Study
Links Women's Brain Cancer to Herbicide Use
(Beyond Pesticides, October 10, 2008) A study published
in the American Journal of Epidemiology [Vol. 167, No. 8]
finds women who have used herbicides are twice as likely to
have meningioma, a specific kind of brain tumor...(more)
EPA
Withdraws Cause Marketing Pesticide Label Proposal
After a two-year process of EPA proposals and public comment periods,
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew its draft notice
on label statements regarding cause marketing and third-party
endorsements.
Groups
Tell EPA to Stop Uses of Anti-Bacterial Consumer Products
(7/7/08) In comments to EPA on its new risk assessment and evaluation
of the widely used anti-bacterial chemical triclosan groups point
to health and environmental effects and call for end to consumer
products.
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nationwide and worldwide, check out the Gateway on Pesticide
Hazards and Safe Pest Management. Provides links to most
widely used pesticides.
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certifications and the meaning behind various label claims.
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