Effects of Pesticides

by Dr. Robert Repetto and Sanjay Baliga (Pagenumbers refer to corresponding sections in the report.) OVERVIEW A wide variety of evidence indicates that exposure to many common pesticides damages the human immune system, weakening the body's resistance to infectious diseases and certain cancers. This serious...

Airline Passengers Are Sprayed for Bugs An airline flight to the tropics may involve greater health risks than a dose of airline food-- pesticides are routinely sprayed in aircraft cabins by U.S. airlines sometimes over the heads of passengers during flight. "Disinsection" is the industry term for this...

Agricultural practices are stripping the soil of nutrients with remarkable implications. They are devastating the nutritional value of crops, making dramatic changes at an alarming rate — in less than a lifetime, to be specific. As an example, the presence of Vitamin A has decreased from...

Many people mistakenly believe that the only way to launch an effective defense against the pest population is through the use of pesticides . This certainly is not true. All it requires is a bit of research on your part to discover several viable options...

What are Pesticides? If it has the suffix –cide in it, then you know it's about killing something. Pesticides are designed to kill insects, fungus, bacteria and other things that feed on crops, are vectors for disease, nuisances, and things that destroy property. Farming is...

Pesticides are used to kill the crop invaders. These pesticides are sprayed on the crops where they remain. These crops are sold to the public and used in the production of animal feed and other byproducts. The crops are the same ones we buy at market to eat....