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Recent
News About Chlorpyrifos
This page has recent news events which involve
chlorpyrifos products:
Navigating retail services with an eco-friendly attitude
Pest Control
Customers don't ask many questions when it comes to eliminating insects.
"They just want to get rid of the bugs. I guess they're confident that
the industry is controlled by the government," said Dave Myers, manager
of D&K Pest Control. "It's true the EPA regulates the chemicals we use,
and several pesticides have been banned. But before the ban there was a
house near here that was condemned and torn down because of poisonous
levels of Dursban.
Bhopal Victims Still Seeking Redress
Dow had to pay a $325,000 penalty to the Securities and Exchange
Commission of the U.S. for bribing Indian officials to expedite licenses
for four pesticides produced by Dow — one of which, Dursban, is banned
in the U.S. Action from the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation may
follow.
Governor's disputed pesticide panelist resigns
Labor advocates questioned pick of Dow-linked scientist
Gov. Chris Gregoire's controversial appointment of a scientist
affiliated with Dow Chemical to a state panel that tracks
pesticide exposures ended Thursday with the researcher resigning before
his first meeting....
Keep lawns safe for you, your family, pets and wildlife
Indiana Living Green - Zionsville,IN,USA
In 2001, the EPA established a phased withdrawal for residential use of
chlorpyrifos, Dursban’s main chemical ingredient. A healthy
natural lawn demands ...
Some worried over program to monitor drifting pesticides
The
Wenatchee World Online - Wenatchee,WA,USA
April 01, 2008
The monitoring is for a chemical called chlorpyrifos, which
is used by apple growers in the spring to protect trees before they
bud. ...
Scottish birds of prey deliberately poisoned, report says
guardian.co.uk - UK April 28, 2008
The report added that another legal chemical used as an insecticide,
called chlorpyrifos had killed three red kites ...
Proposed pesticide ban a positive step forward'
The
North Bay Nugget -
April 23, 2008
“The government has removed hardcore products in the last few
years,” Hudson said, referring to two bug control products including
Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos ...
Greenpeace launches assault against US seafood retailers
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA Apr 1, 2008
The pesticide chlorpyrifos was especially lethal. It is
widely used to control cockroaches and fleas in homes, to control
ticks on livestock and as a ...
Yakima Valley orchards monitored for drifting pesticides
Seattle Times - United States Mar 31, 2008
Monitoring stations have been set up at
some central Washington orchards to measure whether
(Lorsban) pesticide
sprays are drifting toward homes or schools...
Monitoring stations
keep an eye on pesticide drift
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA Mar 30, 2008
Chlorpyrifos -- pronounced klor-PIE-ra-fus -- is the first
pesticide being measured by UW scientists this season. It's widely used
by apple growers in the ...
Parkinson's Association with Pesticide Exposure Gains Strength
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA Mar 28, 2008
... the now-banned insecticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
(DDT), the home-and-garden insecticide chlorpyrifos, the
household insecticide diazinon, ...
Tracing
Pesticides in Children From Ingestion to Elimination
Natural News.com - Phoenix,AZ,USA Mar 28, 2008
He found that brain development and behavior were both negatively
impacted after exposure to organophosphates, especially chlorpyrifos,
one of the ...
Bush Administration to Blue-State California: Drop Dead!
Huffington Post - New York, NY,USA
... shut down of nurseries with LBAM, insistence on spraying in
nurseries with highly toxic organophosphate chlorpyrifos, and the
like. ...
USGS Study Finds Pesticides in the Lower Clackamas River Mainstem ...
United States Geological Survey (press release) - Reston,VA,USA
Concentrations of four insecticides-diazinon, chlorpyrifos,
azinphos-methyl, and p,p'-DDE-exceeded USEPA aquatic-life benchmarks
during storms in seven ...
Household pesticides linked to intellectual impairment in children
The Tech Herald, IN -
4 hours ago
by Rich Bowden - Mar 5 2008, 04:42 Intellectual
impairment in children, previously blamed on high lead doses, may have
been caused by excessive exposure to ...
Pesticides may be hidden danger to child IQ
ABC
Online - Australia
He says the organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos was banned
for residential use in the US in 2002. Yet in a 2007 paper, researchers
said they detected ...
EPA report covers children's enviro-health
United Press International - USA
EPA's ban on two household pesticides -- diazinon and chlorpyrifos
-- has led to a rapid decrease in exposure in New York. Also, children
born after the ban ...
Household pesticides may be hidden threat to child IQ
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
... in their home while they were pregnant, he said that the
organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos was banned for
residential use in the US in 2002. ...
"Pristine" parks tainted by pollution, study finds
Seattle Times - United States
Researchers found 70 different chemicals, including heavy metals like
mercury; pesticides such as chlorpyrifos; and the long-banned
pollutants DDT, ...
Our
Polluted Parks
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
Traces of the 70 worst pollutants known to and created by man (including
mercury, chlorpyrifos, DDT and PCBs) were found throughout the
parks studied from ...
Pesticide brew spells trouble for salmon
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
February 19, 2008
The Environmental
Protection Agency may be underestimating the hazard pesticides pose to
salmon, especially in the Pacific Northwest, says Science Now.
