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Use of Pesticides and Its Impact on Health of Farmers in South India
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The relationship between extent of pesticide use and signs and symptoms of illnesses due to exposure was assessed in a cross-sectional survey of 631 farmers (537 men and 94 women) in South India. Responses to questionnaires showed that 433 farmers (68.6%) sprayed pesticides themselves and were thus directly exposed. More than 75% used moderately or highly hazardous pesticides; 88% used no protection while handling pesticides. About 50% of sprayers mixed different brands. Retailers were the so...
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Use of Pesticides and Its Impact on Health of Farmers in South India
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
; ... agriculture. Environ Health Perspecl. 2002.110:445-56. 2. The Energy and Resources Institute, India, <http://www.teri. res.in/teriin/news/terivsn/issueSl/peslicid.htmx 3. Gupta PK. Pesticide exposure-Indian scene. Toxicology. 2004. 198: 83-90. 4. Goverment of India ...
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`Green' fate of pesticides
New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 12-04-2000 `Green' fate of pesticides Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Opinion Type: Editorial THE warning bells have been sounded again, this time by the Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute. At a recent conference in Sarawak, it said some commonly-used
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Pesticides and health in Highland Ecuadorian potato production: Assessing impacts and developing responses
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
; Pesticide use in highland Ecuador is concentrated in the high-risk, commercial production of potatoes. Small farm families experience considerable exposure and adverse health consequences. The authors describe a three-- pronged strategy to reduce health impacts: 1) a community-- based process of
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Bugged by pesticides; Canada's new licensing review exterminates its first victims, and more will come.(Pest Management Regulatory Agency)(Brief Article)
The Report Newsmagazine
; Thanks to the federal government, Canadian homeowners are soon going to have a more difficult time keeping their yards bug-free. That is because the pesticides diazinon and chlorpyrifos, among the first to be reviewed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), will not be
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Use of Smuggled Pesticides Leaves Cambodians Vulnerable; Many Poisons Are Banned, With Labels in Foreign Tongues
The Washington Post
; Barefoot and without a protective mask or gloves, Seuon Siap padded through her cauliflower patch, dousing it with a deadly cocktail of pesticides. Her daughter sat among the sprayed, reeking leaves, and two cows munched grass along the edges of the patch. The 50-year-old farmer wasn't sure exactly
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Consumers question use of pesticides: operators concerned, but optimistic about safety of produce supply. (restaurant operators)
Restaurants & Institutions
; Consumers Question Use of Pesticides Stories on the use of daminozide, under the trade name Alar, a growth regulator that keeps apples on trees longer and maintains red color during storage, have appeared in print since September 1986. But it was only when a scare over poisoned grapes from Chili
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Use of pesticides is declining in California
Daily Breeze
; Use of pesticides is declining in California AGRICULTURE:Drought and stricter controls are among the factors in the drop, a state report finds. SANTA CRUZ -- Overall pesticide use in California dropped to a new low in 2001 due to dry weather, a tight economy and stricter environmental controls,
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LAND OWNERS FORM FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FARMERS WORK TO AVOID LEAKAGE OF PESTICIDES
The Boston Globe
; Warren Cook has nearly 30 acres of working farmland in Wrentham and Franklin, where he grows everything from sweet corn and tomatoes to melons and tree fruit. To keep those crops coming, he relies in part on organic practices. But Cook, like other farmers in the region, also relies on conventional
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Tobacco, pesticides and suicides.
Earth Island Journal
; BRAZIL -- The 1997/1998 season was one of the worst to date for tobacco farmers in the tobacco-growing region of southern Parana. Excessive El Nino rainfall caused crop failures and tobacco companies are paying lower prices for storm-damaged tobacco. Farmers who also lost their bean and maize crops
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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IRRI Study Links Pesticides to Third World Problems
All Things Considered (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: For the past thirty years, U.S. and international aid agencies have been teaching farmers in developing nations to farm the modern way with hybrid seeds and pesticides. In many countries, the chemical system of farming has helped boost the standard of living. But in
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