Barb Wilkie's EHN Website
Last updated 2008

See EHN's page G, Genetic Engineering
Also see EHN's info on Royal Commission on Genetic Modification , below
RANT Magazine
„Hey, your car stinks!¾
"W hat is the deal with CAR AIR FRESHENERS? Are these people using CAR
deodorizers the same demographic that use HOME air fresheners? Things have got
to be pretty bad for someone to use an air freshener in their house... think about this. ..."
http://www.netwit.com/carfresh.htm

Dr. Doris Rapp

http://www.drrapp.com/

• Reading box
  http://www.mcsrelief.com/Readingboxes.html

   

• ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
  FOR THE BLIND AND READING-DISABLED
  
  http://www.concentric.net/~Dekker/
  
  
• The Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group of New York City -- links
  
  http://www.njin.net/caldwell/vicug/vicugs.html

• The Healthy House Institute
  http://www.hhinst.com/index.html
  
  
  • The Healthy House Institute Archives
    http://www.hhinst.com/archives.html
    
    
  • Healthy House Links Page
    http://www.hhinst.com/links.html
    
    
  • Quiz
    http://www.hhinst.com/quiz.html
    
    
• MCS Housing
  http://www.thegarden.net/mcs/
  
  
  • MCS Housing -- Connecting the Real Estate Community and people with MCS
    http://216.91.94.50/neighbornets/mcs/mcshousing.nsf/
    
    
  • MCS Housing Discussion by Topic
    http://216.91.94.50/neighbornets/mcs/discussion.nsf
  
  
  
• Rating Guide to Environmentally Healthy Metro Areas
  http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rweinhold/
  
  
  • Executive Summary
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rweinhold/#execsum
  
  
  
• Real Estate News And Advice - Realty Times
  
  • The Fluoride Debate: Should It Be Added To Our Water?- August 10, 2000
    By Stuart Lieberman, Esq.
    http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/20000810_fluoride.htm

     

  • Fragrances Make Some People Very Ill - Especially Those With MCS - October 5, 2000
    By Stuart Lieberman, Esq.
    http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/20001005_mcs.htm
    
    
  • Hotels, Apartments Specializing in Sensitivity Training - September 2, 1999
    http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19990902_sensitivity.htm

     

  • Indoor Air Pollution's Unusual Suspects - February 18, 1999
    Unfortunately, this is really a roundup of the "usual suspects" -- cats, cockroaches and the
    dreaded dust mites. Too bad this article didn't include the superfluous toxins found in all
    synthetic fragrances used in personal care and cleaning/maintenance products. Synthetic
    fragrance chemical formulations contain known sensitizers, irritants, VOCs ... -- barb
    By Courtney Ronan
    http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19990218_indoorair.htm

     

  • Survey Finds Consumers More Environmentally Focused Than Builders - October 4, 2000
    Written by Realty Times Staff http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/20001004_environment.htm
    
    
  • That New Home Aroma May Disguise Bad Air - June 29, 1999
    By PJ Wade, The Catalyst, http://www.thecatalyst.com.
    http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19990629_aroma.htm

     

  • Want cleaner air? Don't go Home - March 19, 1998
    Includes such interesting info as:

    " An engineer was wearing an air pollution monitor while touring the
    Los Angeles freeway system. He forgot to turn the monitor off when he arrived home
    and was surpried to find that the air inside his home was 10 times more polluted than
    the freeway air.' "

    But this article, too, ignores the superfluous toxins in fragrances used in personal care and
    cleaning/maintenance products. -- barb
    By Courtney Ronan
    http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19980319_cleanair.htm

     

• Toxic releases in/near the neighborhood?
  
  
  • e-risk.com
    www.e-risk.com
    
    
  • Environmental Defense's Scorecard
    www.scorecard.org
    
    
  • NearMyHome.com
    www.nearmyhome.com
    
    
• WeOwn.Net
  If you are looking for information about Housing Cooperatives or
  any other type of affordable, resident controlled multi-family housing ...
  http://www.WeOwn.net/
  
  
  • Housing for People With Disabilities
    Click on "Disabilities" in the left frame; their non-frame version may not work. -- barb

• Hand-crafted with Consciousness: Solid Wood Furniture
  http://www.realwood.net/#furniture

   

• Materials and Technology
  http://www.realwood.net/#materials

   

The campaign of Rebecca Kaplan for Oakland City Council "at-large" seat.
Made it to the runoff election on November 7, 2000!
social justice - economic justice - environmental justice
http://www.rebecca-at-large.org/


Coming soon: Barrie Boone's interview of Rebecca Kaplan

• Good Housekeeping
  http://goodhousekeeping.women.com/gh/buysmart/recalls/00reca21.htm

   

• SafeMail
  http://www.safetyalerts.com/rm/092399.htm

   

• US Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Infant/Child Product Recalls (not including toys)
  http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/child.html

   

Boeing fires former Pentagon official involved in tanker lease deal
By Amy Svitak, CongressDaily
Government Executive Magazine
"Boeing Monday announced the dismissal of Darleen Druyun, a former Pentagon
acquisition official credited with helping to negotiate a controversial plan to lease Boeing
767 commercial jets to the Air Force for use as aerial refueling tankers.

" The company's chief financial officer, Michael Sears, also was dismissed for his role in
hiring Druyun to work as vice president and general manager of Boeing's Missile
Defense Systems unit, according to a company statement.

