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Beyond Pesticides Daily News Headlines (week of February 7 - 13, 2006)
Full stories available at: http://www.beyondpesticides.org
* Federal Food Label Bill Will Preempt California’s Prop 65
* Groups Issue A Follow-up Report Calling For Action To Protect Farmworkers
* Biomonitoring Bill Returns to California Senate
* Connecticut Park Goes Pesticide-Free
* 150 Bhopalis Will March 900 Kilometers to Delhi for Justice
Full stories available at: http://www.beyondpesticides.org
* Federal Food Label Bill Will Preempt California’s Prop 65
* Groups Issue A Follow-up Report Calling For Action To Protect Farmworkers
* Biomonitoring Bill Returns to California Senate
* Connecticut Park Goes Pesticide-Free
* 150 Bhopalis Will March 900 Kilometers to Delhi for Justice
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New code of practice for using pesticides -
Earthtimes.org - USA ... Royal Commissionon Environmental Pollution study 9. A report about pesticides and human health by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) was ...
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Pesticides kill the romance in a Valentine's Day bouquet -
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles, CA, USA ... aren't many statistics to back that up because flowers aren't food and therefore aren't tested for pesticides very often ... "You don't spray insecticides, and you ... http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=35868
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RU486 Under Fire On FNC - News Hounds - Newport Beach, CA, USA - According to a conservative weekly, Human Events, the dangers of RU486 , which they call a human pesticide, was discussed at a recent meeting of pro life ... http://www.newshounds.us/2006/02/12/ru486_under_fire_on_fnc.php
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Who benefits from GM crops? Monsanto and its corporate driven ...
Public Agenda - Ghana ... corn, soybean and cotton have led to an increase in pesticide use of ... Despite the lack of authorization, de facto contamination from illegal growing of Monsanto ...
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‘Toxic soup' concerns --all hype?
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge, LA, USA ... Even where a container of pesticide was left unsealed, the power of dilution in ... So if contamination could be seen, a sample was taken, meaning testing was done ... http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2301826.html
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Paraguayan Peasants Resist GM Soy -
Upside Down World - Hartwick, NY, USA ... soybeans into the area, peasants and Indigenous people in Eastern Paraguay have become the targets of land evictions, pesticide poisoning and assassinations. ...
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ODOR IN THE COURT CAUSES RECESS - February 12, 2006 -- TALK about a gag order. The Enron trial in Houston took an abrupt recess the other day, but Judge Sim Lake and the three lawyers remained mum about the reason for the break. After the attorneys were called to the bench, Lake explained it was due to "scheduling problems." but the Houston Chronicle reports the real cause was an over-abundance of cologne on Enron CEO Jeffrey Schilling's lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli. A juror complained she was overwhelmed during his cross-examination of witness Mark Koenig. During the break, he scrubbed himself down so the legal proceedings could continue. http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/59948.htm
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Killing an eagle means jail time - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville, TN, USA ... and required to pay the $23,000 per year cost to the taxpayer for his incarceration for poisoning a bald eagle and other animals with the pesticide Temik. ...
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Poison of Choice -
Coast Weekly - Monterey, CA, USA ... about groundwater contamination and increased fieldworker exposure," Kegley says. David Chatfield, executive director of Californians for Pesticide Reform ... http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.02-16-2006/news/Article.news1
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Clean Living : Clark Field's dilemma -
INQ7.net - Philippines ... it turned out that in Mabalacat, construction debris had been treated by the Americans with pesticide control. In another area, they noted oil contamination. ...
