Alternatives:
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www.pesticideinfo.org
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Pesticide Action Network Alternatives to chemical pest
control. This page provides links to other organizations that provide
information on non-toxic or least-toxic approaches to pest
management. ***
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www.panna.org
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Pesticide Action Network's Non-Pesticide Advisor points you to
quality information to help with specific pest and pesticide problems.
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www.beyondpesticides.org
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Safety Source for Pest Management a directory of companies
that have completed the Beyond Pesticides survey and indicated that
they use one or more practices and/or materials categorized as
"non-toxic" or "least-toxic." The directory is intended to be used for
pest problems in homes, commercial sites, schools, parks, golf
courses, and more.
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Associations/Organizations- Pesticide Protection: see Gov't sites below...
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www.chem.unep.ch
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United Nations Environment Progamme. Info on Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs), chemical substances that persist in the
environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of
causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. ie,
PCBs, Dioxins, etc.
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www.panna.org
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Pesticide Action Network North America PANNA works to
replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just
alternatives. Great organization. *** Also see their Data search engine
below.
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www.pesticideinfo.org
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Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Pesticide Database is your
one-stop location for toxicity and regulatory information for
pesticides. Search chemicals, products, poisoning diagnostics,
aquatic ecotoxicity, ***
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www.enviroblog.org
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Environmental Working Group. Discussion of the latest science
and news on toxins in your food, water, and air, and what
government agencies should be doing to protect public health.
Enviroblog is a project of Environmental Working Group Action
Fund.''
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npic.orst.edu
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National Pesticide Information Center provides objective,
science-based information about pesticides and pesticide-related
topics to enable people to make informed decisions about pesticides
and their use. NPIC is a cooperative agreement between Oregon
State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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www.beyondpesticides.org
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Beyond Pesticides (formerly National Coalition Against the
Misuse of Pesticides) a non profit, works with allies in protecting
public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world
free of toxic pesticides. Great news blog.
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www.peri.umass.edu
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Political Economy Research Institute, U Mass at Amherst.
Corporate Toxics Information Project develops and disseminates
information and analysis on corporate releases of toxic chemicals and
the resulting exposures of communities to pollution hazards.
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"Residues of DDE p,p´ continue to be detected in
significant amounts of foods especially spinach, root crops,
and beef adipose more than 30 years after its use was prohibited."
www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3003674
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Government Data- Pesticides:
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www.epa.gov
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U.S. EPA Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage; 2000 and 2001
Market Estimates. This report provides contemporary and historical
economic information on the U.S. pesticide producing and using
sectors covered by state and federal regulatory programs. This report
uses the best available information from the public domain and
proprietary sources. PDF.
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www.ars.usda.gov
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USDA's Agricultural Research Service Pesticide Properties
Database provides water quality modelers and managers a list of the
pesticide properties most important for predicting the potentials of
pesticides to move into ground and surface waters under a range of
weather and soil conditions. A compendium of chemical and
physical properties of 334 widely used pesticides. Information
included in the database focuses on 16 of the most important
properties that affect pesticide transport and degradation
characteristics.''
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npic.orst.edu
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National Pesticide Information Center provides objective,
science-based information about pesticides and pesticide-related
topics to enable people to make informed decisions about pesticides
and their use. NPIC is a cooperative agreement between Oregon
State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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www.ams.usda.gov
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Pesticide Data Program is a national pesticide residue database
program. Through cooperation with State agriculture departments
and other Federal agencies, PDP manages the collection, analysis,
data entry, and reporting of pesticide residues on agricultural
commodities in the U.S. food supply, with an emphasis on those
commodities highly consumed by infants and children.
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www.inchem.org
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International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS); IPCS
INCHEM directly responds to one of the Intergovernmental Forum
on Chemical Safety (IFCS) priority actions to consolidate current,
internationally peer-reviewed chemical safety-related publications
and database records from international bodies, for public access.
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Government Sites:
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www.epa.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency's Pesticide Portal Page.
