FYI, Another reason for Organicly Produced Foods. A little chopped up in
the forward but you get the idea. Mike Miller
> April 13, 2000 THREATENED CHILDREN TO REMAIN AT
>RISK
>
> the Regulatory Fairness and Openness Act of 1999, has
> It would effectively reverse the most important part of the Food
>Quality Protection Act - the demonstration that toxic pesticide
>exposures permitted, would be safe for children. It would delay
>lowering allowable levels of pesticides in our food for a period of
>years, In the meantime pesticides in dangerous amounts.
>
>Current pesticide regulations have failed to gather data on how
>individual chemicals affect the developing nervous, immune, respiratory
>and A Congressionally mandated study by the National Academy of
>Sciences, published in 1993, reviewed the science on toxic are
>supposed to Academy found that current pesticide regulations
>adult data, which do not reflect the special physiological
>susceptibilities of children For many reasons young children are
>exposed to pesticides in much higher their developing Neurotoxic
> a child's normal diet, for instance, other pesticides likely to
>be present, can exceed
>
> the Food Quality Protection Act was passed
>unanimously by the House and Senate.
>
>Now the manufacturers of pesticides are using the "needs" of small
>farmers to
>call for delay and gutting of this important program.
>
> H. R. 1592. And add that this
> process.
>That should be opposed. For more information contact:
> Doris Cellarius, Sierra Club Community Health Committee
>doris@cellarius.net
>
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