81. Pesticides & Brain-function Changes In A Controlled Environment pesticides brainfunction changes in a controlled environment William J.Rea, MD, FACSCDirector environmental Health Center-Dallas, Dallas, TX. http://www.aehf.com/articles/A30.htm

William J. Rea, MD, FACS C Director Environmental Health Center-Dallas, Dallas, TX Joel R. Butler, PhD C North Texas State University, Denton, TX John L. Laseter, PhD C Center for Bio-Organic Studies of the University of New Orleans, where this work was done Iildefonso R. DeLeon, BS C Enviro-Health Systems, Inc., New Orleans, LA Address all correspondence to : WJ Rea, MD, 8345 Walnut Hill Ln, Suite 205, Dallas, TX 75231 Source : Rpt. from Clinical Ecology , Vol. II, No. 3, Summer 1984, pp. 145-150. Key words : pesticides chlorinated hydrocarbons MMPI Bender-Gestalt WAIS-R neurotoxicity psychological/brain-function environmental sensitivity environmental control Abstract : The purpose of the present study was to determine (1) the extent to which chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in environmentally sensitive patients would be reduced by Environmental Control Unit (ECU) treatment programs and (2) the correlation of brain-function/psychological test results with treatment effect. Before and after therapy studies were performed on 40 ECU patients with proven levels of blood pesticides. There was a significant decrease in magnitude of blood pesticides and a significant increase in performance on brain-function/psychological tests after ECU treatment. There was also a corresponding decrease in symptoms overall. It was concluded that rigid environmental controls in treatment strongly contributed to the decrease in blood pesticide levels. Further, a more serious psychological profile was associated with these patients who showed improvement consistent with treatment.

82. Pesticides In The Aquatic Environment reports, pesticides in the Aquatic environment 1998, produced by the environmentAgency in 2000, and Monitoring of pesticides in the environment, the report of http://www.environment-agency.tv/ye/qa-ea-doc/s-enviro/viewpoints/3compliance/2f

Choose a section Business Kids Science and Research Your Environment Air Quality Conservation Fish Flood Land Quality Navigation Recreation Waste Water Quality Water Resources Anglian Midlands Northeast Northwest Southern Southwest Thames Wales Pesticides in the Aquatic Environment 1. A pesticide is defined under the Food and Environment Protection Act (1985) as "any substance, preparation or organism prepared or used for destroying any pest". Pesticides include herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, molluscicides, rodenticides, growth regulators and masonry and timber preservatives. They are not confined to agriculture, but are also used on roads and rail tracks, in homes and gardens, as sheep dips, for the protection of public health, and for many other uses. 2. Pesticides enter the aquatic environment from point and diffuse sources. Point sources are potentially the most likely to cause acute incidents. Some of these sources are controlled by discharge consents, such as those from manufacturing plants, while others are less easily controlled and include spillages, inappropriate disposal of sheep dips and dilute pesticides, and spray drift into watercourses. Inputs from diffuse sources include run-off from agricultural land, leaching from the soils and atmospheric deposition. 3. The Environment Agency's pesticide monitoring programme is strongly governed by statutory requirements to monitor pesticide concentrations in water, sediment and biota. The Agency is also required to undertake non-statutory monitoring of pesticides, tailored to known or predicted local problems, and to investigate

83. NCPA - Environment - Agriculture - Pesticides Dallas Headquarters 12655 N. Central Expy., Suite 720 Dallas, TX 75243-1739- 972/386-6272 - Fax 972/386-0924 Washington Office 655 15th St. http://www.ncpa.org/pi/enviro/envdex13c.html

Pesticides Evaluating Pests And Pesticides At The EPA Banning DDT Is Eco- Colonialism, Claims New Study DDT: A Lifesaving Pesticide EPA Panel Okays Atrazine ... Contact Us Dallas Headquarters: 12655 N. Central Expy., Suite 720 - Dallas, TX 75243-1739 - 972/386-6272 - Fax 972/386-0924 Washington Office: 655 15th St. N.W., Suite 375 - Washington, DC 20005 - 202/628-6671 - Fax 202/628-6474

84. EPA Pesticides pesticides Amendment (User Training) Regulation To help protect pesticide users,the community and the environment from the effects of pesticides that have http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/pesticides/default.htm

