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Infection Risk in Kids Living Near Landfills - NEW YORK- Living near a hazardous waste site containing persistent pollutants such as dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides, seems to increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory infections and asthma in children, a study suggests. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38007/story.htm
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World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide was the 11th overall leading cause of death in the United States in 2003 (the most recent year for which final death data are available) and was responsible for 31,484 deaths (1), which equates to one suicide every 17 minutes. In addition, suicide attempts and other acts of self-harm that result in nonfatal injuries affect the health of many persons and families. In 2004 (the most recent year for which final ambulatory
hospital data are available), approximately 535,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments were made after attempted suicides or because of other self-inflicted injuries (2).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5535a5.htm?s_cid=mm5535a5_e%0A
hospital data are available), approximately 535,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments were made after attempted suicides or because of other self-inflicted injuries (2).
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5535a5.htm?s_cid=mm5535a5_e%0A
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Pregnant women contaminated by pesticides: Studies of 668 samples from the placentas of pregnant women showed the "average presence of eight organochlorine contaminants" according to research at the University of Grenada in Spain. Researcher Maria Jose Lopez Espinosa is a doctoral fellow in the Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine of the University. Her study aimed to determine the prevalence of organochlorine pesticides. DDE (a breakdown product of DDT - http://ga4.org/ct/4paJI591JzOQ/), lindane - http://ga4.org/ct/47aJI591JzOP/, and endosulfan - http://ga4.org/ct/rdaJI591JzOY/ where found to be the most common pesticides in the samples. All three chemicals bioaccumulate in humans and the environment and have been linked to neurological problems and other health issues, and they have shown up as well in studies in many countries, including those by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Read the University of Grenada article - http://ga4.org/ct/XdaJI591JzO9/. See PANNA's Chemical Trespass - http://ga4.org/ct/4daJI591JzOp/ for background.
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Household pesticides in children: With the phase-out of organophosphate pesticides for use in the home, pyrethroid pesticides are being used for more residential applications. New research documents that children's household exposure to pyrethroid pesticides is greater than their exposure from food. According to the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, "Depending on the compound and the dose, pyrethroids may affect neurological development, disrupt hormones, induce cancer, and suppress the immune system." Researchers at Emory University and U.S. Centers for Disease Control studied children during the summer of 2003 to determine the source of the pyrethroid contamination, while feeding them an organic diet. Read more - http://ga4.org/ct/XpaJI591JzOl/.
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Organic farming degree from U. of Florida: Joining Colorado State and Washington State Universities, the University of Florida has announced that it, too, would offer a degree in organic farming. With organic food sales growing at the average rate of 20% per year, the new degrees reflect the need for farmers to keep up with growing demand. The Miami Herald reports that organic farming is one sector where small farmers can earn a premium on their investment. The Herald interviewed Ryan Zinn, from the Organic Consumers Organization, who said that consumer choices for buying organic from a "really a localized food system, is not a flash in the pan.'' Read the story here - http://ga4.org/ct/41aJI591JzO0/.
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Rice contaminated with GE variety: According to the Washington Post - http://ga4.org/ct/r7aJI591JzOT/, "Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced late yesterday that U.S. commercial supplies of long-grain rice had become inadvertently contaminated with a genetically engineered variety not approved for human consumption. Johanns said the company that made the experimental rice, Bayer CropScience of Monheim, Germany, had provided information to the Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration indicating that the rice poses no threats to human health or the environment.... The variety, known as LLRICE 601, is endowed with bacterial DNA that makes rice plants resistant to a weedkiller made by the agricultural giant Aventis." The story recalls the discovery of StarLink genetically engineered corn in the U.S. food supply in 2000, originally found by Friends of the Earth and the Genetically Engineered Food Alert coalition (of which PANNA was a member), in taco shells manufactured by Kraft Foods. StarLink, a type of corn engineered by Aventis to produce an insecticidal protein and grown for animal feed, was not approved for human consumption by EPA because the corn exhibited allergenic characteristics. In 2002, StarLink showed up in corn in Bolivia, provided by US AID. Read more in PANUPS - http://ga4.org/ct/r1aJI591JzOR/. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Farmworkers sickened by pesticide: Thirty workers at the Giumarra vineyards near Arvin, California, became sick after Bortran, a sulfur-based fungicide, was sprayed by neighboring Hall Farming vineyard. Seven were taken to the hospital. Emergency crews assisted with decontaminating the workers."All of a sudden, we saw a lot of smoke like when there is a fog coming in and we noticed that they were [spraying] in the next farm over,' one of the workers, Antonio Estrada, 46, said in Spanish," according to the report in the Bakersfield Californian - http://ga4.org/ct/X7aJI591JzOo/. Arvin is also the site of a major drift incident in 2002, in which 137 people were injured. In 2005, the pesticide applicator and the farm were ordered to pay 84 residents $775,000 in damages stemming from the 2002 accident. See PANNA News Release - http://ga4.org/ct/X1aJI591JzOk/. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Frogs' fates linked to farmers' chemicals - Contra Costa Times - CA, USA ... brochure spelling out in English and Spanish potential dangers to the red-legged frog. Thousands will be distributed to pesticide applicators, extension agents ...