"Sears is said to have violated company policies by communicating directly and indirectly
with Druyun about future employment when she had not disqualified herself from
acting in her official Air Force capacity on matters involving Boeing, the company
said. In addition, an internally initiated review found both attempted to conceal their
misconduct. ..."
http://207.27.3.28/dailyfed/1103/112403cdpm1.htm

 

• The Edmonds Institute
  ". . . a non-profit, public interest organization dedicated to education
  about environment, technology, and intellectual property rights"
  http://www.edmonds-institute.org/

   

  • The Old Revolving Door
    http://www.edmonds-institute.org/olddoor.html

     

  • The New Revolving Door (under construction)
    http://www.edmonds-institute.org/newdoor.html

     

• FDA's ex-employee: John Bailey PhD
  The former head of FDA's cosmetics branch, is now with the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and
  Fragrance Association (CTFA), having joined them January 2002. Without trying to cast
  aspersions on his eschutcheon, I cannot help but wonder: Has he finally followed his heart? -- barb
  Former FDA Cosmetics Head Joins CTFA - press release
  " Washington, D.C. - Dr. John Bailey, former Director of FDA's Office of Applied
  Research and Safety Assessment, is joining the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance
  Association (CTFA) as Director, Cosmetic Chemistry in mid January 2002.

  "CTFA President Ed Kavanaugh, in making the announcement said, 'I am delighted that
  John will be joining CTFA. He brings to CTFA excellent scientific credentials and a
  great understanding of our industry and its issues based on his many years with FDA.'
  
  "In his new capacity at CTFA, Bailey will be responsible for providing administrative and
  technical support for CTFA staff and various committees and task forces dealing with
  issues involving chemistry and formulation of cosmetic products, and for managing
  programs in the cosmetic chemistry area. He will also be responsible for providing
  support on cosmetic regulatory matters to CTFA staff and association members.
  
  "Prior to directing FDA¼s Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment where he
  was responsible for research into the safety of foods and cosmetics including molecular
  biology, microbiology and toxicology, Dr. Bailey served for many years as the
  Director of FDA¼s Office of Cosmetics and Colors. There he was responsible for
  cosmetic enforcement and compliance activities, policy development, and setting of
  overall scientific and organizational objectives. Activities of the Office also included
  cosmetics and colors toxicology and chemistry research, monitoring and follow-up for
  consumer adverse reaction reports, the cosmetics voluntary reporting program,
  cosmetic product labeling, color certification, and color additive petition evaluations. ... "
  http://web.archive.org/web/20020617152852/http://ctfa.org/viewpage.cfm?id=1543

  Formerly at:http://www.ctfa.org/viewpage.cfm?id=1543

   

  More on Bailey's move to industry . . .
  
  • CPC Packaging Business Beat(Cosmetic / Personal Care Packaging)
    Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) John B ailey, PhD, New director, cosmetic chemistry
    "John Bailey, former director of FDA's Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, has joined the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA; Washington, DC) as director, cosmetic chemistry. Among Bailey's responsibilities will be providing support on cosmetic regulatory matters to CTFA staff and association members. " http://www.cpcpkg.com/02/03/businessbeat.html

     

  
  
• FDA Monsanto Revolving Door
  Extract of article
  Clinton Assistant Going Private
  By Al Kamen, Washington Post Staff Writer
  Monday, April 21 1997; Page A15; The Washington Post
  http://www.organicconsumers.org/revolv.html

   

• The Glint of the Revolving Door
  NY Times, EDITORIAL DESK | February 5, 2004, Thursday
  ABSTRACT - Editorial on retirement of Rep Billy Tauzin, chairman of
  House Energy and Commerce Com and chief architect of new Medicare
  prescription drug law, and speculation that his next job centers on lobbying
  for pharmaceuticals industry; says Medicare bill he championed is lucrative
  windfall for drug makers, and if Tauzin takes lobbying job, Democratic
  presidential candidates should cite this as one more example of influence of
  lobbyists on Bush administration
  http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30B11FE385F0C768CDDAB0894DC404482

   

• Government-industry revolving door
  "The government-industry revolving door puts industry-friendly experts in
  positions of decision-making power. Often individuals rotate between working
  for industry and working for the government in regulatory capacities,
  arrangements that are fraught with potential for conflicts of interest. ..."
  http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Government-industry_revolving_door

   

• New York State Ethics Commission
  Revolving Door Restrictions
  http://www.dos.state.ny.us/ethc/rdr.html

  Recruiting Uncle Sam
  The Military Uses a Revolving Door to Defense Jobs
  By Renae Merle
  Washington Post Staff Writer; Thursday, February 19, 2004; Page E01
  "George K. Muellner spent more than 30 years in the Air Force, rising eventually to the
  position of deputy acquisition chief. Now he's the senior vice president of Air Force
  Systems for Boeing Co.'s defense unit. E.C. "Pete" Aldridge, the Pentagon's chief
  weapons buyer, resigned in May 2003 and joined the board of the nation's largest
  defense contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., a month later."
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52789-2004Feb18.html

   

• Revolving door between the US Government and Industry
  "This page highlights the revolving door between U.S. government agencies, the
  U.S. Congress, and the pharmaceutical industry. The following former government
  officials now work at IFPMA, PhRMA, or law firms and lobbying firms that represent
  the pharmaceutical industry. The information on clients represented by the following
  individuals is heavily indebted to the Center for Responsive Politics website.
  January, 2001; Version 2.0 "
  http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/politics/revolvingdoor.html

