Guest guest Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 I have to come up with stats on whether utilizing IPM has created a documented difference in the number of kids who were on ritalin and went off, increased attendance, lower incidents of asthma etc. Anyone have anything that I can cite. I have a news reporter that is considering a story on pesticides in school and he wants hard core facts. As someone made the fatal mistake of trying to tell me ROUND UP has been DECLASSIFIED to LEAST TOXIC of the herbicidesand once it's dried it has no effect on humans. Then his associate tried to tell me that DEPEND and SYNOFF are as SAFE AS RAID! I remember but can't find the references that pesticides are possibly linked to Parkinsons. TIA Angel " If having endured much, we at last asserted our 'right to know' and if, knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks, then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tell us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals, we should look around and see what other course is open to us. " Carson " My toxicasa (world) is your toxicasa (world). " Judith Goode On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Sword wrote: > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:57:30 -0400 > From: Sword <elizabeth@...> > CHEC FORUM listserv <checnet-forum@...> > Subject: [Checnet-forum] GROUP SAYS DUPONT WITHHELD RISK OF TOXIC CHEMICAL > > GROUP SAYS DUPONT WITHHELD RISK OF TOXIC CHEMICAL > > Date: 11 Apr 2003 > From: " Montague " {@...} > > By Doering, Reuters, April 11, 2003 > > Washington - DuPont Co., the second-largest U.S. chemical company, > withheld from the government an internal study linking a toxic > chemical in Teflon to birth defects in some children, an advocacy > group charged on Friday. > > The Environmental Working Group claimed that DuPont violated federal > law by failing to turn over a document in 1981 showing the risks of > perfluorooctanoic acid, or C8, a chemical used to manufacture Teflon. > > Teflon is a widely available household product used to keep clothing > such as jackets dry or to prevent food from sticking to pots and pans. > > " They obviously had no intention of ever turning this over to the > EPA, " said Wiles, a vice president of the advocacy group. > " This is very damning evidence. It's not surprising to us that they > withheld it, and who knows what else they've withheld? " > > The group asked the Environmental Protection Agency (news - web > sites) to investigate and determine if the company broke federal law > by failing to immediately disclose the health impacts of the chemical. > > The EPA said it was reviewing the document and did not have an > immediate comment. > > Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont denied the allegations by the > Environmental Working Group that the company violated the Toxic > Substance Control Act by not reporting information about C8. > > The environmental group cited a 1981 internal study by DuPont that > measured the blood levels of seven women who worked at the company's > Teflon plant in West Virginia. All had detectable levels of the > chemical in their bodies, according to the document. > > CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT > > The DuPont study also said one woman gave birth to a child with an > eye and tear duct defect, and another employee bore a child with a > nostril and eye defect. That same year, DuPont reassigned 50 women > from the plant to reduce their exposure to the chemical, the > Environmental Working Group said. > > Residents near the West Virginia plant have filed a class-action > lawsuit against DuPont over contamination of area water supplies. The > DuPont report on C8 came to light in the course of that lawsuit. > > " There is no evidence or data that demonstrates (C8) causes adverse > human health effects, including developmental or reproductive effects, > in any segment of the human population, " said Rickard, director > of DuPont's Haskell Laboratory for Health and Environmental Sciences. > > DuPont said the company recorded the women's low-level exposure but > did not conduct a formal study evaluating C8 or its effect on human > health. > > The federal Toxic Substance Control Act only requires companies to > report information when the public is at risk, DuPont said, and it > added there were no adverse effects to humans exposed to the chemical. > > DuPont said its records showed one birth defect, but added there was > " no indication " it was linked to exposure to C8. > > The Teflon chemical C8 is part of a broader family called > perfluorochemicals. Tests have shown that C8 and similar chemicals can > cause liver damage and reproductive problems in rats, according to > scientists. > > The Environmental Working Group said laboratory studies have linked > exposure to perfluorochemicals to cancer, hypothyroidism and brain > damage. > > In 2000, 3M Corp. pulled its stain repellent Scotchgard from the > market after the EPA expressed concern that a sister chemical to C8 > posed serious health risks. 3M has since stopped making all > perfluorochemicals. > > The EPA last September began a priority review of C8 under the Toxic > Chemicals Control Act, which can be used to ban chemicals that can > lead to health problems or defects. > > An EPA official said the agency planned to release a final version of > its report on Monday. > > In a draft copy released last month, the EPA found that C8 > accumulates in the blood system and has toxic chemicals that pose a > risk for childbearing women. The agency urged further study of the > chemical's impact on humans. > > For its part, DuPont said that the EPA document was a preliminary > draft and that data recently shared with the government support the > chemical's safety. > > * * * > > Copyright 2003 Reuters Limited. > > > -- > This message was posted on the CHEC Forum List, a news and information > listserv hosted by Children¹s Health Environmental Coalition for parents and > others. CHEC is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to educating > the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins > that affect children's health. 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Guest guest Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT aka non toxic solutions to insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides.... On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, rainbowcarebearstitch10 wrote: > Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:11:33 -0000 > From: rainbowcarebearstitch10 <rainbowcarebearstitch10@...> > Reply- > > Subject: [] Re: Time sensitive > > What is IPM? > > > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: > > This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT aka non toxic solutions to insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides.... On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, rainbowcarebearstitch10 wrote: > Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:11:33 -0000 > From: rainbowcarebearstitch10 <rainbowcarebearstitch10@...> > Reply- > > Subject: [] Re: Time sensitive > > What is IPM? > > > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: > > This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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