Resource Pointer #66
January 30, 1996
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*Environmental Health Perspectives Supplements: Child
Health & Asthma, Volume 103, Supplement 6, September
1995.* National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences. Presents collection of papers about preventing
child exposures to environmental hazards including
pesticides. Scientist and activist authors investigate
range of topics including children's unique
susceptibility to environmental hazards, environmental
justice and children, asthma in children, creating
healthy homes and communities for children, endocrine
effects, chemical contaminants in human milk, childhood
cancer trends and failures of scientific research to
inform policy decisions regarding pesticides. 276 pp.
Subscription fees: US$39 (in U.S.); -- US$48.75 (all
other countries). Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250; phone (202) 512-1800; fax
(202) 512-2250.
*The Future of Children: Critical Issues for Children
and Youths, Volume 5, Number 2, Summer/Fall 1995.*
Center for the Future of Children. Summer/Fall issue of
trimesterly journal on children's health, development
and education focuses on environmental health. Presents
papers examining children's unique susceptibilities,
environmental policy as it relates to children's health
and case studies of environmental risks to children,
including exposure to the insecticide aldicarb on
bananas and reported illnesses in children caused
household use of the insecticide diazinon. 139 pp. No
charge. Circulation Department, Center for the Future of
Children, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 300
Second Street, Suite 102, Los Altos, CA 94022; phone
(415) 948-3696; fax (415) 948-6498; World Wide Web
<http://www.futureofchildren.org>.
*The Regulation of Transgenic Arthropods.* (World Wide
Web site). United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Biotechnology, Biologics, and Environmental
Protection (BBEP). Provides information about recent
applications for trial releases of transgenic crops,
including name of applicant and crop species. Links to
information about APHIS work related to transgenic
arthropods, bibliography of transgenic arthropod studies
and reports, review of USDA regulatory authority and
discussions related to the release of transgenic
arthropods into environment (see PANUPS January 18,
1996, "Action Alert! USDA Reviewing Application to
Release Genetically Engineered Mite"). USDA-APHIS-BBEP
web site <http://www.aphis.usda.gov/bbep/bp>.
*Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture,
1995.* Miguel Altieri. (Updated from 1989 edition).
Provides in-depth analysis of agroecological principles
and practices, including discussions of agroecology's
theoretical basis, specific agroecological practices and
technologies, ecological approaches to managing insects,
weeds and pathogens and transition processes for
conventional farms implementing agroecological
principles. Presents case studies of agroecological
systems worldwide and examines organic, traditional and
conventional farming systems. 433 pp. US$26. Westview
Press, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301; phone
(303) 444-3541.
*Environmental Scholars Database.* World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF). WWF seeks information about scientists,
faculty and experts in environmental fields for database
of environmental researchers. Database will be included
in WWF World Wide Web site, and will allow users to
search by keyword in order to facilitate networking and
information exchange. To enter your name in the
database, send email to wwfnetwork@newmedium.com, write
"environmental scholars" in subject heading and include
the following information: name, department,
college/university/organization, address, state,
country, phone/fax/email, research areas and topics of
interest (responses regarding research areas and topics
of interest should be approximately one paragraph long).
We encourage those interested in having resources listed
in the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of
publications, videos or other sources to our office
(address listed below) or to contact Information Program
Associates Adam Kirshner or Gina Schilling for further
information.
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