Issues - Pesticides

• NEW!!
  Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years (Organic Center USA)
  • Executive Summary (PDF, 1.5 MB)
  • Full Report (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• Agricultural Pesticides and the Atmosphere
  • Studies carried out by scientists at Environment Canada (EC) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) show that some pesticides escape into the atmosphere through a process known as volatilization
• An Anthropological Approach to the Evaluation of Preschool Children Exposed to Pesticides in Mexico
  • Report by Environmental Health Perspectives
• Children more vulnerable to pesticides until age 7 due to lower enzyme level 2009
• Comprehensive Review of Pesticide Research Confirms Dangers
  • Report by The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) is strongly recommending that people reduce their exposure to pesticides wherever possible.
• Dietary Intake and Its Contribution to Longitudinal Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure in Urban/Suburban Children (PDF, 508 kb)
• Eating Organics Cuts Kids' Pesticide Loads
• The Effectiveness of Farm and Private Sector Initiatives to Reduce Children’s Pesticide Exposures (PDF)(USA)
• Environmental Toxicants and Developmental Disabilities
• Developmental Effects of Chemical Exposures (USA)
• Food Chained
  "From within the womb to the day we die we consume synthetic chemicals. Much of what we eat is the product of our industrialised world. But we still know very little of its lasting impact."
  • Felicity Lawrence reports Saturday May 15, 2004 for The Guardian
• Glyphosate Toxic & Roundup Worse
  • Institute of Science in Society (ISIS) Press Release 07/03/05
• Impacts of the Food Quality Protection Act on Children’s Exposures to Pesticides (PDF) (USA)
• Indiana study shows correlation between ag chemicals and fetal impacts, from pre-term births to children's school performance
• Linkage Established Between Pesticides and Autism
• Opportunities to Reduce Children’s Exposures to Pesticides: A Truly Grand Challenge (PDF)
• Is Organic Healthier? The Science Supporting Organic Foods (PDF)
• Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides September 2005 Report from Environmental Health Perspectives (PDF)
• Parkinson's disease mortality and pesticide exposure in California 1984–1994
• Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws - Materials developed in support of municipal pesticide bylaws (ON)
• Pesticides Burden Above "Safe" Levels
• Pesticide Exposure and Self-reported Parkinson's Disease in Agricultural Health Study
• Pesticide exposure and risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in the Agricultural Health Study 2009
• Pesticide exposure associated with incidence of Parkinson's disease
  • A Eurekalert article based on results reported in the July 2006 issue of Annals of Neurology
• Pesticide Exposures Increase Risk of Gestational Diabetes
• Pesticides - making the right choice for the protection of health and the environment (PDF)
  • Report of the Canadian Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
• Pesticides present even before birth - Study shows how organic diet can cleanse body in just three days (USA)
• Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants
• Petition addresses fear about chemicals in imported food
  The petition wants to give consumers the right to know where their food originates and what's in it
• Preventable Cancer Epidemic
  • Report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Roundup Doesn't Poison Only Weeds
  • News article in Le Monde, by Hervé Morin
• Roundup®Highly Lethal to Amphibians, Finds University of Pittsburgh Researcher
• Scientists Call for More Decisive Action in Lowering Children’s Exposures to Pesticides (PDF)
• Stats probed for pesticide- Some health disorders appear to be worse in rural areas where more pesticides are sprayed
• Thousands of Canadians poisoned by pesticides each year- Report finds 138 Saskatchewan children victims of acute pesticide poisoning annually
• Thousands of Canadians poisoned by pesticides each year -
  Report finds 319 Maritimers victims of acute pesticide poisoning annually
• Toxic Pesticides Above "Safe" Levels in Many U.S. Residents
  • Report by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
• Questions about Spraying Pesticides on Lawns
  • Globe and Mail article, May 13, 2004