85. Who Cares About The Environment 2000 LINK Top of page. Table 4 Effect of pesticides on the environment (age sex) Table 6 Effect of pesticides on the environment (education) Rating, http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/community/whocares/whocares-07.htm

Topics Programs Publications Media releases ... Environmental links Search All of EPA website All except SoE SoE reports Topics Programs Publications Legal and licensing Grants and funding Media releases Public register for Change text size Sitemap Help Contact us Who Cares About the Environment 2000 Index Figures Tables Summary ... Appendix C 3. Main Findings 3.1. Priorities for State Government attention 3.2. Knowledge 3.3. Attitudes 3.4. Behaviours ... 3.6. Water conservation 3.5. Pesticides New questions regarding the effects of pesticides on human health and the environment and suggested practices for householders and farmers were introduced in the 2000 survey. 3.5.1. Extent of effects of pesticides on health and environment Respondents in 2000 were asked: Q42) To what extent do you think pesticides are having a harmful effect , if any, on people's health? Do you think pesticides are having little or no harmful effect on people's health some harmful effect, quite a lot of harmful effect or a very harmful effect on people's health? A second part to this question examined perceptions in relation to potential harmful effects of pesticide use on the environment . These questions were not asked in the previous (1994 and 1997) surveys. Figure 15: Q42/43) Effects of pesticides on people's health and the environment The majority of the community perceives pesticides to have harmful effects on people's health, although opinion is divided as to the extent of the harm they may cause [Figure 15]. About the same number (16%) believe that pesticides have little or no harmful effect on people's health as those that believe pesticide use is very harmful to health (14%). One in four (25%) thinks that pesticide use has

86. The Fate Of Pesticides In The Environment Agrichemical Fact Sheet 8 The Fate of pesticides in the environment.This fourpage fact sheet examines the factors that determine http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/uo199.html

87. Online NewsHour: Environment Backgrounder-- Re-regulation Of Pesticides But in 1962, when Rachel Carson's Silent Spring linked pesticides to problems withhuman health and the environment, Americans started to become more concerned http://www.pbs.org/newshour/backgrounders/pesticides.html

RE-REGULATION OF PESTICIDES Fall '96 Without chemicals, so went the television commercial , life would be impossible. But some chemicals do more harm than good. Some 850 million pounds of chemicals are used each year to produce the nation's food supply. These are pesticides, the chemicals that allow farmers to combat insects, weeds, rodents and mold that threaten their fruits and vegetables. Outside Links HR1627: A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and ... for other purposes, signed into law, August 1996 Widespread use of pesticides began shortly after World War II. But in 1962, when Rachel Carson's Silent Spring linked pesticides to problems with human health and the environment, Americans started to become more concerned about how their food was processed, and years of debate ensued. "Along with the possibility of the extinction of mankind by nuclear war," Carson wrote, "the central problem of our age has become the contamination of man's total environment with such substances substances that accumulate in the tissues of plants and animals and alter the very material of heredity upon which the shape of the future depends.'' A decade later, one of the best known of these pesticides, DDT, was banned in the United States.

88. MSNBC Cover A sign in the store said organic foods were “grown without the use of syntheticpesticides, fungicides or fertilizers.” Your environment Risks at home http://www.msnbc.com/news/749041.asp

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89. WQ-19 pesticides and the environment. This publication provides a general overview of howpesticides interact with the environment. What Happens After Application? http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/WQ/WQ-19.html

WQ-19 Cooperative Extension Service Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Pesticides and the Environment Brad Joern and Becky Lohman, Department of Agronomy Fred Whitford, Purdue Pesticide Programs Introduction Pesticides are designed to stop or limit pest occurrence. Insecticides kill insects, while herbicides kill weeds and fungicides suppress or kill fungi. All of these products are pesticides. Most of us recognize that pesticides allow agricultural producers to improve the quality, quantity and diversity of our food supply. In addition, pesticides are used in the timber, turf, horticulture, aquatic and structural pest control (exterminating) industries to protect the places where we live, work and play. Many homeowners and home gardeners also apply pesticides to their houses, yards and animals. It is important to understand the fate of a pesticide once it is applied, as this allows applicators to select the most effective and environmentally safe product. This publication provides a general overview of how pesticides interact with the environment. What Happens After Application?

