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Head Lice

Head Lice
Beware of pesticides! Some contain malathion. Following are some suggestions via links for
dealing with head lice. Remember, they do not harm us or our pets . . . pesticides can harm us and
our pets. I believe it is your right AND your obligation, to yourself, to your family and to the
world around you, to investigate alternative methods to pest control. — barb

Sample of book, Head Lice to Dead Lice
http://www.headliceinfo.com/book_sample.htm
Controversial issues regarding head lice treatments
They say “we say”
“The Lice Ladies at headliceinfo.com respectfully disagree with some of …

California, People, Regional, Scientific Research »

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Tyrone Hayes

UC Berkeley Biologist who found Atrazine linked to deformed sexual organs of frogs

Atrazine-Induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 PPB in American Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence Environmental Health Perspectives; Volume 111, Number 4;April 2003
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/5932/5932.html
Hermaphrodite Frogs Caused By Popular Weed Killer?
By Bijal P. Trivedi; National Geographic Today
“April 16, 2002 Atrazine, a top selling weed killer in the United States and the world, has
been found to dramatically affect the sexual development of male frogs, turning them
into hermaphroditesãcreatures with both male and female organsãat concentrations
30 times lower than those deemed safe …