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New report from Pesticide Action Network


A new report entitled ¨Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability¨ has been released in May 2004 by Pesticide Action Network North America (PAN).

The report makes public an analysis of pesticide-related data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a study on the levels of chemicals in peoples’ bodies throughout the U.S.

The report concludes that many U.S. residents carry toxic pesticides in their bodies above government assessed ¨acceptable¨ levels and that government and industry have failed to safeguard public health from pesticide exposures.

Many of the pesticides found in the test subjects have been linked to serious short- and long-term health effects including infertility, birth defects and childhood and adult cancers.

More information about this and other reports at the PANNA website.

P.S.

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, PANNA links 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.

Last modified on May 12 2004.

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