Head Lice

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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 their esteemed colleagues over some issues in the treatment and prevention of head lice. …”
  http://www.headliceinfo.com/whatup.htm

American Head Lice Information Center
An informative AND interesting site! — barb
http://www.headliceinfo.com

Lice-Away® The Non-Toxic Treatment for Head Lice
http://www.mtnhigh.com/liceaway.html

NONITS
http://www.nonits.com/webdoc1.html

Not Nice to Lice® from Get Set, Inc.
Steve Tvedten
http://www.getipm.com/html/order_form.html

Not Nice to Lice® from Safe2Use.
Steve Tvedten
http://www.safe2use.com/

Poisons contained in over-the-counter head lice treatments
http://www.mtnhigh.com/poisons.html

World In Action
http://www.world-in-action.co.uk/TX971006_Organophosphates1/frameset.html

Toxic Pest Control (stories of the hazards of …)
http://intelpestmgnt.com/html/articles.html

Tyrone Hayes

admin — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:27:37 +0000

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 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). …”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0416_020416_TVfrog.html
Minnesota Center for Environment Advocacy
http://www.mncenter.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=7
- Popular Pesticide Faulted for Frogs’ Sexual Abnormalities
  6/18/2003 Jennifer Lee The New York Times Ý Scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency say there is “sufficient evidence” to conclude that the country’s most widely used pesticide, atrazine, causes sexual abnormality in frogs. http://www.mncenter.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=24&Profile_ID=258
Profile: Hopping Mad
A frog biologist battles an agrichemical giant
by Kerry Tremain; Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200407/profile.asp
New Study Finds Very Low Levels of Exposure to Common Herbicide Causes
Sex Reversal, Hermaphroditism in Frogs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brandon Adams (919-541-5466); 23 October 2002
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/press/atrazine.html
The Story of Syngenta & Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley: The Price of Research
A Berkeley Scientist Says a Corporate Sponsor Tried to
Bury his Unwelcome Findings and Then Buy His SilenceÝ
By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK / The Chronicle of Higher Education v.50, i.10, 31oct03
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2003/Syngenta-Tyrone-Hayes31oct03.htm

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