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Pesticides in the News CCAAPP News release on growing use of cancer causing pesticides Farmworker Community Poisoned by Pesticide Drift Town Humiliated in Pesticide Scare Study: 88% of schools use some toxic chemicals Pesticide reeked of ‘dirty socks' (Following labeled directions on pesticides don't make them safe) New Study Links Monsanto's Round-up to Cancer Pesticide Disaster in Paraguay Genetic Modification Risk in Daily Food of Millions; Scientists Claim New Tests Needed on Soya New Pesticide Poses Reproductive Risks to Birds Pesticides Sprayed on Passenger Airlines What's In Your Food? Air Monitoring Finds Toxic Pesticides Drifting From California Farm Fields What's Happening to Frogs? Back to Top Your Government Toxic Secrets: Fluoridation and the A-Bomb Troublesome inconsistencies in the federal regulation of pyrethrin-based shampoos Bush Administration's Scorched Earth Policies and Players Bush Decision to Withdraw Requirement that Ground Beef Purchased for School Lunch Program Be Free of Salmonella EPA will allow sale of banned pesticide (Dursban) for 18 months despite continued injury to children Coalition Demands Federal Investigation on EPA Reversal of Malathion Mayor Guliani announced newest plan to combat West Nile Virus Florida:  Gov. Bush a question of Ethics (Editorial) Florida Dept. of Health changed report detailing injuries from MedFly spraying Pesticides in Schools Data Sought Lobbyists' actions in the wake of a leak by the Environmental Protection Agency illustrate a civics lesson on insecticide regulation Cell Phone Nightmare Government Studying Pesticide Risks School Environment Protection Act (SEPA) Introduced to Protect Children From Hazardous Pesticides Used In and Around Schools Food Removed from shelves in Europe... Dioxin and PCB Contamination (U.S. Government drags feet) EPA ignores public and seeks opinion of chemical companies on pesticides in schools (parents are outraged) EPA Is Sued Over Gene-Altered Crops Letter from a survivor of Woborn, Massachusetts EPA modifies pamphlet on pesticides Environmental Working Group resigns government committees Dam those Beavers correspondence between the government and Steve Tvedten Back to Top Pesticide Industry How the Chemical Companies came to control the media and people How corporations can twist science to support a pack of lies Connecticut sues pest-control firm Los Angeles Times comes out in support of using pesticides and chemicals in schools by urging the defeat of the Healthy Schools Bill - AB1207 So what do Dow Chemical and Union Carbide have in common?? Terminator Seed Technology Getting Ready For Attack Corporate Control of Food, Farming and Health " Pest-Control Firms Hope to Make a Killing With New Ad Campaign [Advertising] (Wall Street Journal - 3/15/99)"  Traitor Technology: "Damaged Goods" from the Gene Giants Monsanto, Dow, Dupont... Genetically Engineering crops to handle more pesticides.  From "Against the Grain" The Exterminators from Hell - Dan Rather Evening News (CBS) FTC Rules on Rid, Pronto, and Clear -  Lice Treatments EPA Bans Indoor Use of Pesticides Back to Top Your Health The Aspartame Epidemic - (marketed as NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful) Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods Should be a Fundamental Consumer Right  Dr. Michael Carlston writes about Mad Cow Disease to his Patients Undisclosed Carcinogens in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Pose Avoidable Risks of Cancer Warns Samuel Epstein, M.D Aspertame Murders Infants - Violates Federal Genocide Law By James Bowen, MD Occupational Fatalities Associated With 2,4-Dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) Exposure, 1980--1998 Greener Pest Control in Schools Exposure Case Study: Available for More Than 20 Years, Pesticide Dursban Is Taken Off Market Doctors Go on 'Strike' and Death Rates Plummet Kids at Risk: Chemicals in the environment come under scrutiny as the number of childhood learning problems soars In-Home Pesticide Exposure Increases Parkinson’s Risk Calvin Klein's ``Eternity Eau de Parfum´´ ingredients are toxic to the skin, lungs, reproductive system and more High Asthma Incidences in American Cities are caused by Pesticides not Cockroaches Ill Gulf War vets have brain damage, research indicates Man Details Breast Cancer Fight Pesticides May Harm Brain, Study Says - L.A. Times Designer Poisons: How to Protect Your Health and Home from Toxic Pesticides Industry's "True Lies": The Politics Behind the Scientific Debate on Dioxin Living Life in a Cancer Cluster Parents and Children Looking for Answers - ABC News Over-the-Counter Herbicides Pose a Significant Threat of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma, Leukemia and Lymphoma Open Letter to EPA from National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides Study Finds States Do Not Protect Children from Pesticides Used in Schools, Group Calls on Federal Government to Act Testicular Cancer: Disease Strikes Young Men the Hardest Warnings expected on chemicals ("registered" poisons) that may cause birth defects Back to Top Good News About Alternatives The Bug Stops Here!: Steve Tvedten release free book on non toxic pest management Low Income Families to get break from pesticides Mount Sinai School of Medicine opens Center for Children's Health (pesticide poisoning to be studied) Pesticide-free school Strategies are working Review of the Grand Rapids Press of Steve Tvedten on home remedies for pest control