  The Revolving Door: Industry Gaining Access
  The Pharmaceutical Industry Gaining Access in Washington
  Common Cause; June 18, 2003
  " The pharmaceutical industry benefits from the „revolving door¾ between government and the drug industry ‚ pharmaceutical company executives taking key positions in the government, or vice versa. PhRMA has hired some the best-connected former Members of Congress or government officials as lobbyists for the industry. ..." http://www.commoncause.org/action/action.cfm?artid=21&topicid=1

   

• Arthritis and Rheumatism Alternatives
  Links with Dr. Cathcart and also has MCS, CFIDS, Yeast info. -- barb
  http://www.mall-net.com/arth/

   

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet: Arthritis Information & Resources
  http://www.pslgroup.com/ARTHRITIS.HTM
  
  
• Handout on Health: Rheumatoid Arthritis
  http://pharminfo.com/disease/ra/ra_handout.html
  
  
• Dr. Mercola -- Physicians' Protocol For Using Antibiotics in Rheumatic Disease
  http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/27/rheumatoid_arthritis.htm

   

  • If You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis You Need To Consider NST
    http://www.mercola.com/2001/may/2/testimonial.htm

     

• Rheumatoid Arthritis
  http://www.immed.org/prod/chronic/chronic2.html
  
  

• HealthSquare
  Causes incude fragrance . . . barb
  http://www.healthsquare.com/ana/allRhin.html

   

• Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians & Clinics
  Non-allergic causes include perfume. -- barb
  http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/968782294.html

   

Richard's Pages on EI/MCS/CFS

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7015


• Environmental Illness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - A Brief Introduction
  by Richard Smallfield; Copyright © Richard Smallfield 1997. All rights reserved.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7015/ei-cfs.html
  
  

Right-to-Know

Right-To-Know

• Working Group on Community Right-to-Know
  http://www.rtk.net/wcs/
  
  
• Right-to-Know Network (RTK Net)
  http://www.rtk.net/

  Also, available from: http://d1.rtk.net/tri/

   

• Right-to-Know info available through Bill Moyers' TRADE SECRETS
  
  http://www.pbs.org/tradesecrets/options/righttoknow.html

   

• Rachel's #763 - Back in New Jersey, February 20, 2003
  "...How does a "risk assessment mentality" manifest itself? Let me count the ways. ..." http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/bulletin.cfm?Issue_ID=2319

   

• ADD Medical Treatment Center of Santa Clara Valley
  http://www.addmtc.com/
  
  
  • A Diagnosis Excess? [RITALIN]
    A Lawsuit Alleges Attention Deficit Disorder Is Over-Diagnosed
    http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/ritalin_lawsuit0808.html
    
    
  • Analysis of the New FDA Methylphenidate (Ritalin) and Cancer Warning Now in the PDR
    http://www.addmtc.com/second.html
    
    
  • Does Ritalin (generic name, methylphenidate) cause permanent heart damage?
    http://www.addmtc.com/first.html

     

  
  
  
• [Alternatives] Born To Explore! The Other Side of ADD
  http://borntoexplore.org/
  
  
  • Careers for ADD Explorers
    http://borntoexplore.org/addcar~2.htm

     

  • US Courts Forcing Parents to Medicate Kids for ADD/ADHD Optimal Wellness Center; Dr. Joseph Mercola
    http://www.mercola.com/2000/aug/13/courts_adhd.htm

   

• Brookhaven National Laboratory
  Study Reveals Differences in Patients¼ Response to Ritalin
  Findings may explain variation in doses needed to treat attention / hyperactivity disorder
  "UPTON, NY ã A new brain-imaging study offers insight into why individual
  patients respond differently to standard doses of Ritalin, a drug used to treat
  millions of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) each
  year. The study, conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy¼s Brookhaven
  National Laboratory, appears in the March 1, 2002 issue of the journal Synapse. ..."
  
  "This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, which supports basic
  research in a variety of scientific fields, and the National Institute on Drug
  Abuse, a division of the National Institutes of Health. "
  http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2002/bnlpr030102.htm

   

• CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  Use their search engine to find info on Ritalin. -- barb
  http://www.chadd.org/

   

• Dare to keep kids off Ritalin!
  Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology http://www.breggin.com/dareritalin.html

   

• Parents Pressured to Put Kids on Ritalin
  N.Y. court orders use of medicine
  By Karen Thomas, USA TODAY
  http://www.usatoday.com/life/health/child/lhchi193.htm

   

• Ritalin, Adderall, Other Stimulants--Further Resources
  ""The 'Just Say No To Drugs' campaign was aimed at discouraging children from
  experimenting with dangerous and addictive drugs such as amphetamine and Ritalin.
  Our society viewed with loathing those who "pushed" stimulant drugs on children. Yet
  today there are more children taking Ritalin and amphetamine from doctors than
  ever received them from the illegal pushers. Furthermore, the ready availability of
  prescribed stimulants had led to their increasing illegal use by children and youth.
  http://www.breggin.com/ritalin.html
• Ritalin Class Action Suits--
  Major Plaintiff¼s Attorneys in Tobacco and Asbestos Suits Charge
  Ritalin Manufacturer, the American Psychiatric Association, and
  CHADD with Fraud and Conspiracy
  Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology http://www.breggin.com/classaction.html

   