Reporter Erik Stokstad
writes that one of salmon's main enemies is
agricultural chemicals, such as
chlorpyrifos, made by Dow Chemical.
Studies by zoologist Nathaniel Scholz of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
in Seattle show the pesticides interfere with
the salmon's brain and harms their ability to
feed. Now Scholz's research is showing that
mixtures of pesticides are even worse for salmon
and can be surprisingly lethal.....
Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
Jan 30, 2008
"Once you switch from conventional food to organic, the
pesticides (malathion and chlorpyrifos) that we can measure in
the urine ...
Hidden Ingredients
Mother Earth News, KS
Azinphos-methyl,carbaryl, chlorpyrifos,endosulfan,
thiabendazole: these are just a few of the dozens of pesticides detected
on red, raw apples by the Food ...
Make Sure Your Valentine’s Roses Are Green
In December 2003, hundreds of Colombian workers were
poisoned when a single container of chemicals spilled on the ground at a
flower factory. The Association of Flower Exporters reported that only
“a few” workers were hospitalized but a Pesticide Action Network
investigation revealed that 384 workers had been treated for symptoms
including “fainting, strong headaches, nausea, swelling, rashes,
diarrhea, and sores inside and around the mouth.” A Colombian Ministry
of Health investigation discovered that nine different pesticides were
being used in the flower factory including Dursban and
Lorsban (both formulations of chlorpyrifos,
a highly toxic organophosphate insecticide produced by Dow Agro
Sciences) ...
Rose, Art Thou Sick?
The Green Guide, NY - Jan 30, 2008
And prenatal exposure to the organophosphate
chlorpyrifos (phased out of residential use in the US) has been
linked with low birth weights and smaller head ...
Chemicals led to lake's fish kill
Harlan Tribune Nov 13, 2007
Water samples showed high levels of
chlorpyrifos in the pond, more than 55 times the acute toxicity levels
...
TCDD, the most toxic chemical known, may form during the manufacture of
chlorpyrifos (Dursban)
Poisoning the Earth for the Profit – DDT, a
vaccine for mosquitoes?
American Chronicle - Beverly
Hills,CA,USA November 12, 2007
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EPA News Concerning Dow's Chlorpyrifos
Registration
November 1, 2007
"The National Resources
Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network North America, is
requesting that the agency revoke all tolerances and cancel all
registrations for the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos has been widely used in homes and on farms. In the
home, it was used to control cockroaches, fleas, and termites;
it was also used in some pet flea and tick collars. On the farm,
it is used to control ticks on cattle and as a spray to control
crop pests. Chlorpyrifos was an ingredient in Dursban, Empire
and Lorsban. Use has been severely restricted since Dec. 31,
2001.
The petitioners, NRDC and
PANNA, claim that EPA cannot make a finding that there is a
reasonable certainty of no harm from dietary residues of
chlorpyrifos and, therefore, that the agency must revoke all
tolerances established under section 408 of the Federal Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection
Act. As a part of their petition, NRDC and PANNA claim that the
EPA did not consider the full spectrum of potential health
effects associated with chlorpyrifos in connection with its
reassessment of the existing chlorpyrifos tolerances, including:
1. Evidence showing the potential
for a greater than 10-fold difference in susceptibility to
chlorpyrifos across human populations and, in particular,
evidence of greater susceptibility in early life stages than the
EPA estimated;
2. The endocrine disrupting effects of the chemical, or
3. Evidence of cancer risk data as indicated from a National
Institutes of Health study.
The petition further asserts
that EPA's evaluation of chlorpyrifos in the organophosphate
cumulative risk assessment misrepresented the risks of
chlorpyrifos and that EPA failed to incorporate inhalation
routes of exposure to chlorpyrifos in conducting its
assessment."
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Do you apply chlorpyrifos?
American Farm, MD -
Oct 31, 2007
Chlorpyrifos has been widely used in homes and on
farms. In the home, it was used to control cockroaches, fleas, and
termites; it was also used in some pet ...
Carbonated drinks bad for health
PRESS TV, Iran - Oct
4, 2007
Studies carried out in India show that cola contains
pesticides such as lindane, DDT, Malathion and Chlorpyrifos which
can cause cancer and the break down ...
Pesticides and Produce - A Parents Guide
InjuryBoard.com, FL -
Oct 28, 2007
In fact, the CDC noted that young children carry a
particularly high body burden—nearly twice that of adults—of the
insecticide, chlorpyrifos. ...
Attack of hives led to an organic path
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
Oct 23, 2007
Mr Fawcett used the insecticide chlorpyrifos,
which has been under priority review by the regulator for 10 years; the
herbicide diuron, restricted two years ...
Toxic Water September 2, 2007
Probe launched into record levels of
chlorpyrifos found in Veria
drinking water system....
A prosecutor in Veria, northern Greece, launched an investigation
yesterday to find out how a pesticide ended up in the city’s water
network. The levels of the substance chlorpyrifos,
found in the drinking water, were 2,260 times above the permissible
level. The pesticide was detected on September 2 and residents were left
without drinking water for nine days.
CBI Raids Dow Chemical's Indian Subsidiary For Graft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday raided
six premises of a subsidiary of leading US firm Dow Chemical and its
consultants in the country for allegedly bribing Indian government
officials to obtain a licence for its insecticide products
...
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