|
|
| Heal Toxics is a member of the International POPs Elimination Network |
|
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. |
| Pesticides |
|
To eliminate the use of hazardous pesticides, and to promote community-based control over a sustainably produced food supply, PAN Germany offers concrete alternatives with its OISAT Info. OISAT Info is a practical guide for trainers, extension workers, and farmers on how to minimize pest damage in a safe, effective, and ecologically sound way. Its structure is based on the cropping season of the major crops, indicating key pests for each growth stage and plant part. Further, detailed information is presented on preventive and curative pest management practices with the aim of providing basic and practical information. The descriptions contain illustrations, photographs, and clear advice, together with a glossary of technical terms. Situation-specific information can be downloaded and compiled in tailor-made training material, which can also be translated into local languages for an effective transfer of information to the farmers.
The PAN
Pesticides Database enables you to:
This report outlines health hazards associated with pesticide use that have been known for years, and the extent of harm they have caused to the environment. It also offers a comprehensive critique of the factors that enable chemical companies to pour millions of tons of pesticides annually into the world’s biosphere, including the failure of pesticide regulation and control.
These factsheets contain information on the world’s largest Agrochemical Transnationals such as Syngenta, Monsanto, DuPont, Dow Chemicals, and Bayer. Information includes a company profile and history, a list of pesticides produced and documented cases of their adverse effects worldwide. Also provides a list of biotechnology products promoted and specific breaches on biosafety.
This report presents an objective and careful review of existing data that demonstrates that endosulfan belongs to the group of highly toxic Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). It exposes how corporations defend their products, despite overwhelming evidence of harm to human health and the environment, by referring to the extensive testing of their products based on “risk assessment”, and to the tacit approval by the international bodies such as WHO and FAO. Thus, the report explains why the use of the precautionary principle in dealing with toxic chemicals is more relevant and is being pushed by independent scientists and public interest groups.
Around 97 percent of all produced Methyl Bromide, a substance that depletes the ozone layer, is used as a fumigant for pest control. This handbook outlines explains the general background to ozone depletion and the Montreal Protocol, examines the health effects and uses of Methyl Bromide, and describes alternatives currently in use or under development. It outlines the phase out of methyl bromide as an opportunity for developing to modernize their pest-control approaches.
Paraquat, already banned or severely restricted in some countries, is Syngenta’s most controversial herbicide. This report examines the record of corporate influence in the proliferation of Paraquat use in agrarian activities, particularly in developing countries. It addresses issues such as the health effects of pesticides in these countries and the related environmental concerns. The report questions the need for Paraquat, given the many alternatives available for weed control, and demands that Syngenta phases out the the promotion and sale of Paraquat products.
Ethylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDCs) such as maneb and mancozeb have been extensively used in Philippine banana plantations for the past 40 years. The study investigates the correlation between the levels of blood ETU and urinary ETU and the incidence of thyroid gland disorders among banana plantation workers in the Philippines.
The highly toxic pesticide Paraquat is used as a major suicide agent in many developing countries
Numerous studies reveal possible links between exposure to the pesticide Paraquat and the development of Parkinson’s Disease.
Many U.S. residents carry toxic pesticides in their bodies above government assessed "acceptable' levels, according to a report released today by Pesticide Action Network North America (PAN). Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability, makes public for the first time an analysis of pesticide-related data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a study of levels of chemicals in 9,282 people nationwide. The report reveals that government and industry have failed to safeguard public health from pesticide exposures. |
| İheal
toxics, 2003 clock javascript courtesy of dynamicdrive.com |