• Ritalin: Violence Against Boys
  Drug is being used to sedate active, young boys
  Massachusetts News
  http://www.massnews.com/vioboy.htm

   

• Why to Avoid RitalinÆ:
  Ritalin Side Effects from the Physicians' Desk ReferenceÆ
  http://www.healthysource.com/ritalin.html

   

• EcoTalk
  http://www.ecotalk.net/

   

• Don't Be Fueled! Mothers for Clean and Safe Vehicles Campaign
  http://www.dontbefueled.com/

   

• National Recycling Coalition 2001 Annual Awards (Rosenberg's Trash Talk)
  http://www.nrc-recycle.org/pressroom/01congress/bckgannawards.htm

   

Pesticides
http://ehnca.org/www/ehnlinx/p.htm#Pesticides

and Monsanto
http://ehnca.org/www//ehnlinx/m.htm#Monsanto


Adverse Effects Reporting: FIFRA 6(a)(2)
"Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires
pesticide product registrants to submit adverse effects information about their products
to the EPA. The following regulations and guidance documents have been published
which provide registrants details on what, when and how to report this information. ..."
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/fifra6a2/

Pesticide Illness Surveillance (pesticide illness reporting)
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/pesticides/programs/Pestrpt.html

Pesticide Illness Report form (PIR)
"OEHHA is required to produce the Pesticide Illness Report (PIR) form. This form
includes addresses and phone numbers for the local health officers to submit the
completed forms to the appropriate state agencies."
PDF file: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/pesticides/pdf/PIR_99.pdf

Accord (a.k.a. Roundup)
Allegheny Defense Project
" Accord, which includes Glyphosate the same active ingredient as the more commonly
known Roundup, has the potential for harmful side effects on persons who come
into contact with it. According to the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
who conducted a review of all of the available literature on Glyphosate, Roundup
is "Šaccutely [sic] toxic to animals, including humans. Symptoms include eye and skin
irritation, headache, nausea, numbness, elevated blood pressure, and heart palpitations."
Laboratory studies have found indications of medium-term toxicity, long-term
toxicity, genetic damage, effects on sperm health, and is a possible carcinogen. Glyphosate
has been known to persist with a half-life of persistence in soils as long as 100 days
recorded in New York. ..."
http://www.alleghenydefense.org/press/release_020712.shtml

 

• Agriculture
  
  (Responses to Roundup Ready soybeans)
  http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/97apr21_Responses.html
  
  Still available through http://web.archive.org/web/20000816095625/http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/97apr21_Responses.html

  
  

• American P.I.E. (Public Information on the Environment)
  EcoAlert: Coralling Roundup - 1 June, 2005
  http://ehnca.org/www/ampie/roundup.htm

   

• Beyond Pesticides - National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
  "NCAMP - they have a thick file of RoundUp information, including
  the part about 1,4-dioxane being a suspected contaminant of POEA,
  the surfactant in RoundUp"
  http://www.ncamp.org/
  
  
  • chemicalWATCH Factsheets -- Pesticide Fact Sheets
    http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticides/factsheets/index.htm

     

    This info especially for folks in Oakland, whose council is looking into "painting" trunks of
    vegetation, not previously controlled through proper plant management tactics. -- barb
    
        &nbspGlyphosate (Roundup, common brand name)
    http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticides/factsheets/Glyphosate.pdf

        &nbspTriclopyr (Garlon, common brand name)
    ;http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticides/factsheets/Triclopyr.pdf

     

  • What To Do In A Pesticide Emergency
    Includes steps to follow before hand, and when the use of herbicides/pesticides is imminent. -- barb
    http://www.beyondpesticides.org/emergencies/whattodo.htm
  
  
• " But Roundup is much more damaging and persistent than claimed.
  
  "In 1993, the School of Public Health at the University of California found glyphosate
  was the third most common cause of reported illness among Californian farm
  workers, and for landscapers, the highest. The Journal of Pesticide Reform says the
  chemical also damages the ability of soil bacteria to transform nitrogen into a usable
  form for plants and harms fungi that help plants absorb water and nutrients.
  
  "Monsanto's own literature says the average half-life of Roundup residues in
  soil and water are 60 and 14 days (in 10 half-lives chemicals decay to benign levels).
  Residues were found in lettuce, carrots, and barley planted a year after the soil
  was last sprayed.
  
  "In the State of New York, Monsanto has settled a court case for $50,000 costs and
  agreed to retract advertising claims on the safety and biodegradability of Roundup.
  
  "They will no longer say Roundup is safer than table salt, 'practically non-toxic' to
  mammals, birds and fish, "biodegradable" and "environmentally friendly". Nor can
  they imply that the risks of chemical cocktails like Roundup are the same as the active
  ingredient, glyphosate, as this ignores the toxicity of so-called 'inert' ingredients."
  Sources:
  Mother Jones, Jan/Feb, 1997; Pesticide
  Action Network, North America.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20030414013612/http://www.geneethics.org/html/body_ge_seeds_2.html

   

• CATs
  http://www.reninet.com/catz/roundref.htm
  
  
  • CATS on glyphosate (RoundUp)
    http://www.reninet.com/catz/round.htm
    
    
• The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
  "The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice serves as a resource
  center for community groups working on environmental justice issues. We provide
  information / publications; direct assistance to groups; outreach, referral and network
  development, and training / leadership development."
  E-Mail: Penny Newman at admin@ccaej.org
  Pesticide Organizing Project
  The entire page is worth reading, but specifically . . .
  "Myth #3: I use Roundup and we all know it's safe. Afterall, it's sold in the grocery store.
  "There are two types of ingredients in Roundup and other pesticides - active and inert.
  The active ingredients are those designed to kill the target pest. The "inert" ingredient
  does not mean it's non-toxic or harmless. It is the secret ingredient added to the product
  to either preserve the active ingredients, make them easier to apply or improve their
  killing ability. For example, some inerts soften the skin of the pest, making it easier
  for the active ingredient to get into the pest and kill it.