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State says herbicides no danger to public -
EastOregonian.info (subscription) - OR, USA ... Lower Umatilla Basin, where testing for pesticide residues is conducted every three years. "It's excellent news to hear there's no contamination in the ... http://www.eastoregonian.info/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=48825&TM=79007.13
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BUSH PROPOSES TO SELL OFF $1 BILLION WORTH OF PUBLIC LANDS - WASHINGTON, DC, February 15, 2006 (ENS) - President George W. Bush’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2007 includes proposals to sell nearly $1 billion worth of public lands to raise money for the federal treasury. If these budget provisions are approved by Congress, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management will for the first time have mandatory sales targets to meet. http://www.ens-newswire.com
BRAZIL EXPANDS AMAZON NATIONAL PARK, CREATES FOREST RESERVES - BRASILIA, Brazil, February 15, 2006 (ENS) - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed decrees expanding Amazon National Park and creating seven new environmental protected areas in the western part of Pará state, a region marked by land disputes and environmental devastation. The protected areas are intended to ensure that the planned paving of highway BR-163 does not result in uncontrolled increase of logging on lands bordering the road, as has historically occured throughout Amazonia. http://www.ens-newswire.com
MARYLAND POWER PLANTS LINKED TO 700 PREMATURE DEATHS PER YEAR - BALTIMORE, Maryland, February 15, 2006 (ENS) - Nationwide, 700 premature deaths, 30,000 asthma attacks and 400 pediatric emergency room visits each year are linked to current pollution from six Maryland power plants, according to a new study released today by the Maryland Nurses Association. Community Health Specialist Brenda Afzal said, “Power plant pollution is a major public health problem in Maryland. This study simply documents what every nurse in this state already knows is true." http://www.ens-newswire.com
CARIBBEAN ATOLL TEEMING WITH FISHES, SEAWEEDS NEW TO SCIENCE - WASHINGTON, DC, February 14, 2006 (ENS) - An underwater mountain that forms the world's third-largest atoll has the richest diversity of marine life ever found in the Caribbean, but scientists who explored the area in January say tanker traffic to and from a nearby petroleum depot is damaging the unique ecosystem. http://www.ens-newswire.com
CHICAGO'S DEEP TUNNEL NEARS COMPLETION - CHICAGO, Illinois, February 14, 2006 (ENS) - Terrence O’Brien, president of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, says with satisfaction that Chicago's Deep Tunnel is nearly finished after 30 years and the expenditure of $3 billion. Mining work is finished on the 7.9 mile Little Calumet Leg of the Deep Tunnel System, and final connections are scheduled for completion on March 1. http://www.ens-newswire.com
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Girls Hitting Puberty at Younger & Younger Ages: Experts Say Exposure to Plastics and Insecticides May be the Cause by SixWise.com. In the 19th century, it was common for girls to reach the age of menstruation around 17. In 1960, it was between the ages of 12 and 13. Today in 2005, normal ages for a girl to reach puberty are between 9 and 16, according to the National Institutes of Health. However, a groundbreaking study conducted back in 1997 made a startling discovery: girls appear to be reaching puberty at younger and younger ages. http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/08/10/plastics.htm
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The essay below introduces a spreadsheet compiled by CHE member scientists that summarizes representative knowledge about links between environmental exposures and human diseases. While extensive, it is not an exhaustive list.
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Health Supreme Update: ADHD: Eli Lilly's Strattera - Swedish Test Disastrous - An FDA advisory panel recently recommended, that stimulant drugs such as Ritalin, prescribed for Attention Deficit (ADHD) should carry strong warnings after reports of strokes and heart problems, including 25 sudden deaths, surfaced. According to Evelyn Pringle, Attention Deficit Disorder, which amounts to little more than a list of behaviors, was voted into existence in 1980 as a mental illness by the American Psychiatric Association. It was then included in the psychiatric billing Bible known as the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, DSM. In 1987, an H was added to the label and the illness became, "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." A few years later, ADHD was classified as...http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/02/16/adhd_eli_lillys_strattera_swedish_test_disastrous.htm
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‘Forthcoming generation of pesticides is environment-friendly' -
Ludhiana Newsline - Ludhiana, India ... Dr Kanungo said it's not the pesticides that are causing health ... of cholorobenzene on human health while being in the Central Insecticides Board, Directorate ... http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=169920
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Pollution in people' -
Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada... ethers used as fire retardants); PFOs (perfluorinated chemicals used in stain repellents, non-stick cookware and food packaging), pesticides and insecticides. ... http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=f6d6ae57-eab4-433c-8f04-bdc80a1f38c3&k=90610
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Warriors of the earth -
Sun.Star - Philippines ... "We don't use any pesticides and insecticides that's why our crops were always lost to pests," he said. The hard terrain was also merciless. ... http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2006/02/16/feat/warriors.of.the.earth.html
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Resident pushes for pesticide ban -
Durham region news - Toronto, Ontario, Canada ... "The Ontario College of Family Physicians and the Canadian Cancer Society warn us against the dangers of pesticide," her petition reads. ...
