"Farm Pesticides Linked To Deadly Skin Cancer"
"Workers who apply certain pesticides to farm fields are twice as likely to contract melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, according to a new scientific study."
Source: EHN, 03/31/2010
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"Waste Water Kills Millions Of Children, Pollutes Sea"
"Human beings are flushing millions of tonnes of solid waste into rivers and oceans every day, poisoning marine life and spreading diseases that kill millions of children annually, the U.N. said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 03/23/2010
"Bees Face 'Unprecedented' Pesticide Exposures"
"A two-year study now provides evidence indicting one likely group of suspects [as a cause of beehive die-offs]: pesticides. It found 'unprecedented levels' of mite-killing chemicals and crop pesticides in hives across the United States and parts of Canada."
Source: Science News, 03/22/2010
"Dogs That Detect Bedbugs"
Bedbug-sniffing dogs can locate a single live bug or egg with 96 percent accuracy. The bugs were mostly eradicated in the U.S. by now-banned pesticides like DDT, and are now making a comeback.
Source: NYTimes, 03/11/2010
"Pesticide Exposure Deprives Yaqui Girls of Breastfeeding -- Ever"
A Univ. of Florida researcher has found that endocrine-disrupting agricultural pesticides have harmed the health of Yaqui people in Mexico. Among the effects: girls developing breasts that lack mammary tissue needed to produce milk.
Source: Indian Country Today, 03/01/2010
"'Pesticide Drift' Eluding Efforts To Combat It"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a petition from farm worker and public health advocates to ban pesticide spraying near schools, hospitals and child care centers."
Source: NPR, 03/01/2010
"Pyrethroids Raise New Concerns"
"Chemicals derived from flowers may sound harmless, but new research raises concerns about compounds synthesized from chrysanthemums that are used in virtually every household pesticide. For at least a decade, pyrethroids have been the insecticide of choice for consumers, replacing organophosphate pesticides, which are far more toxic to people and wildlife. But evidence is mounting that the switch to pyrethroids has brought its own set of new ecological and human health concerns."
Source: EHN, 02/26/2010
"Supreme Court Denies 3 High-Profile Environmental Cases"
"In its first set of orders since returning from a monthlong recess, the Supreme Court declined yesterday to consider three separate industry challenges to federal environmental regulations."
Source: Greenwire, 02/24/2010
Feinstein, Boxer Urge Delay on Expanding Central Valley Landfill
"The senators seek a moratorium on the facility's growth until investigations into birth defects in Kettleman City are completed."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2010
"EPA Reviews Hints of Weed Killer's Fetal Risks"
EPA is reopening its review of the possible health effects of the widespread herbicide atrazine. A new focus is on several studies linking the hormone-mimicking weedkiller to birth defects and other risks in newborns.
Source: Science News, 02/05/2010
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