  "Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, has been assumed to have low animal
  toxicity because the enzyme system which it inhibits is specific to plants. But studies now
  show that Glyphosate can cause acute symptoms including eye and skin irritation and
  nausea, conjunctivitis, vomiting and diarrhea. California statistics show that in 1994,
  glyphosate ranked eighth for most number of complaints filed with the state by
  people poisoned by the product.

  "Glyphosate can also drift off-site during applications. Studies show that from 14-78%
  of it can as far as 1300 feet downwind. Once on the ground, it can persist in soils from
  3 days to a year.

  "Misleading advertising has led many applicators to consider glyphosate nearly non-toxic
  . In 1996, the New York State Attorney General won an injunction against the
  chemical's manufacturer, Monsanto, for falsely claiming that the pesticide is as safe
  as table salt. [Emphasis added. This was the very statement used in a meeting with the
  Alameda County, California pesticide experts held in Oakland in April 2001. I was present. -- barb]

  "The inert ingredients [emphasis added] in Roundup may pose more danger
  than it's active ingredient. Japanese emergency medicine professionals reported in Lancet,
  the American Medical Journal, that the "inert" ingredient in the herbicide formulation,
  Roundup, accounts for the acute toxicity they had found in patients poisoned (some
  fatally) by Roundup.

  "Symptoms included vomiting and gastrointestinal pain, swelling of the lungs and
  pneumonia, reduction of blood pressure, clouding of consciousness, and red blood cell
  destruction. The "inert" ingredient they identified in Roundup was polyoxyethyleneamine
  (POEA) actually referring to a family of chemicals. It is added to Roundup to help
  evenly spread the active ingredient, glyphosate, on target plants.

  "EPA reports that it is common for 1,4-dioxane to be present with POEA. The International
  Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) consider 1,4-dioxane and animal carcinogen and
  EPA considers it to be a probable human carcinogen.

  "We continue to not know what is in Roundup and other pesticides because the
  manufacturers are not required to list them on the labels and have claimed that inerts
  are 'confidential business information that should not be available to the public.' EPA
  allows more than 2,000 chemicals to be used as inerts - many cause toxic effects including
  cancer and at least 382 were themselves used as the pesticide active ingredient.

  "In fact, hazardous waste have been allowed to be 'recycled' into pesticides as inerts. You
  may be spraying chemicals like xylene, chloroform, methylene chloride, toluene and
  other toxic chemicals. As one misguided EPA official said, 'it's a way of disposing of
  hazardous materials.'"
  http://www.ccaej.org/projects/pesticides.htm

   

• Common Weed Killer (Roundup) Linked to Environmental and Health Problems
  Folks, you owe it to yourselves to look to Chem-Tox for other information. It's a really great site. -- barb
  http://www.chem-tox.com/pesticides/#roundup

   

• Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Monsanto's Modus Operandi (M.O.)
  Monsanto Roundup (Glyphosate)
  http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Monsanto-Roundup-Glyphosate.htm

   

• E X T O X N E T Toxicological Effects:
  http://ace.orst.edu/cgi-bin/mfs/01/pips/glyphosa.htm?43#mfs
  
  
• Gene Ethics (Genetics & Ethics) Network
  http://www.geneethics.org/html/legal.html

   

  But Roundup is much more damaging and persistent than claimed.
  
  In 1993, the School of Public Health at the University of California found glyphosate
  was the third most common cause of reported illness among Californian farm
  workers, and for landscapers, the highest. The Journal of Pesticide Reform says the
  chemical also damages the ability of soil bacteria to transform nitrogen into a usable
  form for plants and harms fungi that help plants absorb water and nutrients.
  
  Monsanto's own literature says the average half-life of Roundup residues in
  soil and water are 60 and 14 days (in 10 half-lives chemicals decay to benign levels).
  Residues were found in lettuce, carrots, and barley planted a year after the soil
  was last sprayed.
  
  In the State of New York, Monsanto has settled a court case for $50,000 costs and
  agreed to retract advertising claims on the safety and biodegradability of Roundup.
  
  They will no longer say Roundup is safer than table salt, "practically non-toxic" to
  mammals, birds and fish, "biodegradable" and "environmentally friendly". Nor can
  they imply that the risks of chemical cocktails like Roundup are the same as the active
  ingredient, glyphosate,as this ignores the toxicity of so-called "inert" ingredients.
  Sources:
  Mother Jones, Jan/Feb, 1997; Pesticide
  Action Network, North America.
  http://www.geneethics.org/html/body_ge_seeds_2.html

   

  Glyphosate (Roundup/Rodeo).Ý
  "... The adverse effects associated with glyphosate were documented by doctors in
  Japan between June, 1984 and March, 1986 in cases associated with gastrointestinal,
  respiratory, cardiovascular, and central nervous system damage caused by ingestion.[22]
  At the time, the doctors identified the surfactant in the pesticides, POEA, as the cause of
  the adverse effects. This raises serious concerns about the product formulation, most of
  which is usually not disclosed on the product label, but protected as trade secret information.
  
