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Environmental
Health Resources
Effects of Fertilizers & Pesiticides
on Human Health
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page contains electronic materials published by various institutions,
which can be used as teaching resources. Some of the resources are
general and some others specific to subjects presented in each PULSE
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 For
Teachers & Students
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| PANNA
(Pesticide Action Network North America) works to replace pesticide
use with ecologically sound and socially just
alternatives. As one of five PAN Regional Centers
worldwide, we link local and international
consumer, labor, health, environment and agriculture
groups into an international citizens' action
network. This network challenges
the global proliferation of pesticides, defends
basic rights to
health and environmental quality, and works to insure the transition
to
a just and viable society. Pesticides are hazardous to human health and the environment, undermine local and global food security and threaten agricultural biodiversity.
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Environmental
Health Perspectives (EHP) has artciles on
adverse effects of fertilizers and pesticides.
Fertilizers, Water Quality, and Human Health HTML | PDF
Studying Health Outcomes in Farmworker Populations Exposed
to Pesticides HTML | PDF
Work Characteristics and Pesticide Exposures among Migrant
Agricultural Families: A Community-Based Research Approach HTML |
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Pesticide/Fertilizer
Mix II (California) HTML
Fertilizing or Contaminating? HTML |
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The
National Pesticide Information
Center <http://npic.orst.edu/index.html> has a mission
to deliver objective science-based information about a variety
of pesticide
related issues to the public and professionals.
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Malathion
Medical Research <http://www.chem-tox.com/malathion/research/index.htm#index> is
an electronic resource filled with research
located from the University of Florida and University
of South Florida Medical Libraries. Contrary to what the public is being
told by the Agriculture Industry and some governmental agencies,
scientists
are stating that malathion (even at low levels) is in fact, a harmful
chemical. Read
more.
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Fertilizer Institute is
the leading voice in the fertilizer industry, representing the public
policy, communication and statistical needs of producers, manufacturers,
retailers and transporters of fertilizer. Issues at TFI
include security, the environment,
worker health and safety, and conservation programs to promote
the use of enhanced efficiency fertilizer. Brochure  |
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The Nutrients
for Life Foundation http://www.nutrientsforlife.org/ a not-for-profit
organization, was formed to educate consumers about the impact
fertilizers, also
known as plant nutrients, have on our environment, our crops,
our foods and
our health.
Because the majority of Americans are generations off the farm,
and farmers make up less than one percent of the United States
workforce, we generally don’t think about where our food
comes from. With this in mind, the Nutrients for Life Foundation
is committed
to helping the public understand the vital role fertilizers
play in
food production. The mission of
Nutrients for Life Foundation is to provide science-based information
about fertilizers
in an effort
to improve
understanding of how the responsible use of fertilizers can improve
the health of our soil, the plants that grow in it, and, ultimately,
the foods that we eat.
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International
Fertolizer Industry Association <http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/> and
many other organizations across the world are producing great educational
resources on agriculture, crop nutrition and fertilizers. The aims
of this website are
to spread the word about these resources so they become more easily
accessible and to encourage networking to improve youth education on
the issues surrounding fertilizers and food production. Available in Chinese.
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If
you experience problems viewing this webpage, please send email to Stephanie
Nardei Outreach Information Specialist, Center of Toxicology,
Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center. |
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