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Cabinet Moves to Protect Marine Environment from Pollution -
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service - Jamaica
... its relationship to the sources of land-based pollution", namely sewage, pesticide run-off ... that we enjoy in an island and we also know the dangers," he pointed ... http://www.jis.gov.jm/information/html/20060214T080000-0500_8054_JIS_CABINET_MOVES_TO_PROTECT_MARINE_ENVIRONMENT_FROM_POLLUTION.asp
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Species act is endangered -
Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA ... Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act shielded the species from hunting and other dangers, but both proved ineffective against habitat loss and the pesticide DDT ...
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The Bureaucracy Strikes Back -
ZNet - Woods Hole, MA, USA ... a 50-year conspiracy to defraud the public about the dangers and addictiveness ... Doug Parker: The pesticide coordinator and assistant director of forestry health ...
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Environmental brief ~ Washington state close to settling fish-farm ...
JURIST - USA ... assessments for air and water emissions, hazardous waste controls and pesticide tolerances, Food and Drug Administration food contamination tolerance levels ... http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/02/environmental-brief-washington-state.php
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Food safety Bill meets hurdles -
Rediff - India ... is that the draft Bill puts the entire onus of providing pesticide-free food and ... which are being recalled from the market in case of contamination, even when ...
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‘Forthcoming generation of pesticides is environment-friendly' -
Ludhiana Newsline - Ludhiana, India ... We are here to teach doctors how to deal with poisoning cases,'' he added. ... are always an impulsive decision and if one wants to consume pesticide, he or ... http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=169920
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Bald eagle soars out of danger -
Australian - Australia ... Most had been killed from the effects of the pesticide DDT, which thinned ... shrieked above the war's early battles - also suffered from lead poisoning by eating ...
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Gambia's first national document on pops validated -
Daily Observer - Banjul, Gambia ... Aldrin, Dieldrin and DDT are insecticides widely used in this country, either ... updating of the national profile developed in 1997, PoPs pesticides, including DDT ...
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2005, a Scary Year for Genetically Engineered Crops -
Food Consumer - Lisle, IL, USA ... The rats were fed corn genetically engineered to produce a pesticide called Bt-toxin. ... GM foods Seeds of Deception and producer of the DVD Hidden Dangers in Kids ... http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/2005_a_Scary_Year_for_Genetically_Engineered_Crops.shtml
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Pesticide in energy drink provokes swift reaction from Thailand's ...
Newstarget.com - Taichung, Taiwan ... all energy drinks in the market, after M-150 was found contaminated with pesticide. ... also be made to determine if there is any antibiotics contamination in the ... http://www.newstarget.com/017786.html
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2005, a Scary Year for Genetically Engineered Crops -
Food Consumer - Lisle, IL, USA ... The rats were fed corn genetically engineered to produce a pesticide called Bt-toxin. ... And farmer Percy Schmeiser, whose contamination by GM canola made it to ..
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One Person's Externalities...
TomPaine.com - Washington, D.C., USA ... can ignore the cost of global warming, mercury poisoning and MTBE contamination. ... locally grown, organic groceries are cheaper than the pesticide and hormone ...