  "A recent review identifies serious adverse effects associated with glyphosate¼s so-called
  inert ingredients. Inert is a term of art because it can include chemicals that are both
  chemically and biologically active. (See below.) Glyphosate products have been
  reported to contain ammonium sulfate, benziothiazolone, 3-iodo-2-propynyl
  butylcarbamate (IPBC), isobutane, methyl pryrrolidionone, pelargonic acid,
  polyethoxylated tallowaine (POEA), potassium hydroxide, sodium sulfite and sorbic acid.
  These chemicals are associated with a range of acute effects, including eye irritation,
  nausea, diarrhea, respiratory reactions, miscarriages in laboratory tests, skin reactions,
  weight loss. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 1998, in an unpublished
  report attributes the following adverse effects to glyphosate exposure: eye irritation,
  painful eyes, burning eyes, blurred vision, swollen eye, face, joints, facial numbness,
  coughing, headaches skin rash, heart palpitations, elevated blood pressure, chest pains
  and more.[23]

  [22] Sawada, Y., 'Probable Toxicity of Surface-Active Agent in
  Commercial Herbicide Containing Glyphosate' The Lancet, p. 299 (1988).

  [23] Caroline Cox, Herbicide Factsheet: Glyphosate (Roundup),
  Journal of Pesticide Reform, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, 1998.

  From: AGAINST THE MISUSE OF PESTICIDES ON S.B. 654, PESTICIDES ‚ EDUCATION
  AND REPORTING BEFORE THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
  COMMITTEE MARYLAND SENATE, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND; MARCH 13, 2001
  http://www.beyondpesticides.org/watchdog/alerts/Jay_PIR_Testimony.htm

   

• Glyphosate Pathway Map
  http://www.nmsr.labmed.umn.edu/umbbd/gly/gly_map.html
  
  
• Greenpeace
  
  http://www.greenpeace.org/

   

  • Not ready for RoundUp
    http://www.greenpeace.org/~usa/reports/biodiversity/roundup/roundup.html

     

• Herbicide Tolerance
  "New Study Links World's Biggest Selling Pesticides to Cancer Swedish Study Finds
  Exposure to Glyphosate and MCPA Increases Risk for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma"
  Press Release - PAN AP; June 21, 1999
  "A recent study by eminent oncologists Dr. Lennart Hardell and Dr. Mikael Eriksson of
  Sweden [1], has revealed clear links between one of the world's biggest selling
  herbicide, glyphosate, to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer [2].
  
  "In the study published in the 15 March 1999 Journal of American Cancer Society, the
  researchers also maintain that exposure to glyphosate 'yielded increased risks for NHL.'
  They stress that with the rapidly increasing use of glyphosate since the time the
  study was carried out, 'glyphosate deserves further epidemiologic studies.'
  
  "Glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup, is the world's most widely used herbicide.
  It is estimated that for 1998, over a 112,000 tonnes of glyphosate was used world-wide.
  It indiscriminately kills off a wide variety of weeds after application and is primarily
  used to control annual and perennial plants. ..."
  http://www.biotech-info.net/glyphosate_cancer2.html

   

• Monsanto
  
  • ASEED Europe genetic engineering campaign
    
    • Monsanto Monitor
      http://www.groundup.org/fmm.htm

       

    • Monsanto: Products
      http://www.groundup.org/monsanto/prod.htm

       

    • Monsanto: Empire -- Revolving Door
      http://www.groundup.org/monsanto/door.htm

       

    • Monsanto Full Menu
      http://www.groundup.org/monsanto/menu.htm

       

  • Monsanto's bioengineered seeds are designed to require more of the company's herbicide
    http://www.purefood.org/mothjones.html
    
    
    MSDS for Roundup
    http://MSDS.PDC.CORNELL.EDU/msds/siri/q387/q163.html
    
    Monsanto's Toxic Roundup
    "Subject: IT'S OFFICAL Monsanto's Roundup NOT environmentaly friendly
    PANUPS: Monsanto Agrees to Change Ads .... January 10, 1997.
    Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), San Francisco, CA. "Monsanto Agrees to Change Ads
    "Monsanto Co. agreed to change its advertising for glyphosate- based products, including
    Roundup, in response to complaints by the New York Attorney General's office that
    the ads were misleading. Based on their investigation, the Attorney General's office
    felt that the advertising inaccurately portrayed Monsanto's glyphosate-containing
    products as safe and as not causing any harmful effects to people or the environment.
    According to the state, the ads also implied that the risks of products such as Roundup
    are the same as those of the active ingredient, glyphosate, and do not take into account
    the possible risks associated with the product's inert ingredients.