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Mass upnayanam in Kochi -
Organiser - New Delhi, India ... After August 15, at least 500 swayamsevaks from different parts of Gujarat have been reaching Surat with insecticides and pesticides. ...
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Potomac, river of anxiety -
Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA ... effects of contamination have come from a variety of sources, including the abnormally thin eggshells of birds of prey (later linked to the pesticide DDT) and ...
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IRAQ TAKES OVER PART OF ITS MILITARY -
Pacifica Radio - USA - Ten US National Guard veterans of the war in Iraq have filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court over the use of depleted uranium. ...
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Court Hearing on Suit Filed by Iraq Veterans Contaminated with ...
Democracy Now - New York, NY,USA ... a hearing Wednesday on a lawsuit brought by soldiers from the New York National Guard who have been sick since being exposed to depleted uranium while serving ... http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/07/1643226
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EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM -
uruknet.info - Italy - Depleted uranium, known as DU, is a highly dense metal that is the byproduct of the process during which fissionable uranium used to manufacture nuclear bombs ...
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Of opium and depleted uranium -
Rabble.ca - Montreal, QC, Canada ... in California, the state Senate unanimously passed a bill establishing an outreach program to screen veterans for exposure to depleted uranium, otherwise known ... http://www.rabble.ca/columnists_full.shtml?x=52199
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DRUG COMPANY SLAPP'S OVER LINDANE FOR LICE - The specialty drug manufacturer Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals has filed a legal suit against the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The drug company is upset at the Center's opposition to the continued use of lindane as a fallback treatment for head lice. The suit, filed in the federal court in Chicago, accuses the Ecology Center and two pediatricians of "disseminating false, misleading, and libelous statements about the safety profile and effectiveness of Lindane." In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the withdrawal of all agricultural products in the U.S. containing the pesticide. "It makes no sense that lindane can't be used on pets or plants or persons serving in the military, but it can still be used on children," Mike Garfield, director of the Ecology Center, wrote in a statement. "It's a clear and simple harassment lawsuit intended to silence us." SOURCE: Metro Times (Michigan), August 23, 2006 - http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=9574
For more information or to comment on this story, visit: http://www.prwatch.org/node/5147
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COCA-COLA'S DEMON DRINKS - Coca-Cola's new advertising campaign - titled "Drink, Choose, Live" - is aimed at reassuring parents that it has products other than soft drinks. The company states, "If you're not in the mood for water, it's OK to also reach for something else you enjoy, like juice or a soft drink. Of course water is always the best choice; it's just not the only one." Earlier in the week, the company's Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness organized a breakfast session for those attending the International Congress on Obesity in Sydney. One of those speaking at the session was John Foreyt, the director of the Behavioural Medicine Research Centre at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. High-sugar drinks, he complained, have been "demonised ??? it's a single-culprit theory."SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald, September 4, 2006 - http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2006/09/03/1157222010877.html
For more information or to comment on this story, visit - http://www.prwatch.org/node/5152
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Hospital to give free AIDS treatment -
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam ... later. Beef carried in a bag which was earlier used to store pesticide is considered the main reason for the food poisoning. QUANG ...
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LAND AND SEA -
The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara, CA, USA ... out that residents have complained of illness following the pesticide’s application. ... Lead poisoning and trash consumption are the leading problems for the ... http://www.independent.com/news/2006/09/land_and_sea_2.html
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Residents rail against use of pesticides -
Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont, CO, USA ... Tuesday over whether to hire a new company to kill mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus turned into a public forum on the dangers of spraying pesticide. ... http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=9709
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Before you spray. heed the warnings -
Jamaica Observer - Kingston, Jamaica ... they contain air fresheners, disinfectant, hair spray, spray starch, pesticide or furniture ... spokesman at the Portland Fire Brigade said the dangers of aerosol ...
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Residents: WTC health problems ignored - By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer Fri Sep 8, 5:17 AM ET - NEW YORK - Angry residents gathered near ground zero to denounce the government's handling of Sept. 11-related health problems, saying they have been ignored for years. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_he_me/attacks_health_3
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Babies exposed to toxic chemicals whilst in the womb -
Environmental Data Interactive - UK ... that all 308 analysed contained at least one organochlorine pesticide and on ... While the study provides insight into the prevalence of contamination, it does not ... http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=11962&channel=0
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TOP STORY>>Farmers struggle with high costs -
Arkansas Leader - Jacksonville, AR, USA ... Bayer and Riceland are being sued by some farmers over the contamination, although a ... of worm has to be identified and then treated with the proper pesticide. ...http://www.arkansasleader.com/2006/09/top-storyfarmers-struggle-with-high.html
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Residents warned to limit contact with contaminated soil -
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville, NC, USA
... Arsenic was once used as a pesticide in apple orchards. ... assessment, the state has issued the following general recommendations related to soil contamination: ... http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/09_06/09_06_06/fr_contaminated_soil.html
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US: It's Not Easy Being Green: Are weed-killers turning frogs into ...
