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This website provides resources on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) such as pesticides, dioxins, PCBs, and wastes. Valuable examples of community monitoring of health and environmental impacts of toxic chemicals are also furnished.

Further, there is an entire section devoted to chemical safety in its proper socio-political context or in relation to issues such as globalization and people's empowerment.

News Archives

03/03/06-- Toxic insecticides 'never used in Japan' found nevertheless (by Japan Economic Newswire)

02/21/06-- Excess pesticides harming cotton pickers (by Daily Times)

02/20/06-- Yaqui in Mexico suffer effects of toxic pesticides used in agricultural fields (by Indian Country Today)

02/19/06-- Protest Rally against GMOs and Terminator Seeds in Bangladesh (by UBINIG)

02/15/06-- EPA to Further Relax ‘Weak’ Toxin Rules (by New Standard)

02/14/06- Gambia’s first national document on POPs validated (by Daily Observer)

2005

12/03/05-- Chile: Poison Victims Demand Pesticide Restrictions (by IPS)

12/02/05-- Protests mark anniversary of Bhopal tragedy (by AFP)

11/28/05-- U.S. wrests large exemption from international pesticide ban (by AP)

11/18/05-- Canada: Top court backs pesticide ban (by Toronto Star)

11/17/05-- Parliament backs new EU law on toxic chemicals (by Reuters)

11/15/05-- Scientists Identify Corporate Structure as Bad for Public Health (by PANNA)

11/11/05-- China: Education urged on persistent pollutants (by Xinhuanet)

11/10/05-- India: Chemical pesticides cause health, social problems (by Financial Express)

11/09/05-- Canadians contaminated by toxic chemicals, report says (by Environmental Defence)

11/08/05-- EPA settles with Dow on pesticide export violations (by EPA)

11/08/05-- WHO to push DDT use in new malaria fight: report (by Xinhuanet)

11/08/05-- EPA study shows high levels of toxins in fish (by Taiwan News)

11/02/05-- Parents with pesticide fears turn to organic baby food (by AP)

10/27/05-- Monsanto disputes finding by CDC (by St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

10/25/05-- Canada Grants New Controversial Terminator Patent To US Company (by Greenpeace)

10/25/05-- Overuse of pesticides has deadly sting (by China Daily)

10/22/05-- Critics rip plan to relax chemical release rules (by Seattle Post Intelligencer)

10/20/05-- POPs kill 5 million children a year (by ANSA)

10/20/05-- 'High-yielding rice varieties do not excite Filipino farmers' (by BISSIG)

10/12/05-- Pollutants 'damage sperm quality' (by BBC)

10/12/05-- Persistent organic pollutants project launched in Botswana (by Daily News)

10/12/05-- Toxic Chemicals Found in Common Baby Products (by ECRPC)

10/11/05-- Bahrain to join pollution treaty (by Gulf Daily News)

10/07/05-- Dr Irene Fernandez: Winner of Rights Livelihood Award for 2005 (by PANAP)

10/07/05-- Environmental decline killing poor (by Guardian)

10/10/05-- NZ beef pulled from shelves for insecticide contamination (by China Post)

10/03/05-- cPulp Mills and the Clean Technology Debate (by IPS)

09/29/05-- New Programme to Eliminate Obsolete Pesticides From Africa (by WB)

09/28/05-- No deal yet on global chemicals framework (by Environment Daily)

09/22/05-- Environmentalists take fight for moratorium of plantation expansion to the streets (by Philippine Daily Inquirer)

09/21/05-- U.N. Agency Warns of Environmental Impacts From Free Trade Agreements (by International Trade Daily)

09/20/05-- Pakistan: Perils posed by pesticides grow (by IRIN)

09/19/05-- Philippines: Another IRRI worker dies (by BISSIG)

09/18/05-- Environmental activists, cyclists bike for pollution and PGMA-free Philippines (by ENRAGED)

09/15/05-- JAMA Study of Pesticide Risks in Schools (by PANNA)

09/13/05-- Five Scientists Honored for Commitment to Scientific Integrity (by JAF)

09/11/05-- Crop spraying is health risk, say scientists (by The Sunday Times-Britain)

09/07/05-- Global movement says no to toxics and wastes (by GAIA)