    "As part of the agreement, Monsanto will discontinue the use of terms such as
    "biodegradable" and "environmentally friendly" in all advertising of glyphosate-containing
    products in New York state and will pay $50,000 toward the state's costs of pursuing the
    case. The Attorney General has been challenging the ads since 1991. ... "
    http://www.holisticmed.com/ge/roundup.html

     

• Nature Country Store's
  "ROUNDUP HERBICIDE HAS BEEN CALLED 'SAFE AS TABLE SALT' "
  http://www.naturescountrystore.com/roundup/index.html

   

  I cannot help but wonder if Oakland's council members and residents have bothered to
  read any information on the other side of the industry's poop sheets on the wonders of Roundup
  and other herbicides. -- barb
  
  
  
• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides PO Box 1393, Eugene OR 97440-1393 Ph. 541-344-5044 Fax 541-344-6923 info@pesticide.org
  http://www.pesticide.org/

   

  • Pesticide Fact Sheets -- all PDF files to download Here's one on Roundup (Glyphosate). - barb
    http://www.pesticide.org/glyphosate.pdf

    Triclopyr, 2000
    http://www.pesticide.org/triclopyr.pdf

     

  • NCAP Publications
    http://www.efn.org/~ncap/factsheets.html
    
    
• Question of the Violation of Human Rights and
  Fundamental Freedoms in any Part of the World
  Economic and Social Council / United Nations 24jan02
  "SPRAYING TOXIC HERBICIDES ON RURAL COLOMBIAN AND
  ECUADORIAN COMMUNITIES "1. In the fall of 2000, the United States and Colombia began an intensive aerial herbicide
  application program to eradicate coca and poppy crops in drug-producing areas of
  Colombia as part of a greater anti-narcotics initiative called Plan Colombia. To date, the
  program is violating human rights of Colombian and Ecuadorian peasants and
  indigenous peoples living in the affected regions. The spray mixture and the manner in
  which it is applied have resulted in numerous health problems for residents,
  destruction of their food resources, contamination of their surface water, damage to
  surrounding wilderness areas, and tremendous deforestation resulting from relocation
  of spray victims and their farms that is beyond levels that the United States and
  Colombia claim results from coca and poppy production. Despite these harms, the United
  States and Colombia have provided only limited information about the program and
  have not conducted adequate health and environmental assessments. ..."
  http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2002/Roundup-Human-Rights24jan02.htm

   

• Resist Roadside Spraying
  Interview by Barry Vogel of Marc LappÈ, PhD
  Appeared in The New Settler Interview, Issue 103, mid March/April 1997
  http://www.mcn.org/1/cetos/toxalts/settler.html
  
  Risky Business: Invasive species management on National Forests -
  A review and summary of needed changes in current plans, policies and programs
  February, 2001
  http://www.kettlerange.org/weeds/

   

  • Chapter 3. Adverse impacts
    "... People are commonly made sick by low levels of the pesticides described in this report.
    In 1998, approximately 50 residents of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico became ill after a
    farmer in the center of town sprayed his field with a combination of 2,4-D and Roundup ©,
    at a level that was falsely assumed to be safe. It has been found that the general
    population of agricultural regions has a higher incidence of birth defects than elsewhere
    (Garry et al., 1996).
    
    The average citizen is at risk from ambient pesticides. To claim otherwise, or to conceal
    such evidence from environmental effects documents, is illegal and a direct violation
    of the NEPA.
    
    It is a fallacy to present herbicide exposures as unlikely. Pesticide poisonings are
    underreported, according to Ann McCampbell, Chair, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
    Task Force of New Mexico:
    Most physicians are not sufficiently trained in recognizing pesticide poisonings and
    hence many cases are misdiagnosed as the flu or some other ailment. Long term effects
    from pesticide exposures, such as peripheral neuropathy following organophosphate
    exposures, are also not usually connected with the earlier exposure. Individuals often
    do not make the connection themselves. The end result is that there is a vast
    underestimate of the number of pesticide poisonings each year which contributes to a
    false reassurance about their safety.
    http://www.kettlerange.org/weeds/Chapter-3.html

     

• ROUNDUP: Active Ingredient, Glyphosate (5/99)
  http://www.mcn.org/1/cetos/toxalts/roundup.html
  
  
• ROUNDUP facts
  http://data.free.de/gen.free.de/gentech/1997/Jul-Aug/msg00288.html
  
  
• Roundup is killing off amphibians, ecologist says
  By Eric Hand ehand@post-dispatch.com
  Of the Post-Dispatch; 08/07/2005
  "Worldwide, amphibians are dying. And University of Pittsburgh ecologist
  Rick Relyea said he knows one way to kill them: Spray them with a little
  Roundup, the best-selling weed killer from St. Louis-based Monsanto."
  http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/E50D85CDBEEFE65986257057001FC5A6?OpenDocument

  Printer Friendly
  http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/emaf.nsf/Popup?ReadForm&db=stltoday%5Cnews%5Cstories.nsf&docid=E50D85CDBEEFE65986257057001FC5A6
  
  

• Organic Gardening Ý Roundup Kills More Than Weeds
  http://web.archive.org/web/20001217023400/http://www.organicgardening.com/watchdog/roundup.html

  PANUPS: U.S. Court Rules Inert Ingredients Must Be Disclosed. October 28, 1996.
  October 28, 1996
  U.S. Court Rules Inert Ingredients Must Be Disclosed
  "A U.S. federal district court ruled this month that pesticide companies must disclose
  information about inert ingredients in six pesticide products. The suit, filed in 1994 by the
  Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) and the National Coalition
  Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP), charged that the U.S. Environmental
  Protection Agency (EPA) must disclose the common names and CAS* numbers of inert
  ingredients in these pesticides under the Freedom of Information Act. The pesticides
  named in the suit were Aatrex 80W (atrazine), Weedone LV4 (2,4-D), Roundup
  (glyphosate), Velpar (haxazinone), Garlon 3A (triclopyr) and Tordon 101 (picloram and 2,4-D). ..."
  http://www.panna.org/resources/pestis/PESTIS.1996.133.html

   

• Roundup Ready crops? Are you ready for Monsanto lawsuits?
  