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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www.epa.gov
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EPA's Toxics and Pesticides Enforcement Division. Directs
the Toxic Substances Control Act, including regulation of lead-based
paint, and asbestos in schools. Also oversees enforcement of the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, which
establishes a right to information about toxic chemical substances,
and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, which
regulates the sale and distribution of pesticides.
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www.epa.gov
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EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
regulates pesticides and chemicals to ensure protection of public
health and the environment and promotes pollution prevention and
the public's right to know about chemical risks.
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ntp.niehs.nih.gov
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National Toxicology Program was established by the
Department of Health and Human Services. The program was
created to: Coordinate toxicology testing programs within the federal
government, Strengthen the science base in toxicology, Develop and
validate improved testing methods and to provide information about
potentially toxic chemicals to health, regulatory, and research
agencies, scientific and medical communities, and the public.
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www.cdc.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. NIOSH Safety and
Health Topic: Pesticide Illness & Injury Surveillance.
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water.usgs.gov
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USGS's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
Program- Pesticide National Synthesis Project is a national-scale
assessment of the occurrence and behavior of pesticides in streams
and ground water of the United States and the potential for pesticides
to adversely affect drinking-water supplies or aquatic ecosystems.
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News/Blogs:
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www.iisd.ca
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International Institute for Sustainable Development,
Reporting Services (IISD RS), brings you the latest news,
information and analysis from international environment and
sustainable development negotiations on chemicals management.
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scienceblogs.com
/angrytoxicologist
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Angry Toxicologist is a scientist in the public health sector who,
knows plenty about toxicology, and is occasionally angry about it all.
Good information.
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Reports:
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Medline/PubMed- National Library of Medicine and the National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services.
Pesticide Journal Articles.
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ntp.niehs.nih.gov
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National Toxicology Program of the Department of Health and
Human Services. Study Reports Search Page.
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www.ncseonline.org
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National Council for Science and the Environment, CRS
Report- "Pesticide Law: A Summary of the Statutes" 29-Mar-2008
This report summarizes the major statutory authorities governing
pesticide regulation: the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as well as the major regulatory programs for
pesticides. PDF.
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www.nap.edu
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"The Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture" Committee
on the Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture, Board on
Agriculture and Natural Resources and Board on Environmental
Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences,National
Research Council. National Academies Press. 2000.
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www.sustainableproduction.org
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Agriculture and Cancer: A Need for Action. Lowell Center for
Sustainable Production. Prepared by the Lowell Center for testimony
to the President's Cancer Panel about the state of the evidence on
chemicals linked to cancer. 2009. PDF. ***
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archive.ewg.org
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"Body Burden 2 The Pollution in Newborns" A benchmark
investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in
umbilical cord blood found that blood samples from newborns
contained an average of 287 toxins. Environmental Working Group.
July 2005.
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www.cdc.gov
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Third National Report on Human Exposure to
Environmental Chemicals. Provides an ongoing assessment of the
U.S. population's exposure to environmental chemicals using
biomonitoring. Biomonitoring is the assessment of human exposure
to chemicals by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in
human specimens such as blood or urine. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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www.theecologist.org
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"Moth balls" Is the light brown apple moth such a danger to crops
both agricultural and financial that the US government will risk the
health of its citizens to eradicate it? They spray, you pay, warns
Claire Robinson- Ecologist Magazine 01/09/2008.
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www.meepi.org
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"OVERKILL: Why Pesticide Spraying for West Nile Virus May
Cause More Harm Than Good" Prepared by the Toxics Action Center
and Maine Environmental Policy Institute 2001.
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www.ehponline.org
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Environmental Health Perspectives- Jun 9, 2009 Center for
Children's Environmental Health, University of California Berkeley.
Research Shows Children are Critically Susceptible to Pesticides
because they lack sufficient levels of the enzyme paraoxonase or
PON1- which is responsible for detoxifying pesticides. PDF.
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