What You Can't Afford Not to Know about Air Travel. Drawing on

her 10 million miles of flying, air safety pioneer, Diana Fairechild gives

readers a rare, no-holds-barred look at the dangers of air travel (deep vein

thrombosis, recycled air, air rage, fear of flying, etc.) and offers dozens of

practical tips for safe, efficient, healthy flying. _www.flyana.com _

(http://www.flyana.com/)

Pesticides: A Potential Danger On Airlines, Wayne Havrelly, KIRO 7 Consumer

Investigator. _www.kirotv.com/consumer/2694120/detail.html_

(http://www.kirotv.com/consumer/2694120/detail.html) or _KIROTV.com_

(http://kirotv.com/)

Lawn Care

Is what you put on your lawn killing you? excerpts from Chapter 14 of _The

Best Control_ (http://www.citlink.net/bestcont/cd-rom.htm) by Stephen

Tvedten. _http://www.safe2use.com/ipm/lawn.htm_

(http://www.safe2use.com/ipm/lawn.htm)

Lawn-care pesticides pose significant threats to human health and the

environment. Nancy Alderman, Environment & Human Health, Inc., 1191 Ridge Rd.,

North Haven, CT 06473. 203-248-6582 or FAX 203-288-7571 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Environment and Human Health, Inc. is releasing the findings of its research

report on the risks from lawn-care pesticides. Hartford, CT, June 24, 2003-

Lawn-care pesticides pose significant threats to human health and the

environment, warns a new report released today by Environment and Human Health,

Inc.

(EHHI) titled Risks from Lawn-Care Pesticides. EHHI is a nine-member,

non-profit organization composed of doctors, public health professionals and

policy

experts. For the full text of the report and a summary version, both

available in downloadable pdf format, please visit our website at

_www.ehhi.org_

(http://www.ehhi.org/) .

For more information, contact: Jane Bradley, Creative Advertising &

Publishing Services, West Hartford, CT 06107 860-232-7788 or 860-313-1326

Reporting Agencies

EPA. Use the HEAL homepage to print out form, fill it out, and mail to EPA

Locate form on site in HEAL On-Line, The Supplement Vol.2, # 1 April 1998.

_http://members.aol.com/HEALNatnl/hs0201.html_

(http://members.aol.com/HEALNatnl/hs0201.html)

Report to ECHO. ECHO Tracking Adverse Health Effects of Pesticides

As you know many cases of pesticide injury are never documented or reported.

As part of ECHO's " Lady Bug Project " we have developed a Pesticide Incident

form to collect data on injuries caused by pesticides. We hope to use this

information to help educate our legislators and the public about the serious

health risks of pesticide use. The Pesticide Incident form is available on the

ECHO website. If you have been injured by a pesticide or have had any bad

reactions to a pesticide application, please print out and complete a Pesticide

Incident form and mail to: ECHO - Pesticide Registry, PO BOX 8232, Berlin, CT

06037. Your name is optional and will be kept confidential. We are also

interested in documenting any pets that have been sickened and any plants that

may have been injured by drift from a neighbor's pesticide application This is

an ongoing project and there is no deadline for submitting the forms. E-mail:

_ECHOMCSCT_ (ECHOMCSCT) Phone/Fax: 860-228-2693

_http://www.ECHOMCSCT.Homestead.com _ (http://www.echomcsct.homestead.com/)

Pesticide Poisoning - What to do. See this site _ " What to Do. . . " _

(http://www.citlink.net/~bhima/whattodopest.htm)

Online Toxicity Test

Learn More About Neurotoxins. Visit this site to raise your awareness of how

neurotoxins can effect your health. You can take the Visual Contrast

Sensitivity (VCS) Exam and a risk assessment test, online, for $8.95. These

tests

assess the possibility of the presence of neurotoxins in your system.

Neurotoxins can come from a variety of sources that includes Lyme Disease,

Pfiesteria,

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Fungal Syndromes and Sick Building

Syndrome.

_http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/info/diag_process.cfm_

(http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/info/diag_process.cfm)

Less-Toxic and Non-Toxic Alternatives

Organizations and Information

National Pesticide Communications Network

NPTN is a cooperative effort of Oregon State University and the U.S. EPA

Pest control information (not intended for the chemically injured), choosing

a pest control company, emergency, and manufacturers.

_http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nptn_ (http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/)

NCAMP National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides.

Great directory to check your area for safe pest control operators. Add to

the directory if you know an alternative operator or company, lots more info .

.. .

_http://www.beyondpesticides.org_ (http://www.beyondpesticides.org/)

BIRC Bio Integral Resource Center. Integrated Pest Management Specialists.

Includes information on weed control. _http://www.birc.org_

(http://www.birc.org/)

NCAP Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticide. Also features

healthy lawn care information to prevent weed growth .

_http://www.pesticide.org/default.htm_ (http://www.pesticide.org/default.htm)

Rachel Carson Council. Informs and advises persons and institutions about

the effects of pesticides that threaten the health, welfare, and survival of

living organisms and biological systems. The Council promotes alternative,

environmentally benign pest management strategies to encourage healthier,

sustainable living. _http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/index.htm_

(http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/index.htm)

The Environmental Connection. Information and resources about ecological and

environmental health issues. Come back often, as we will be adding new

features to our website in the coming days and weeks. Subscribe to our print

newsletter, The Environmental Connection, premiering May 2003. Coming Soon!

Just

for Kids! Our Cool Projects for Kids website will be debuting this fall. This

free website will provide teachers, homeschooling parents and students with

unique ecology and environmental health project ideas to complement middle and

high school science, history and English studies.

_http://www.theenvironmentalconnection.com_

(http://www.theenvironmentalconnection.com/)

Tox Free Inc. Insecticide contamination for home buyers. 1-800-704-1662.

Information & support groups. _http://www.dcci.com/toxfree_

(http://www.dcci.com/toxfree/)

Toxic Trail. This website provides information about the issues which are

shown in the Toxic Trail documentary. Here you can view a set of fact-sheets

about the hazards associated with pesticides, and alternative approaches which

have been adopted in parts of Asia [The Issues] ...find out more about the

organisations involved in making the Toxic Trail documentary [Partners]

....download scientific papers and training materials, and connect to other

websites,

which provide more information about pesticides and the harm they cause

[Resources]_ http://www.toxictrail.org_ (http://www.toxictrail.org/)

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