| I could spend a
year updating one days worth of EnviroHealth news. However there are many
other networks that do it for a living in the top right column. The way I see it,
the absolute biggest threat to our health, our environment, our world, our
children: our future, is war. War is where our most toxic, dangerous,
devastating pesticides, nerve poisons were developed; chemical warfare.
Biological weapons are also a major envirohealth threat. I kid you not,
every bomb dropped many lives and their families are devastated. Trees,
plants, animals, all walks of life are destroyed for miles. The air
travels around the globe, with all the chemicals and biologicals attached
to particles which end up in everyone's nose. There was a notable
difference in global air quality after the Gulf War, add to the population
explosion and... yikes! Here is a very interesting article, a brief
examination of the big picture of our current war situation. Is
terror fight new world war?
Health Canada approves pesticides without knowing risks:
report
Last Updated Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:34:04
OTTAWA - Ottawa is approving new pesticides without getting basic
information such as their toxicity and their effects on the environment, a
new report says. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/07/Consumers/pesticides031007
Change limits farmers from suing pesticide-makers
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has adopted a new policy that
aims to cut off farmers' ability to sue pesticide and herbicide makers
when bug-and weedkillers don't work as promised on their labels and damage
crops. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-10-05-pesticides-usat_x.htm
Pesticide Alerts:
Terminix
Pays $759,000 to Settle Probe
Gulf
War vets risk paralyzing disease, say studies
ALS presents with marked OP symptoms
Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis Fact Sheet
More
Evidence--Pesticides Cause Brain Damage Genetic Link Found for
Pesticides, ADHD, Gulf War Syndrome Environment News Service March
17, 2003
4 journalists, UP professor arrested for libel
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2003/sept/10
Cities to spray for mosquitoes
Boulder, Lafayette to use pesticide in
bug-heavy neighborhoods
http://www.bouldernews.com/
Passenger Alert:
What You Can't Smell
COULD Hurt You
Danger in the Air
Pesticide use on domestic airplanes may make flying hazardous to
your health http://www.motherjones.com/
(Dated 1998, I can imagine the situation much worse
now particularly since SARS.)
Pesticide Restrictions to Protect salmon piss-off farmers, I say these
farmers would best reflect humanity if they practice organic farming,
anyway here's the story: http://www.theworldlink.com/
Toxic levels high in valley runoff
Concentrations of pesticides exceed proposed limits
Carl
T. Hall, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
©2003 San
Francisco Chronicle
Samples of rainfall and storm-water runoff in the Central Valley show
pesticide concentrations up to 10 times the levels that would be allowed
under proposed new state regulations, federal scientists reported Monday. Read
the story: http://www.sfgate.com
Read the USGS News Release:
USGS Releases Study on Toxic Rainfall in San Joaquin Valley
August
18, 2003
http://www.usgs.gov/public
View the report:
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri034091/
View the prior report:
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri02-4103/
By the way, both diazinon
and chlorpyrifos
have been banned by the EPA, however may still be used.
More on our toxic environment:
Health of future generations tied to tracking pesticides
TWO VIEWS • Oregon's budget deficit left the Pesticide Use Reporting
System with no funding. Is this a blow to public health or a necessary cut
to an unnecessary service?
BY MATT BLEVINS
Issue date: Fri, Aug 15, 2003
In 1998, the U.S. Geological Survey released data demonstrating
wide-scale pesticide contamination in the Willamette Valley.
It found 50 pesticides in streams throughout the Willamette Valley and 13
pesticides in groundwater samples. Ten pesticides detected in streams were
at concentrations that exceeded criteria to protect freshwater aquatic
life. But there was no way to know where the pesticides came from or if
public health was at risk.
Read the story:
http://www.portlandtribune.com
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