  • La Leva di Archimede
    " 'Give me a place to stand on and I will move the earth',
    We put the principle of the lever to the service of individual freedom." Monsanto's extortion of US farmers
    http://www.laleva.org/eng/2005/01/monsantos_extortion_of_us_farmers.html

     

  • Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers Report
    "Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers - Recently released report documents Monsanto's lawsuits against American farmers, revealing thousands of investigations, nearly 100 lawsuits and numerous bankruptcies. ..."
    http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/Monsantovsusfarmersreport.cfm

     

  • Monsanto Sues 70-Year-Old Farmer
    March 30, Toronto (WP); Orion Society
    "A judge yesterday ordered a Canadian farmer to pay thousands of dollars to the
    biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. because the company¼s genetically engineered
    canola plants were found growing in his field, apparently after pollen from modified
    plants had blown onto his property from nearby farms. ..."
    http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/oo/sidebars/absurd/absurd_monsanto.html

     

  Roundup and its synonyms
  http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/cgi-bin/epa/chemdetiris.pl?pccode=103601

   

• Roundup-Resistant Bentgrass - Friend or Frankenweed? October, 2004
  http://www.ssseeds.com/leaf-let/roundup-resistantbentgrass.htm

   

• June Russell's Health Facts -- Pesticides - 2,4-D and Roundup (Gglyphosate)
  Two of the (Supposedly) Safer Pesticides
  Scroll down or use your browser's Find Command to get to Roundup. -- barb
  http://www.jrussellshealth.com/pests24d.html

   

• Safe2Use
  
  • New Study Links Monsanto's Roundup to Cancer
    http://safe2use.com/pesticidenews/roundup.htm
    
    
  • Pesticides in the News
    http://safe2use.com/newsrelease.htm
  
  
  
• Sedimentation of Prairie Wetlands
  Effects on Aquatic Invertebrates
  http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/sediment/INVERT.HTM
  
  
• Skeena Islands
  "Spraying Skeena Islands may be ineffective, may persist in soils
  and may affect fish reproduction
  http://www.princerupert.com/nature/MOF_Spray.htm
  
  
• Study Clearly Links Use of Roundup to Cancer (From Annie Berthold-Bond's site)
  http://www.betterbasics.com/newstouse/news.html
  
  
• Toxic Drift: Monsanto and the Drug War in Colombia By Jeremy Bigwood; Special to CorpWatch; June 21, 2001

  http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/military/featured/2001/monsanto.html

   

• Toxicology, part 1
  gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:2998/0PESTIS/r.925884998.18451.1
  
  
• Toxicology, part 2: Human Exposure and Ecological Effects
  gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org:2998/0PESTIS/r.925884998.18451.2
  
  
• Weed killer poses dangers to frogs
  Seek and ye shall find that pesticides cause harm to Mother Earth and her creatures. -- barb
  http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_319779.html

   

• Weed / Herbicide Cross Reference, University of Florida
  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_AG004
  
  
• Weeds could develop resistance to Roundup
  http://www3.silas.unsw.edu.au/~greenlft/1997/265/265p15c.htm
  
  

• Inquiries into the biochemistry of MCS
  http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/index.html#Anchor-Separate-33047

   

• Integrated Defense System Overlaps as a Disease Model:
  With Examples for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  By S.C. Rowat; Grantham¼s Landing, British Columbia, Canada
  Originally published in:
     Reviews in Environmental Health, 1998
     Environmental Health Perspectives 106, Supplement 1, February 1998
  5 sections: http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/IDS-Overlaps/IDS-multipage/index.html

  Long document: http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/IDS-Overlaps/IDS-Full/index.html#Anchor-Conclusion-16322
  

  INVISIBLE CRIPPLES
  MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY, Part 1
  "YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE with chemical sensitivities in the hardware store, ..."
  ©1998 S.C. Rowat; Draft 3 (1997)
  http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/To_Do_No_Harm/Invisible_Cripples.html
  
  

  • TABLE of Common Toxic Chemicals and Their Effects
    http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/Tox_Chem_Table.html
  
  
  
• Integrated Defense System Overlaps as a Disease Model:
  With Examples for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
  http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/IDS-Overlaps/IDS-multipage/index.html
  
  
• To Do No Harm
  http://www.rowatworks.com/Science/To_Do_No_Harm/index.html

• Royal Commission on Genertic Modification
  HON MARIAN HOBBS, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
  http://www.executive.govt.nz/minister/hobbs/genetics/

   

• Frequently Asked Questions
  http://www.amp.wellington.net.nz/Ge_faq.shtml

   

• Monsanto under questioning
  New Zealand's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
  http://www.gene.ch/genet/2000/Nov/msg00017.html

  Peace Movement Aotearoa is the national networking organisation for those
  concerned about peace and related issues.
  Written submissions to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
  Deadline for written submissions: 1 December 2000, which is at odds with 23 March 2001 date above. -- barb
  http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/rcgmupdt.htm

   

Rubber

• NIOSH Alert
  Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex in the Workplace
  June 1997; DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-135
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/latexalt.html

   

• The Rubber Room
  "Dermatitis From Rubber Gloves" By John G. Downing, M..D.* "First Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, January 26, 1933."
  http://www.immune.com/rubber/rubber_gloves.html