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PEX Newsletter 36 - Quarterly September 2007
Pex Issues
There has been a steady trickle of enquiries this quarter. Most of these have come from rural residents or visitors (one unfortunate visitor got a mouthful of fungicide whilst out cycling with a friend) ...read more
Personal EXchange
PEX has received the following email from a concerned dog-owner:...read more
News
Pilot study on access to farm spray records...read more
MEP’s vote on Pesticides: success for PAN Europe...read more
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ACP
Open Meeting
PEX Steering Group member Georgina Downs and Alison Craig of PEX were
invited by the government's Advisory Committee on Pesticides to make
presentations on 'bystander risk assessment' at their Open Meeting, 10 July
2002.
PEX Newsletter No.16, September 2002
Household hazards - no
right to know
Chemicals which are restricted or banned as pesticides can legally be used
in chemically impregnated manufactured household goods, and manufacturers have
no legal obligation to provide consumers or retailers with information about
them.
PEX Newsletter No.12, September 2001
Pesticide Incident Appraisal
Panel: an update
Changes in the way that the official panel which assesses pesticide exposure
incidents works are described by its chair, Dr John Osman, Head of Epidemiology
and Medical Statistics Unit, Health & Safety Executive; PEX questions whose
interests this committee serves.
PEX Newsletter No.8, September 2000.
Ridding your home of synthetic
chemicals
Margaret Reichlin describes dozens of non-chemical household cleaners, home
toiletries and simple home medicines.
PEX Newsletter No.8, September 2000.
Legal action over
glyphosate exposure
Jenny Morgan and family were heavily sprayed over when walking in Clovelly,
Devon. She says: 'My feeling is that quite a lot of farmers and contractors
completely disregard the law over spraying pesticides.'
PEX Newsletter No.7, June 2000.
New report: Multiple
Chemical Sensitivity - recognition and management
Produced by the British Society for Allergy, Environmental and Nutritional
Medicine, this authoritative report describes how current toxicological models,
and the policies which flow from them, are inadequate. 'In spite of the
availability of potent medicines, the numbers of the population who claim to
have chronic illness rose 66 per cent between 1972 and 1996'.
PEX Newsletter No.7, June 2000.
Pesticides chemical
incident training day
This was organised for public health physicians by the Chemical Incident
Response Service, Medical Toxicology Unit, Guy's Hospital, London. PAN-UK gave a
presentation to describe the basis of public concern.
PEX Newsletter No.7, June 2000.
The government's
Scientific Workshop on Research on OPs, 28 March 2000
This was to take forward recommendations for research
on organophosphates made by the government's Committee on Toxicity in their
report on OPs published November 1999.
PEX Newsletter No.7, June 2000.
The Cot Report: One step
forward, one step back
Key points from the government's Committee on Toxicity
November 99 report.
PEX Newsletter No.5, December 1999.
Reporting pesticide exposure incidents
to the Health & Safety Executive - Does it work?
A questionnaire to monitor whether the HSE deal with reported
pesticide incidents appropriately.
PEX Newsletter No.5, December 1999.
Risks associated with chemical
treatment residues in buildings
There is a clear link between healthy people and healthy buildings. The use of
chemical treatments to control or eradicate fungal and insect infestations
raises some important concerns.
David Watt, PEX Newsletter No.4, September 1999.
New findings about chemicals in the home
and their effects on the foetus and child
Is an Englishman's home his chemical dump? Dr Vyvyan Howard sets out some of the
chemical hazards commonly found in the home to which babies and children are
often exposed.
Dr Vyvyan Howard, PEX Newsletter No.4, September 1999.
Diagnosis and treatment of OP victims:
the Northern Ireland experience
The Northern Ireland Organophosphorus Sufferers Association was formed two
years ago, and has made significant progress in seeking treatment for sufferers.
Ernie Patterson, PEX Newsletter No.4, September 1999.
Organophosphate insecticides and the
skeleton
A study has found reduced bone density in users of OP sheep-dip users.A
study has found reduced bone density in users of OP sheep-dip users.
Stephen Hodges, PEX Newsletter No.4, September 1999.
A hazardous risk?
Risk assessment based on inadequate data has led to common misunderstandings
by decision-makers, politicians and the public about their meaning and
reliability.
Dr Vyvyan Howard and Gesa Staats de Yanes, PEX Newsletter No.3, June 1999.
Physiological causes of OP poisoning?
Helen Fullerton puts forward cases illustrating how OP exposure could affect the
body's systems.
PEX Newsletter No.3, June 1999.
Physician Heal Thyself
A review of the report from the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Psychiatrists
on long-term, low-dose exposure to OP sheep-dip
Margaret Anderson, PEX Newsletter No.2, March 1999.
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