pesticide Archive

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    The ‘Pesticide Nun’ wins landmark ruling - by frog



    Georgina Downs, the UK’s longstanding pesticide campaigner, has won a landmark ruling in the High Court. The TimesOnline reports: For years the Downs family had no idea what was ailing her. Symptoms initially included blisters inside her mouth and throat; in 1991 her legs gave way. “I was absolutely devastated. I didn’t know what was [...] read more
    November 23, 2008 4:34 pm - 40 Comments
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    Wellington vs the worms - by frog



    The endosulfan pesticide debate arrived in Wellington today via local newspaper the Welllingtonian: However, council spokesman Richard MacLean says if a sports field were “completely over-run by worms we would use the pesticide to get rid of them”. Does that happen? Has anyone ever actually been playing cricket and then moments later been dragged under [...] read more
    October 15, 2008 2:14 pm - 3 Comments
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    NZ’s melamine contamination - by frog



    Poisonous food and dying babies is strictly a ‘far away in China’ sort of thing, even if it happens to be large New Zealand company embroiled in the scandal?  Right? We can look sadly on and shake our heads despondently at Chinese officials and businessmen who didn’t respond fast enough or allow the public to [...] read more
    September 25, 2008 3:19 pm - No Comments
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    The endosulfan threat - by frog



    In the last few days Sue Kedgley revealed not only that the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) was recommending continuing to allow the use of Endosulfan, the highly toxic insecticide  which is banned or heavily restricted in more than 50 countries, but that traces of endosufan were turning up in our beef exports to South [...] read more
    July 11, 2008 8:19 am - No Comments