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AboutSafety
April 20, 2001 |
Body Protection From Pesticides Recommended clothing for working around pesticides.   |
Geotimes
May 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Mixed View on Pesticide Pollution The amount of pesticides in U.S. streams has generally decreased, according to a recent assessment. But urban streams are carrying more and more pesticides, and the number of different chemicals present simultaneously has gone up, raising concerns among some researchers. |
AboutSafety
January 30, 2001 |
Is The Garment You're Wearing The Right One? When it comes to limited-use chemical protective clothing, how can you best ensure the garment you select is the right one? |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2002
William M. Simpson |
Recognition and Management of Acute Pesticide Poisoning Acute pesticide poisoning is an unusual and potentially fatal reason for visiting a family physician in the outpatient or emergency department setting. These episodes are likely to occur so infrequently that the physician must go through a steep learning curve with each encounter... |
Chemistry World
November 2006 |
In the Papers... Korean tanks vulnerable... Pesticides backlash... Chemical deadline... High School forensics... |
Chemistry World
January 29, 2013
Anthony King |
Pesticides can kill frogs in hours Frogs exposed to pesticides at the kind of levels routinely sprayed on farm fields can die in hours, a new study from German and Swiss scientists report. |
Fast Company
September 1, 2007
Jennifer Boulden |
The Green, Green Grass Of Home Step outside and discover how to make your grass greener -- without chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and a gazillion gallons of water. |
| National Gardening |
Overcoming Chemical Dependence In response to concerns over Atrazine use and other environmentally damaging garden chemicals, groups around the country are providing residents with information on reducing pesticide and fertilizer misuse and overapplication. |
Science News
November 26, 2005
Janet Raloff |
Organic Doesn't Mean Free of Pesticides Despite organic claims of pesticide-free vegetables, a recent small-scale study found roughly the same amount of toxic pesticide chemicals in both conventionally grown and organic vegetables. |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
EPA pushes pesticide labels to protect bees The US Environmental Protection Agency has developed new pesticide labels that prohibit the use of some neonicotinoid products where bees are present in an effort to protect the health of pollinators. |
Science News
July 8, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Farm Fresh Pesticides In the U.S., for people who live near croplands, traces of agricultural chemicals can find their way into homes by hitchhiking on windblown dust. This is disturbing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the link between pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
US Releases Pesticide Review The US environmental protection agency has outlawed agricultural use of the pesticides lindane and carbofuran, following 10 years of scrutiny. |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
US moves in different direction on pesticides As the EU introduces a two-year moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides over concerns that they are decimating bee populations, the US government appears headed in a different direction. |
Mother Jones
October 2000
Jon R. Luoma |
The Ban That Wasn't The EPA declares a pesticide dangerous to kids -- but leaves it on food and in the fields... |
Scientific American
May 10, 2006
David Biello |
Mixing It Up Harmless levels of chemicals prove toxic when combined. |
Scientific American
August 14, 2006
Paul Raeburn |
After 25 Years, the EPA Still Won't Ban a Risky Pesticide Attempts to ban the household use of the insecticide dichlorvos, or DDVP, have flopped, despite safety concerns since the 1970s. |
Fast Company
November 2003
Loch Adamson |
Wanted: A Few Good Microbes Problem: How to reduce usage of chemical pesticides. Solution: Develop natural products based on killer bacteria. |
AskMen.com
Joseph Moritz |
Top 10: Foods To Buy Organic Amid all the good intentions, some lose sight of the most important things to buy organic -- for their own health and that of the environment. |
AboutSafety
April 16, 2001 |
Hearing Protection: Can You Read The Label? Ignorance about how to read acoustic performance information means that employers and employees can sometimes assume that the protection given by plugs or muffs is better than it actually is. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
March 1999
Bonnie Liebman |
Pesticides and Breast Cancer Women with higher levels of the pesticide dieldrin in their blood have a greater risk of breast cancer, say researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and elsewhere... |
AboutSafety
April 20, 2001 |
Providing Safety And Health Protection For A Diverse Construction Workforce: Issues and Ideas Safety issues for women in the workplace. |
