The authors recommend that schools adopt
strategies to reduce the use of pesticides and prevent pesticide drift onto
school grounds from farmland.
"Parents want to know that their children are not being exposed to
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written by federal and state public health officials and published in the
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of which 24 are probable or possible carcinogens, 25 are linked with
reproductive effects, 33 with liver or kidney damage, 33 with neurotoxicity,
and 39 are sensitizers and/or irritants., United Steelworkers' (USW)
officials today unveiled a report that analyzes the DuPont Corporation's
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Today, Beyond Pesticides is also releasing its latest publication, Asthma,
Children and Pesticides: What you should know to protect your family , to alert
the public and officials to the scientific studies linking pesticide exposure
and asthma , a disease that strikes 1 in 8 school-aged children and is the
leading cause of school absenteeism due to chronic illness.
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"I am today asking my children's school to stop its toxic pesticide use
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Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) today introduced of the School
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WASHINGTON, Parents in 30 states and the District
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