Links ---> Pesticides in general
The Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database provides detailed information on toxicity and classification of pesticides (insecticides, herbicides etc), with health effects including cancer, water pollution, pesticide use, etc.
The EXtension TOXicology NETwork (EXTOXNET) InfoBase provides a variety of information about pesticides. Access the Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs) for specific information on pesticides. Toxicology Information Briefs (TIBs) contain a discussion of certain concepts in toxicology and environmental chemistry.
The site of the Fertilizer Advisory Development and Information Network for Asia and the Pacific (FADINAP) includes a Database on Pesticides and the Environment, the result of information compiled from 1992 to 1996. Although, it may be out of date in some areas, it constitutes a unique source of information on pesticides used in Asia.
EPA's Office of Pesticides Programs (OPP) mission is to protect public health and the environment from the risks posed by pesticides and to promote safer means of pest control. Their site provides a good starting point to learn pesticides and problems associated with pesticide use.
Pesticide Action Network UK provides pesticides news containing recent information related to pesticides problems.
PANNA (Pesticide Action Network North America) works to replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific is one of the five regional centers of PAN International - a global coalition of citizens' groups and individuals, who are working to promote sustainable agriculture, and oppose the use of pesticides.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food. Recent EWG research topics have included pesticides in foods, air, and water.
Koppert is a company for biological crop protection and natural pollination for professional agriculture. Their internet site offers a database on the side effects of pesticides on natural enemies
Biobest is a company that offers products for biological pollination and biological control. The site contains a database on side effects of pesticides on useful organisms.
Beyond Pesticides promotes organic integrated pest management alternatives to pesticides. The site provides daily news updates.
Office of Pesticides Programs (OPP) of the US Environmental Protection Agency provides useful information for concerned citizens. Topics include "protecting our children", "pesticides and your health" and "home and garden".
New Internationalist magazine 323 offers a number of stories such as "Pick your poison - The price we pay for using pesticides".
Rachel Carson Council seeks to inform and advise people and institutions about the effects of pesticides that threaten the health, welfare, and survival of living organisms and biological systems. The Council promotes alternative, environmentally benign pest management strategies to encourage healthier, sustainable living.
This page of the Rachel Carson Council site offers extracts of the Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards
FAO International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
Compendium of pesticide common names
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DEATH IN SMALL DOSES is a report by the Environmental Justice Foundation documenting Cambodia's pesticide problems and solutions.
What's your poison is another report by the Environmental Justice Foundation drawing attention to health threats posed by pesticides in developing countries
Toxic Trail is a television documentary which was broadcast in two parts on BBC World in April 2001. The documentary starts in Thailand and follows the flow of pesticides into Cambodia where they are posing a serious threat to human health and the environment.
Provides understandable scientific information about human health and the environment. You can also subscribe to Rachel's newsletter.
The IPCS INTOX Programme is a global endeavour promoting poison control and chemical safety and international cooperation in this field. It has been established to assist poison centres and related institutions in the prevention of poisoning, saving of lives and minimising the adverse health effects resulting from toxic exposures.
The International Programme on Chemical safety (ICPS) has included on its website a collection of WHO/FAO pesticide data sheets. More IPCS publications can also be found here, including the WHO recommended classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification 2004.
Toxic pesticides and other hazardous chemicals kill or seriously sicken thousands of people every year. They also poison the natural environment and damage many wild animal species. Governments started to address this problem in the 1980s by establishing a voluntary Prior Informed Consent procedure. PIC required exporters trading in a list of hazardous substances to obtain the prior informed consent of importers before proceeding with the trade. In 1998, governments decided to strengthen the procedure by adopting the Rotterdam Convention, which makes PIC legally binding.
The Global Pesticide Campaigner (GPC) is PANNA's acclaimed trimesterly publication on pesticides, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture news from around the world.