90. PESTICIDES AND THE ENVIRONMENT pesticides AND THE environment, Through A clear example of how pesticidesaffect the environment is the process of biomagnification. This http://www.geocities.com/sb_ec2002/pesticides_env.html

PESTICIDES AND THE ENVIRONMENT Through the centuries and many places through the world pesticides have been used. However the production of pesticides was really given an impetus with WWI and WWII. The technologies and chemicals designed for warfare later became applicable to the agriculture industry. The first wide use of pesticides in the U.S. began in 1920 with crop dusting on the Mississippi Delta. Today it has grown into a $26 billion annual business. There are many pesticides used in our homes such as: -reduced viability of sperm and eggs -reduced survival rate of larvae -reduced life expectancy Indirectly affecting plant life, herbicides kill aquatic plant life. Insecticides can kill food sources, such as macroinvertibrates. More animals may bather and drink from contaminated puddles or possibly breed in contaminated water. More and more water is exceeding maximum contaminant levels (EPA nitrate levels). These findings are important as eighty four percent of drinking water comes from groundwater. Pesticides have also been found in rainwater. Moving up the trophic levels to primary and secondary consumers, their are also many adverse effects including:

91. Wiley Canada :: Fate Of Pesticides And Chemicals In The Environment Wiley Canada, Fate of pesticides and Chemicals inthe environment by Jerald L. Schnoor (Editor). http://www.wileycanada.com/cda/product/0,,0471502324,00.html

Shopping Cart My Account Help Contact Us By Keyword By Title By Author By ISBN By ISSN Wiley Canada Chemistry Environmental Chemistry General Environmental Chemistry Fate of Pesticides and Chemicals in the Environment Related Subjects Biometrics Ecology General Environmental Engineering Impact in Environmental Engineering ... Environmental Chemistry Analysis Related Titles By This Author Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants (Hardcover) Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil (Hardcover) General Environmental Chemistry Material Environmental Data Sheets (Hardcover) Karel Verschueren Advances in Photochemistry, Volume 25 (Hardcover) Climate-Biosphere Interactions: Biogenic Emissions and Environmental Effects of Climate Change (Hardcover) Richard G. Zepp (Editor) Radon and Its Decay Products in Indoor Air (Hardcover) William W. Nazaroff (Editor), Anthony V. Nero (Editor) Ecological Assessment Polymers: Strategies for Product Stewardship and Regulatory Programs (Hardcover) John D. Hamilton (Editor), Roger Sutcliffe (Editor)

92. Soils - 438-01 - Pesticides In The Environment - Spring 2003 Soils 43801 - pesticides in the environment, Spring 2003. http://db.lib.uidaho.edu/ereserve/show_course.php3?pointer=1229

93. Study Reveals The Effects Of Pesticides On The Aquatic Environment Updated 17/01/02 Study reveals the effects of pesticides on the aquatic environment. SummaryStudy reveals the effects of pesticides on the aquatic environment. http://www.mst.dk/project/NyViden/2001/12180000.htm

Updated Study reveals the effects of pesticides on the aquatic environment Unintentional use of pesticides may harm plant and animal communities in watercourses and ponds. New studies conducted in ponds, artificial streams or enclosed parts of lakes ("mesocosms") throw light on the environmental hazards of pesticides. The size of the freshwater environment, the volumes of bottom sediment and plants and the latitude at which the studies are made impact greatly on the toxicity of pesticides. Further, the aquatic environment needs to contain a wide selection of benthic fauna, which is generally more sensitive to pesticides than open-water animals. Background and objective Critical evaluation of mesocosms studies The study Building up a database Mesocosms A mesocosm can be defined as an enclosed water column with or without bottom contact. In practise, mesocosms can consist of large aquariums or vats in laboratories, large tanks established outdoors, natural or artificial ponds, artificial streams or enclosed parts of the wide zone of existing ponds or lakes, the objective being for them to have no direct contact with the natural environment. The use of mesocosms facilitates studies on the fate and effect of pesticides under conditions that more closely resemble nature, including the presence of sediment and naturally occurring animals and plants. Main conclusions Benthic fauna is more sensitive than plankton Analyses show that the effect of pesticides on benthic fauna increases with the latitude. Every year, more generations of benthic fauna flourish in subtropical areas than in the temperate areas. In temperate areas, any pesticide-induced reduction in the number of generations at the bottom cannot be replenished within the same year. The effect of pesticides depends on the depth of the mesocosm. Benthic fauna is especially hard hit in shallow waters, presumably because the added pesticides quickly settle in the bottom sediment. In deep mesocosms, the effect increases on daphnia and water fleas living in the open water.

