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Online Resource Pointer #21
February 14, 1995
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*Beyond Pesticides, 1995.* "Beyond Pesticides" is a national
grassroots coalition currently being created by
environmental, farm labor, sustainable agriculture and public
health groups throughout the country in order to prevent the
adverse human health and environmental consequences of
widespread pesticide use. Beyond Pesticides will mobilize
broad citizen action for pesticide reform by working directly
with grassroots groups around the country to clarify the
links between local and regional issues and those at the
national level. The coalition supports the prevention
principle and reduced reliance on pesticides, the Delaney
Clause's prohibition on cancer causing pesticides, and
expanded prohibitions on pesticides that cause other adverse
effects. Beyond Pesticides is being co-coordinated by the
National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
(Washington, D.C.) and Washington Toxics Coalition (Seattle,
WA). Please contact these organizations for further
information--East Coast: 701 E St. SE, Washington, D.C.
20003; phone (202) 543-5450; fax (202) 543-4791; West Coast:
4516 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105; phone (206) 632-
1545; fax (206) 632-8661.
*Farm Chemicals Handbook, 1995.* Meister Publishing Company.
PAN's most used reference book. Contains six main sections:
Pesticide Dictionary, Fertilizer Dictionary, Regulatory File,
Environmental and Safety Section, Buyer's Guide, and Company
Addresses. 833 pp. US$69 (+ $5 shipping and handling).
Also available is the Electronic Pesticide Dictionary '95 for
IBM and compatible computers which allows quick access to
pesticide and biocontrol dictionaries, toxicity charts,
summaries of key laws and more. US$129.95 per copy;
US$176.95 for 1995 Farm Chemicals Handbook AND Electronic
Dictionary package. Farm Chemicals Handbook, 37733 Euclid
Avenue, Willoughby, OH 44094-5992; phone (800) 572-7740.
*A Guide to Heat Stress in Agriculture, 1994.* Environmental
Protection Agency/Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. Offers practical, step-by-step guidance for
non-technical managers on how to set up and operate a heat
stress control program. Also distinguishes between the
similarily in symptoms of organophosphate and carbamate
poisoning and heat exhaustion and the importance of cooling
vests as an inexpensive way to address certain intolerable
heat stress conditions, especially those conditions involving
protective gear. English and Spanish. 44 pp. Document
#055-000-00474-9. US$3.50. U.S. Government Printing Office,
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20402; phone
(202) 512-1800.
*Agenda 21: An Easy Reference to the Specific
Recommendations on Women, 1994.* United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM). An extract of Agenda 21 is designed
to serve as an easy reference for those seeking to identify
the recommendations in Agenda 21 that specifically mention
women. However, the authors urge that when interpreting the
recommendations in the Agenda 21 text, the reader should note
that all collective terminology, including references to
communities, urban and rural dwellers, indigenous people,
trade unions, professionals in business and industry and NGOs
is intended to apply equally to both women and men. 28 pp.
UNIFEM, 304 East 45th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017;
phone (212) 906-6400; fax (212) 906-6705.
*Bhopal Lives!: Anniversary Notes, 1994.* Bhopal Gas Peedit
Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti and Bhopal Group for Information and
Action. Describes Bhopal as it is today, 10 years after the
Union Carbide's (UCC) disastrous gas leak. Summarizes the
Indian government's and non-government's findings on the
health impacts of affected people; medical care, loss of
work, and economic deprivation; legal issues including UCC's
sale of share holdings and subsequent inadequate compensation
to the victims; prior knowledge of Union Carbide's unsafe
location and design; a 10-year bibliography of the criminal
proceedings; and recommendations for future regulatory
measures. 32 pp. India Residents 15.00; Abroad US$2.00.
Bhopal Group for Information and Action, 18/1, Nagar Nigam
Colony, Berasia Road, Bhopal, India; phone 462-018; British
Group for Justice in Bhopal, c/o The Pesticides Trust,
Eurolink Centre, 49, Effra Road, London SW2 1BZ, U.K.; phone
(44-71) 274-8895; fax (44-71) 274-9084; email:
pesttrust@gn.apc.org.
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