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Pesticides on a Plate
A consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain. This 36pp booklet gives a simple overview for a non-technical audience on what pesticides are and the hazards they pose, with a focus on pesticide residues in food and how to avoid these. It also discusses how farmers and farm workers can be affected, particularly in developing countries, and the costs society pays for pesticide problems. |
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The Chemical Trap
This 40pp illustrated booklet provides insights into the health, welfare and financial impacts on African smallholders of their dependency on hazardous pesticides, in cash crops and in local food crops.
The booklet is suitable for development education, use in schools or colleges or for the general public.
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30 Nov 07
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6 Food & Fairness Briefings
PAN UK has published six briefings in the Food & Fairness series, addressing pesticide use issues of relevance to food companies, NGOs, African pesticide regulators and donors. The topics cover:
- Which Pesticides Are Banned in Europe
- Pesticide Food and Drink Poisoning in Africa
- The FAO Pesticide Code of Conduct: New Responsibilities for Food Sector Companies
- Hidden Costs of Pesticide Use in Africa
- Pesticides, Immune Suppression and HIV/AIDS
- Hazardous pesticides and health impacts in Africa
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Organic By Design
A guide for students of fashion and textile design
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My Sustainable T-shirt
Guide to Organic, Fair Trade, and other Eco Standards and labels for Cotton textiles Are you confused by the proliferation of standards and labels for textiles? What does organic or fair trade exactly means for cotton? What about the other eco-labels, or various ethical claims? What difference do they make? How can we be sure? Can cotton production be sustainable? This guide provides concise and fair information about the major textile certification schemes, and aims to answer all of your questions.
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Pesticide News
The most comprehensive source of information on pesticide problems and alternative developments. With extensive articles, resources, book reviews and news.
Including CRM (Current Research Monitor) - A valuable resource for researchers with up-to-date research covering the impact of pesticides on health and the environment. |
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annual review 2006
In PAN UK’s 20th year of working to reduce and eliminate the hazards of pesticides, the growth in the demand for organic cotton, and increasing awareness by consumers of the provenance of the food they eat, clearly demonstrated progress in areas where PAN has sought to influence opinion.
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GARDENING TIPS
Monthly pesticide-free gardening tips providing advice on growing vegetables without chemicals. These are for allotment gardeners but home gardeners may also find them useful. The tips provide guidance on sowing and planting times, tips on controlling pests organically, and relevant news items on home/garden pesticides
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THE DEADLY CHEMICALS IN COTTON
A new report by Environmental Justice Foundation in collaboration with PAN UK. This report exposes the human health and the environmental cost of pesticide use in global cotton production. US$ 2 Billion's worth of chemicals are sprayed on world's cotton every year, many are classified "extremely or highly hazardous" by the World Health Organisation. |
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Living with Poison: Problems of endosulfan in West African growing systems
"In the cotton growing season spanning the years 1999-2000 in Benin, details emerged about large number of deaths among farmers [...]. The tragedy followed the reintroduction of the pesticide endosulfan across West African cotton growing countries [...]."
A three-year research across Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, and Senegal. 2006 - 42pp |
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Your Daily Poison
The second UK pesticide exposure report |
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May 2006 |
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The alternative residue report 2005
What the government doesn't tell us. |
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PIC – a tool for change
NGO briefing on the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent |
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