Resource Pointer #201
March 24, 1999
For copies of the following resources, please contact the
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*Launching the People's Millennium, Challenging Corporate
Control of Food and Agriculture Conference, April 29-May 3,
1999, Boulder, Colorado* The fate of family farming,
genetically engineered organisms and the role of sustainable
agriculture in the next millennium. Includes discussions of the
Food Circles approach as a tool for practical, grassroots work
toward management of sustainable food systems. Contact
Alliance for Democracy, P.O. Box 683, Lincoln, MA, 01773;
phone (781) 259-9395; email Peoplesall@aol.com.
*Environmental Estrogens and Other Hormones Website*
www.tmc.tulane.edu/ecme/eehome. Provides basic information
on environmental estrogens (EE), the endocrine system, sources
of environmental estrogens and their effects. Includes recent
research findings such as the effects of environmental estrogens
on rats' prostates in the womb. Access to Endocrine Disruptor
news with updates from around the world and links to relevant
websites.
*National Toxicology Program Website*
ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov. Provides abstracts of studies on
carcinogenicity, immunotoxicity, teratology and short-term
reproductive developmental toxicity for hundreds of pesticides
and industrial chemicals. Provides full report on carcinogens and
lists effects of specific pesticides. Links to Center for the
Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction and the Chemical
Health and Safety database (which is searchable by chemical).
*Semi-annual Report Summarizing the Reevaluation Status of
Pesticide Products During the Period of July 1, 1998 through
December 31, 1998* California Department of Pesticide
Regulation (DPR). Includes form reevaluations which are
undertaken when a pesticide has had an adverse impact or is
likely to, and preliminary investigations which are done when
DPR receives possible adverse, factual or scientific information
on a product not yet evaluated. Includes copper napthenate,
cyfluthrin, diphacinone, maneb, chlorpyrifos, and malathion. 10
pp. Free. Contact Department of Pesticide Regulation, 830 K
St., Sacramento, CA 95814-3510; phone (916) 324-3931; email
aprichard@cdpr.ca.gov; website www.cdpr.ca.gov.
*Rethinking Agriculture, Two-Part Public Forum, April 29 and
May 6, 1999, San Francisco, CA* Public participatory event.
Part-one will address global and macroeconomic issues,
agricultural biotechnology and the movement against it in Europe
and Asia. Part-two will examine solutions to current agricultural
problems looking at relocalization of food supply, agrarian
renewal in rural and urban areas and democratic resolution of
natural resource allocation conflicts. $16 by mail for both
evenings, or $10 each night at the door. More details at
www.ccummings.org/rethinkag.htm or contact Claire Hope
Cummings at ccummings@igc.org.
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