Our Environment’s Reality? Perspective – Pesticides Evidence & Facts HISTORICAL CONTEXT – PESTICIDES “Some might find irony in the prospect that humans in their restless quest for dominance over nature may be inadvertently undermining their own ability to reproduce or to learn and think.They may see poetic justice in the possibility that we have become unwitting… Continue reading 3. PERSPECTIVE – PESTICIDES – Historical Context – Pesticides
Our Environment’s Reality? Perspective – Pesticides Evidence & Facts BENCHMARKING & BEST PRACTICES Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. The International Code of Conduct on the Distribution… Continue reading Benchmarking & Best Practices
Our Environment’s Reality? Perspective – Pesticides Evidence & Facts BANNED PESTICIDES – U.S. VS EU While the European Union has banned or restricted 246 pesticides starting in 2005, many of these same pesticides are widely used in the United States. European Union nations have banned 5 Pesticide groups starting in 2005 and blacklisted 209 pesticides… Continue reading Banned Pesticides – U.S Vs EU
Our Environment’s Reality? Perspective – Pesticides Evidence & Facts EU’s EXPORTED BANNED PESTICIDE’S – CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS Syngenta is by far the largest exporter of these deadly pesticides. The Basel-based giant has a large network of factories across the continent, including in the United Kingdom and France, and it uses these factories to manufacture several pesticides, which… Continue reading EU’s Exported Banned Pesticides Active Ingredients
Our Environment’s Reality? Perspective – Pesticides Evidence & Facts EU’s EXPORTED BANNED PESTICIDES – TO OTHER COUNTRIES Public Eye investigations reveal for the first time the extent to which the European Union (EU) allows the export of certain pesticides even though it bans their use on its own fields. Public Eye’s investigation shows that EU member countries… Continue reading EU’s Exported Banned Pesticides To Other Countries
Our Environment’s Reality? Pesticides in U.S Evidence & Facts PESTICIDES & ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION Endocrine disruption burst onto the public and policy scene in the mid-1990s, propelled by a growing body of science and then galvanized by the publication of “Our Stolen Future”. All chemically-mediated message systems, are now known to be vulnerable to endocrine disruptors. The… Continue reading 4. PESTICIDES IN U.S – Pesticides & Endocrine Disruption
Our Environment’s Reality? Pesticides in U.S Evidence & Facts U.S. CITIZENS – PESTICIDES IN BODY Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) measure pesticides and other chemicals in the bodies of Americans every few years. The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals is a series of ongoing assessments of the… Continue reading U.S. Citizens – Pesticides In Body
Our Environment’s Reality? Pesticides in U.S Evidence & Facts U.S.TOTAL PESTICIDE USE In the United States, each year, an estimated 1.1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to U.S. farms, forests, lawns and golf courses. More than 20,000 pesticides are currently on the market and over 80,000 synthetic chemicals are in use. Only about 2% have been tested… Continue reading U.S. Total Pesticide Use
Our Environment’s Reality? Pesticides in U.S Evidence & Facts INSECTICIDES, HERBICIDES & FUMIGANTS Pesticides are an enormous group of chemicals designed to kill unwanted Insects- Insecticides; Weeds – Herbicides; Nematocides- Fumigants; Rodents- Rodenticides; Fungi – Fungicides & Microorganisms – Disinfectants. The problem is, many of the chemicals used to kill pests also endanger human health. Main Groups of Insecticides -Neonicotinoids; Carbamates/Organophosphates; Organochlorine;Pyrethroids/Pyrethrin’s/Piperonals. Main… Continue reading Insecticides, Herbicides & Fumigants
Our Environment’s Reality? Pesticides in U.S Evidence & Facts U.S. LAWN PESTICIDE USE Of 30 commonly used lawn pesticides 13 are probable or possible carcinogens, 13 are linked with birth defects, 21 with reproductive effects, 15 with neurotoxicity, 26 with liver or kidney damage, 27 are sensitizers and/or irritants, and 11 have the potential to disrupt the endocrine… Continue reading U.S. Lawn Pesticide Use