CorpWatch.org - Oakland, CA, USA ... in well water for decades even if use of the pesticide were halted ... and that she suspects their exposure to pesticides was through drinking water contamination. ...http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14102
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llness persisting in 9/11 workers, big study finds. The largest health study yet of the workers who labored at ground zero shows that the impact of the rescue and recovery effort on their health has been more widespread and persistent than previously thought. New York Times [Registration Required] <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/nyregion/06health.html
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Male bass across region found to be bearing eggs. Fish possessing both male and female characteristics have been discovered across the Potomac watershed-- raising alarms that the water is tainted by pollution that drives hormone systems haywire. Washington Post [Registration Required]
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Anti-terror fish guard S.F.'s water. A new water-quality monitoring system automatically analyzes the behavior of eight to 12 bluegill fish in a tank at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's water-treatment plant to spot potential contaminants. San Francisco Chronicle, California. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/06/FISH.TMP
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Hundreds of Chinese villagers suffer lead poisoning from smelter. At least 879 people in two Chinese villages have been hospitalized with lead poisoning, probably caused by airborne waste from a nearby lead factory, state media and local officials said Wednesday. [12]Associated Press. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/06/asia/AS_GEN_China_Lead_Poisoning.php
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Report: Ship-breakers in India disabled by asbestos. Almost one in every six workers dismantling old boats at India's Alang shipyard suffers from asbestos poisoning, experts said in a report sure to fuel criticism of an industry long dogged by charges of unsafe working conditions. Associated Press - http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/06/asia/AS_GEN_India_Ship_Graveyard.php
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The big question: How much do we really know about the causes and incidence of autism? It is likely that in many sufferers, their genetic make-up makes them vulnerable but does not cause the condition, which requires some environmental trigger. London Independent, England. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article1367158.ece
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Chemicals linked to cancer removed from some nail polish lines. Three major nail polish manufacturers say they've either removed or have begun the process of removing a trio of substances that have been linked to cancer and birth defects. New York Newsday, New York. http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsnail0906,0,1371523.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines
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Shrinking glaciers in Washington bode ill for environment. With more glaciers than any state in the Lower 48, Washington state has emerged as a bellwether for global warming. Scripps Howard News Service - http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/12341
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Edible coatings will be the packaging of the future. The growing demand by consumers for healthier and more ecological foods has driven researchers to develop new systems of packaging. SPX - http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Edible_Coatings_Will_Be_The_Packaging_Of_The_Future_999.html
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Global alert over deadly new TB strains. World health officials last night put out an unprecedented warning that deadly new strains of tuberculosis, virtually untreatable using the drugs currently available, appear to be spreading across the globe. London Guardian, England. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1865673,00.html
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Officials slow to hear claims of 9/11 illnesses. Government officials have only recently begun to take a role in the care of many of the 40,000 responders and recovery workers who were made sick by toxic materials at ground zero.New York Times [Registration Required] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/nyregion/05health.html
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llegal immigrants near WTC face serious illnesses. Thousands of undocumented immigrants who toiled amid toxic dust to clean buildings around the World Trade Center are suffering from serious health problems with few places to turn for treatment. New York Daily News, New York. http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/living/health/15441602.htm
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Study shows solvents damaged workers' brains. Researchers studying railroad workers have documented that cleaning solvents used in their jobs caused brain damage, shrinking the vital bridge that helps one side of the brain communicate with the other. Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky.
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Often undetected, lead posing new risk to kids. Lead is showing up in an alarming range of imported consumer products, posing an often-unrecognized danger to children. Indianapolis Star, Indiana.
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Too hard to take. Each year approximately 120,000 US babies are born with birth defects that result from genetic, environmental or, most often, unknown causes. A controversial federal program governing the use of an acne drug aims to prevent some of these defects. Washington Post [Registration Required]
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Mosquito spraying takes a swat. While fogging for mosquitoes that cause West Nile virus may help some sleep more peacefully, the spray may not be doing any good, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health. Greenville News, South Carolina. http://www.greenvillenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060904/NEWS01/609040314&SearchID=73255933033093
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Polluted farming produce recalled. The government has recalled tens of thousands of agricultural products cultivated in areas near disused mines as its latest survey has shown that they are contaminated with high levels of lead and cadmium. Seoul Korea Times, South Korea. http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200609/kt2006090517343710440.htm
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Hertz's 'green' cars. Travelers seeking greener pastures now have a greener way to get there, as companies like Hertz Corp. and Expedia Inc. have started catering to ecoconscious clientele. Wall Street Journal [Subscription Required] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115741371159753260.html?mod=todays_us_personal_journal
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Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten
USA Representative - MCS International
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