09/07/05-- Tracking POPs around the globe (by ESC)

09/06/05-- AP State Government receives notice on Pesticide Poisonings (by CSA)

09/01/05-- Banana firm dismisses epidemic fears (by SunStar Davao)

08/31/05-- Organic farmers can appeal ruling (by The Regina Leader-Post)

08/29/05-- Tons of hazardous waste enter rivers, dumps daily -- DENR (by Philippine Daily Inquirer)

08/23/05-- People’s Inquiry into aerial spraying open for registration and submissions (by People's Inquiry)

08/25/05-- Codex Allows Seven Deadly Pesticides Banned by Stockholm Convention and US Law (by The Natural Solutions Foundation)

08/22/05-- Keeping Perspective on West Nile Virus (by PANNA)

08/19/05-- Proper use of pesticides for Philippine mangoes urged (by Sunstar Daily)

08/17/05-- E-waste recycling releasing toxic wastes in India, China (by New Kerala.com)

08/17/05-- Tanzania set to produce first organic cotton this year (by Financial Times)

08/15/05-- Mexican government identifies 31 sites highly contaminated with industrial waste (by El Universal)

08/09/05-- Study reveals high levels of DDT in eggs in Pakistan (by Business Recorder)

08/09/05-- Coke, Pepsi move court on pesticides order (by Our Bureau & Pti)

08/08/05-- Pesticides cause illnesses in schools (by Quincy Herald-Whig)

08/07/05-- Pesticides used in Arab World needs development and control - experts (by KUNA)

08/05/05-- Rethinking Roundup (by PANNA)

08/04/05-- Congratulations Dr Irene Fernandez - Nobel Peace Prize Nominee! (by PAN AP)

07/31/05-- Toxic Dumpsites Uncovered in Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt (by Vanguard)

07/26/05-- Methyl Bromide Loophole for U.S. Prolongs Ozone Hole (by PANNA)

07/26/05-- Pesticides stay in London (by London Free Press)

07/26/05-- Waste disposal rakes up old ghosts in Bhopal (by IANS)

07/22/05-- High DDT levels found in breastmilk of HK mothers (by Reuters)

07/22/05-- Filipino activist-scientist receives international award (by RESIST)

07/22/05-- CDC Body Burden Study Finds Widespread Pesticide Exposure
(by PANNA)

07/19/05-- South Korea’s Dioxin Double Take (by ENS)

07/22/05-- People's Health Assembly calls for dumping of the patent regime (by IPHU)

07/17/05-- International People's Health University Launched (by IPHU)

07/16/05-- Toxic chemicals found in umbilical cord blood (by North Adams Transcript)

07/16/05-- Fish exports from Cuddalore declines as chemical influx increases (by National Foundation for India)

07/13/05-- Filipino Environmentalists call for Arroyo's resignation (by ENRAGE)

07/12/05-- Report: Laws make EPA's review of chemicals harder (by USA TODAY)

07/06/05-- Carbaryl: One Poison for Another in Urban Creeks (by PANNA)

06/26/05-- New product for U.S. industry: 'manufactured doubt' (by Austin American Statesman)

06/21/05-- China Vows to Fully Implement Rotterdam Convention (by Xinhua)

06/16/05-- Eco-waste coalition warns: Beware of toxic eggs (by Inquirer News Service)

06/14/05-- Sweden calls for world ban on PFOS chemical (by Reuters)

06/13/05-- Japan threatens to ban Mindanao mangoes (by AsiaPulse)

06/12/05-- Singapore signs on to Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions (by ChannelNews Asia)

06/10/05-- EPA Sued for Farm Children's Pesticide Risks (by PANNA)

06/09/05-- Fiji: Team to look at waste recycle (by Fiji Times)

06/08/05-- Study finds residues of pesticides in villagers in Punjab (by CSE)

06/03/05-- Disorders can be passed on without genetic mutations (by Seattle Post)

06/01/05-- WHO tool assesses risk of unsafe chemicals in food (by Food Navigator USA)

Obsolete Pesticides Piling Up in Latin America (by ENS)

05/27/05-- PCB survey highlights chemical dangers (by Daily Yomiuri)

05/27/05-- Chemical May Inhibit Male Sex Development (by Associated Press)