94. Home Page Of The UK's Pesticides Safety Directorate Administers the regulation of agricultural, horticultural, forestry, food storage and home garden Category Regional Europe United Kingdom Government environment......The pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom'sDepartment for environment, Food and Rural Affairs, administers the http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/

The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, administers the regulation of agricultural, horticultural, forestry, food storage and home garden pesticides . The principal functions of PSD are to evaluate and process applications for approval of pesticide products for use in Great Britain and provide advice to Government on pesticides policy. Our Aims are: to protect the health of human beings, creatures and plants to safeguard the environment and to ensure that methods of pest control are safe, efficient and humane by providing effective controls on the sale, supply and use of pesticides. Your browser does not support script Latest News 03 April 2003 - New European Guidance document now available. The agreed European Guidance document on the assessment of the relevance of metabolites in groundwater under 91/414/EEC is now available. Information on how the guidance will be implemented when processing applications for approval is explained. Implementation is more immediate than for other recent European guidance documents. 03 April 2003 - Agenda of the 299th meeting of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

95. Begell House, Inc. - Pesticides, People And Nature Journal Of to the publication of Silent Spring, and the great public need to address questionsand concerns about the impact of pesticides on people and the environment. http://www.begellhouse.com/ppn/ppn.html

96. EUROPA - Environment - Sustainable Use Of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) Minimising the hazards and risks to health and environment from the use of pesticidesthrough national plans for reduction of hazards, risks and dependence on http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ppps/home.htm

en EUROPA European Commission Environment Policies ... Developments Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) On 1 July 2002, the European Commission adopted a Communication ‘Towards a Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides’ COM (2002) 349 The Communication follows the mandate given by the European Parliament and the Council in the framework of the 6th Environmental Action Programme (6EAP) to develop seven thematic strategies for priority environmental problems. Pesticides have been the centre of controversy for a long time and are associated with risks to human health and/or to the environment. On the other hand, society accepts these risks within certain limits as there are also benefits linked to the use of pesticides, in particular in agricultural production. The European Community has developed a very comprehensive regulatory framework, Directive 91/414/EEC defining strict rules for the authorisation of plant protection products (PPPs). The Directive requires very extensive risk assessments for effects on health and environment to be carried out, before a PPP can be placed on the market and used. Community rules also exist that define maximum residue limits (MRLs) on food- and feedstuffs.

97. Environmental Protection Agency Committed to protecting the natural environment.Category Science environment Conservation Regions United States......Protecting human health, safeguarding the natural environment, http://www.epa.gov/

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98. Rachel Carson Council, Pesticide Information, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), is devoted to fostering a sense of wonder and respect toward nature and to helpingsociety realize Rachel Carson's vision of a healthy and diverse environment. http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/sitemap.htm

Sitemap - an index of web pages on this site Rachel Carson Council's mission is devoted to fostering a sense of wonder and respect toward nature and to helping society realize Rachel Carson's vision of a healthy and diverse environment. Since 1965 we have answered tough questions about pesticide effects and alternative pest-control methods Please report any technical problems to the webmaster, thanks! Table of Contents Home Alerts Sulfonylurea Herbicide Alert Birds are at Risk from Garden Pesticides Birds are at Risk from Insect Sticky Traps Used Outdoors Pets as Sentinels of Pesticide Toxicity ... " with comments by Ellen H. Kelly Bass Cove Farm : A Green Mantle TM Basic Guide to Pesticides - table of contents Board of Directors of RCC Catalog of Publications 'Cide Lines - short reports on pesticides in the news What One Woman Achieved An IPM/Pesticide Paradox Fields to Oceans : Monterey Bay Green Watch ... A Turtle Among Friends Conferences/Workshops Integrated Pest Management Writer's Conference and Workshop A Green Mantle TM ... Wildlife, Pesticides and People -summary of the Conference presentations, part I Wildlife, Pesticides and People

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