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National Environmental Health Association
Perspect 1995;103(6):550-4.  5.        FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides.  Food and Agriculture ... ; kidney failure Yes Yes Dichlorvos Neurotoxic effects Cancer; lung damage; liver damage Possibly Possibly Yes DDT Chloracne; cerebral dysfunction; liver damage; kidney damage Chromosome aberrations; high cholesterol and triglyceride levels; tremors ...
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IPCS INCHEM - Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues - Monographs & Evaluations
FAO/PL:CP/15) 057. Aldrin (FAO/PL:CP/15) 058. Dieldrin (FAO/PL:CP/15) 059. Carbaryl (FAO/PL:CP/15) 060. DDT (FAO/PL:CP/15) 061. Dichlorvos (FAO/PL:CP/15) 062. Diphenyl (FAO/PL:CP/15) 063. Ethylene dibromide (FAO ...
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Eco Friends
DDT. Water Use Water is used mainly in agriculture, in industries and for domestic use. The ... . The country shells as much as US$ 1.2 billion in water subsidies. Besides, a FAO study found that only about 20 to 35 per cent of water released from the ...
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Picking Cotton Carefully
World War II with the advent of neurotoxins such as DDT that were considered to be a cheaper way of controlling pests ... of the cotton harvest can enter the food chain. Both the FAO and WHO recognise that the chemical pesticides applied to cotton can ... 90 percent of the land and groundwater at 100-150metres with DDT and lindane [3]. The Uzbekistan State forces children, teachers and doctors ...
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Mail Index
Pharm Crop Products In US Market From: jcummins [SANET-MG] ISP to FAO: GM crops not answer From: jcummins [SANET-MG] German Parliament demands GM ... -MG] insect resistance management in gm crops From: jcummins [SANET-MG] the DDT thread from Kristof's NY times article From: jcummins [SANET-MG] litigation ...
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DDT, that these alternatives are not sufficiently effective, sustainable, or affordable. Amidst uncertainties about ... the waste chemicals and their toxic by-products. Inventory Activities Since 1994 the FAO has been working with developing countries to quantify and dispose of accumulated obsolete ...
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Landmark events in protecting the global environment 1945-present
Spring: Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring is published; her warning of worldwide pollution from DDT and other chemicals receives wide attention 1966 First Photos of "Spaceship Earth": The U.S ... www.wfp.org. Responsibilities of the World Food Council were subsequently absorbed by WFC and FAO] 4 billion people: World population reaches 4 billion, rising from 3 billion in 14 years ...
interenvironment.org


Banned Pesticides Heavily Used in Third World
Aldicarb, Camphechlor, Chlordane, Heptachlor, Chlordimeform, DBCP, DDT, Aldrin, Endrin, EDB, HCH/BHC, Lindane, Paraquat, Parathion, Methyl Parathion, PCP, and 2,4 ... as excited as they are in Asia about experimenting with natural pests," says an FAO specialist, Peter Kenmore. "There is a tradition of serious local innovation that is ...
monitor.net


Trouble in store
The stocks include large amounts of highly persistent organochlorine compounds such as DDT, dieldrin and HCH, as well as highly toxic organophosphorous compounds. They are now ... Government of The Netherlands, the Government of Germany through Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau and the FAO Technical Cooperation Fund. Such operations are not easy to organize. International safety standards and ...
ourplanet.com


About PAN North America | Pesticide Action Network North America
Lindane Alternatives What You Can Do DDT & Malaria DDT Home Page DDT/Malaria Newsroom Reliance on DDT Solutions Around the World Who is Promoting DDT? Experts Ask: Why DDT? Endosulfan Health Effects Global Use ... Prior Informed Consent and presented their findings to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). We lobbied the agency to incorporate PIC within the new International Pesticide Code of ...
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