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Thoughtful gifts mix green with Valentine's red -
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ... Network North America says that "behind the facade of perfect conventional roses lies an industry based on labour exploitation and pesticide poisoning of women ... http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=8f437aae-bb88-4999-9646-e97bcb3e1909&k=85282
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Louisiana man gets five years for poisoning national bird -
Times Picayune - New Orleans, LA, USA ... In entering his guilty pleas to the poisoning charges, Craft said he was trying ... but related, cases, Craft was convicted of unlawful use of a pesticide and of ...
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Bald eagle soaring off endangered list -
CNN - USA ... of loss of habitat eating animal flesh that contained now-banned DDT pesticide. ... white head and tail also suffered from lead poisoning -- eating waterfowl ...
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One Person's Externalities...
TomPaine.com - Washington, D.C., USA ... they can ignore the cost of global warming, mercury poisoning and MTBE ... beautiful, locally grown, organic groceries are cheaper than the pesticide and hormone ...
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Next issue -
Hindu - Chennai, India ... Instances of food poisoning are on the rise in several parts of Kerala, and even expensive hotels do not seem to be exempt. A related issue is the presence of pesticide residue in foodstuff, consequent on their indiscriminate use in farms. ... http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/14/stories/2006021400740200.htm
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Smoke - the killer in the kitchen - Every day thousands of men, women and children in the world's poorest countries die as a result of lethal levels of smoke in their homes. Over half of the world's population rely on using wood, dung, coal and charcoal for cooking and heating, and the smoke from these fires turns kitchens in poor communities into death traps. 1.6 million die every year from lethal levels of smoke - a life lost every 20 seconds. It is a larger killer than malaria and is the fourth greatest risk to death and disease in the world's poorest countries. http://www.itdg.org/?id=smoke_index
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Health Supreme Update: Fluoride Destroys Tooth Enamel: Chemistry Prof - Fluoride is being added to drinking water in a number of
locations around the world, and in recent months there have been efforts to extend fluoridation of our drinking water, notably in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and California. Although benefits from fluoridated water are certainly not a scientific certainty, there is quite some data on dental fluorosis, brittling of teeth by the action of fluoride, which is generally put down to being a mere "cosmetic problem". Fluoride has also been found by major epidemiological studies to cause skeletal fluorosis, causing an increase in the rate of hip fractures. Dr. Gerard F. Judd, a retired chemistry professor from Purdue...http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/02/15/fluoride_destroys_tooth_enamel_chemistry_prof.htm
locations around the world, and in recent months there have been efforts to extend fluoridation of our drinking water, notably in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and California. Although benefits from fluoridated water are certainly not a scientific certainty, there is quite some data on dental fluorosis, brittling of teeth by the action of fluoride, which is generally put down to being a mere "cosmetic problem". Fluoride has also been found by major epidemiological studies to cause skeletal fluorosis, causing an increase in the rate of hip fractures. Dr. Gerard F. Judd, a retired chemistry professor from Purdue...http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/02/15/fluoride_destroys_tooth_enamel_chemistry_prof.htm
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Government working on environmental policy, says Sujanapal -
Newindpress - Chennai, India ... People's participation is also very important in such issues," the minister said, adding that formulating measures to check environmental pollution is as ...
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'Seeds of Change' showcases Earth Charter and Human potential -
Webindia123 - India ... It further states that 30,000 children die of starvation each day, every year approximately 20,000 people die as a result of direct pesticide poisoning. ...
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Quarantine Lifted on Dutch Farms after Dioxin Scare - NETHERLANDS: February 13, 2006 - AMSTERDAM - The Dutch food safety authority VWA said in a statement late Friday it had lifted the quarantine orders on a remaining 127 Dutch farms closed after dioxin was found in animal feed last month. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35050/story.htm
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All in the family -
San Diego Union Tribune - United States ... retail operation -- along with its three locations in Valley Center, Encinitas and Fallbrook -- carries fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides, seed and ...
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India industry: Coffee, beer, wine and spirits more popular -
TMCnet - USA ... organisation, the Centre for Science and Environment, which claimed that their beverages contained levels of pesticides and insecticides that were above the ...
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Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
USA Representative - MCS International
http://www.mcs-international.org
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