Circle of Poison: Impact of U.S. Pesticides on Third World Workers : Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session ... June 5, 1991 |
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Page 14 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have submitted a written statement for the record. I would like to briefly summarize my statement and ask that the full statement be included in the record.
Page 51 - Pesticides and Policies: Approaches to Pest Control Dilemmas in Nicaragua and Costa Rica", Latin American Perspectives, Issue 59, Vol.
Page 110 - Act (FIFRA) , EPA has the authority to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the United States. FIFRA requires that all pesticides sold in the US be licensed, or registered, for use by EPA. To register a pesticide, EPA must determine that the chemical will not cause "unreasonable adverse effects on the environment
Page 36 - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA...
Page 190 - Imports and exports. (a) Pesticides and devices intended for export. (b) Cancellation notices furnished to foreign governments. (c) Importation of pesticides and devices. (d) Cooperation in international efforts. (e) Regulations.
Page 1 - EPA finally banned DBCP from nearly all domestic farm uses, but the companies then dumped their unused stocks overseas where it continued to be used. As a result, more banana workers in Costa Rica were sterilized.
Page 1 - In 1958, separate studies by two US chemical manufacturing giants showed that DBCP causes sterility in laboratory animals. These, and later industry studies, were kept secret from domestic chemical company employees and from agricultural workers using DBCP in the field.
Page 33 - among the rats that died, the gross lesions were especially prominent in lungs, kidneys and testes. Testes were usually extremely atrophied.
Page 110 - This year, WHO estimated that as many as 25 million agricultural workers in the developing world suffer an episode of pesticide poisoning each year (1).
Page 83 - ... or in other countries. Advocates of these provisions cite two principal public policy concerns: first, that countries which export food to the 0.8.