05/26/05-- Software “toolkit” for control of hazardous chemicals issued by UN-backed body (by UN News Centre)

05/25/05-- WTO Talks a Threat to Environment - NGOs (by Interpress Service)

05/22/05-- China work group set up to phaseout chemicals (by China View)

05/22/05-- Health fears over secret study into GM food (by The Independent)

05/22/05-- Women's bodies store pesticides, pass on contaminants to fetuses
(by PNA)

05/18/05-- Monsanto scores lowest environmental rating (by Innovest)

05/12/05-- Toxics data show overall fall, but some concerns (by Associated Press)

05/07/05-- Despite Int'l Agreement, DDT Will Not Disappear Overnight (by IPS)

05/06/05-- U.N. may add new chemicals to 'dirty dozen' ban (by Reuters)

05/06/05-- U.N. expected to toughen "dirty dozen" toxin rules (by Reuters)

05/06/05-- U.S. aims to join 'dirty dozen' chemical ban (by Associated Press)

05/06/05-- UK: European Union seeks action on furter toxic chemicals (by UK gov't)

05/05/05-- Four New Chemicals Proposed for Global Blacklist (by ENS)

05/02/05-- Governments Meet to Eliminate 12 Persistant Organic Pollutants (by ENS)

05/04/05-- Top Court Saves Right to Sue (by PANNA)

05/01/05-- NZ: Pesticides blamed for killing rare frogs (by Stuff.co)

04/29/05-- Public In the Dark as Illegal GE Corn Enters Food Supply (by PANNA)

04/28/05-- Mining giant continues to deny responsibility for Philippine mining disaster (by BC Committee for Human Rights)

04/29/05-- Worldwide Appeal to the Malaysian Government to Maintain Paraquat Ban (by PAN AP)

04/28/05-- Citizens can sue for damages caused by pesticides, Supreme Court holds (by Agriculture Online)

04/26/05-- NGOs Push For Fulfilment of Anti-Pollution Promises (by InterPress Service)

04/22/05-- MNCs outsourcing pesticides production, research to India (by Indo-Asian News Service )

04/21/05-- Philippines: Toxic Eggs, Anyone? (by ABS-CBN.com)

04/19/05-- Eloor Chicken Eggs Contaminated with Dioxin (by Thanal)

04/14/05-- Aerial spraying ban in Davao urged (by Coalition for Mother Earth)

04/13/05-- Illegal GE rice contaminates food chain in China (by Greenpeace)

04/13/05-- Dioxin contamination found near proposed EU-funded waste site in Bulgaria (by Bankwatch Network)

04/09/05-- Villagers in Punjab falling victim of cancer due to excess use of pesticides (by ACI)

04/08/05-- EPA Scraps Controversial Pesticide Testing Program (by Reuters)

04/05/05-- Indian Government protects chemical industry interests over public health at international meeting (by Toxics Link)

04/03/05-- Roundup® highly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher (by UPMC)

03/31/05-- EPA Sweet on Atrazine (by PANNA)

03/30/05-- €1.3 Million to Involve African Farmers and Poisoning Victims in International Agreements (by PAN UK)

03/22/05-- Toxic Chemicals Found in Household Dust Across USA (by ENS)

03/21/05-- Bohol Poisoing Aftermath: Groups revive campaign vs pesticides (by Philippine Daily Inquirer)

03/17/05-- Activists Urge Lindane Ban (by PANNA)

03/15/05-- Pesticide poisoned Bohol schoolchildren: RP health dep't (SunStar Daily)

03/12/05-- US Federal court ruling comes under fire (VOV News)

03/07/05-- Bangladesh: No bt cotton, no pests (The New Nation)

03/05/05-- Philippines: Insecticides killing honey trade in Abra town (by Inquirer News Service)

03/03/05-- Biologists fret as Mexico butterfly numbers dive (by Reuters)

03/02/05-- NZ and Pacific region reducing toxic chemicals (Scoop Independent News)

03/03/05-- 782 Industrial Facilities Will Emit More Toxic Chemicals into California's Air Under 'Clear Skies' Bill (by Environment California)

02/28/05-- U.S. Urges Judge to Dismiss Suit on Chemical Use in Vietnam War (by New York Times)

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