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Crop Production >> Pesticides
Nearly 500,000 tons of pesticides, including more than 500 different types of chemicals, are used annually in the U.S. Many are known to cause serious detrimental effects to both humans and ecosystems, and some persist in the environment for extended periods of time.
Recommended resources on this topic: Reports & Other Documents
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 Management Improvements Needed to Further Promote Integrated Pest Management U.S. General Accounting Office, August 2001.
Pesticides and the Immune System: The Public Health Risks World Resources Institute, 1996.
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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Insecticide use: contexts and ecological consequences G.J. Devine and M.J. Furlong. Agr Hum Val, September 2007.
A longitudinal approach to assessing urban and suburban children’s exposure to pyrethroid pesticides C. Lu, et al. Environ Health Perspect, September, 2006.
Pesticide exposure and risk for Parkinson's disease A. Ascherio, et al. Ann Neurol, August 2006.
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Relevant Organizations
Beyond Pesticides Environmental Protection Agency Farmworker Justice ... more
Additional Tools & Resources
ECOTOX database (EPA) EXTOXNET Pesticide Information Profiles FDA Pesticide Program: Residue Monitoring ... more
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