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Organophosphates

Lynne Peeples

The Mosquito Wars: As West Nile Risks Rise, So Do Pesticide Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 07.31.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Organophosphates, Mosquitoes, Infectious Diseases, Insecticides, West Nile Virus, Green News

It's raining from the skies above Sacramento, Calif., and Miami. It's blasting out the back of trucks in Chicago and shooting from backpack-mounted gu...

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Lynne Peeples

Dropping Poison From Planes: Are We Exposing Kids To Toxic Chemicals While Battling West Nile?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 06.14.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Organophosphates, Insecticides, West Nile Virus, Brain Development, Cancer, Children's Health, Green News

As parents in Sacramento County, Calif., put their kids to bed on Monday and Tuesday night, a pair of planes flying overhead doused a 30,000-acre area...

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Lynne Peeples

Burdened Before Birth: Dangers Posed By Pesticides During Pregnancy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 04.05.2012 | Green
Read More: Preterm Births, Low Birth Weight, Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Organophosphates, Pesticides Children, Pregnancy, Green News

An expectant mother's exposure to commonly used pesticides might pose risks to her developing fetus comparable to those long associated with tobacco s...

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Lynne Peeples

Pain In The Grass: Children At Risk From Pesticides, School Bans Debated

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.27.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Public Schools, Pesticides, Roundup Herbicide, Organophosphates, Schools, Children's Health, Monsanto, Connecticut, Green News

When they started feeling woozy barely an hour into their batting practice, Alan Gorkin and his son Tristan, then 12 years old, didn't think too much ...

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Take a Simple Nutrient? Improve Gulf War Syndrome

Dr. Walter Crinnion | Posted 09.14.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Organophosphates, Fibromyalgia, Deet, Gulf War Syndrome, Mitochondria, coq10, Healthy Living Body, Veterans, War Veterans, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dr. Walter Crinnion

Those vets with this set of health problems -- often referred to as "Gulf War Illness" -- have not been improving since the end of their service. And their symptoms picture is shared by many others who never served in the military.

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Pesticides and Babies Don't Mix

Andrew Gunther | Posted 07.19.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pesticides, Organophosphates, Op, Animal Welfare Approved, Healthy Living Health News, Personal Health, New Research, Healthy Living News
Andrew Gunther

Three independent scientific papers have provided some of the strongest evidence yet of the link between exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides and lower IQ levels among children.

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Green News Report: July 6, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Suburbs, Yucca Mountain, Sewage, Bp, Organophosphates, Carbon Emissions, Oil Spill Response, Nuclear Power, Michael Mann, Clean Energy, Tibet, Subsidies, Green News Report, Climategate, China, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Fossil Fuels, Green News, Sustainability, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, India, BP Oil Spill, Global Warming Deniers, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Solar Power, Solar Thermal Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: A solar boos...

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Pesticide Loss: A Massive Public Health Issue

Dr. Walter Crinnion | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pesticides, Organophosphates, Organic Food, Naturopathic, Health, Pyrethroids, Diet, Children's Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Walter Crinnion

Less than 0.01 percent of all those billions of pounds that are sprayed actually make it to the intended pest! Oops. Kind of surprising that such an inefficient system is still in use today, isn't it?

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Oh That Chemical Feeling

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Organophosphates, Tsca, Insecticides, Regulation, Policy, Chemicals, Toxins, Politics, Health, Bpa, Lisa Jackson, Toxic Substances Control Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Fifra, Fungicide, Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; Bisphenol-A, Green News
Bill Chameides

Congress is (finally) looking into the persistent and growing problem of persistent and bioaccumulating pollutants. Last week a Senate subcommittee he...

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