Fumigacija brodskih tereta u štivama na brodovima u tranzitu provodi se sukladno međunarodnim propisima poštivanjem Preporuka o sigurnoj uporabi pesticida na brodovima (United Nations International Maritime Organisation UNIMO: »Recommendations on the Safe Use of Pesticides on Ships Revised 2002«).

To bi značilo da kemikalije igraju značajnu i do sada neprepoznatu ulogu u globalnom smanjenju broja vodozemaca - Common pesticides ' can kill frogs within an hour '

Join FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) i Joint FAO/WHO Meeteng on Pesticides Residues (JMPR), znanstveni odbori Europske Unije itd. utvrđuju prihvatljivi dnevni unos (eng. ADI - Acceptable Daily Intake) ili podnošljivi dnevni unos (eng. TDI - Tolerable Daily Intake) za tvar koja prelazi određeni prag toksičnosti.

Prof. dr. sc. Branki Kovač i prof. dr. sc. Igoru Novaku dodijeljena je za dva znanstvena rada: " Electronic structure of pesticides " i " Electronic structure of herbicides ", a prof. dr. sc. Goran Durn ju je dobio za znanstveni rad Improvements in Treatment of Waste from Petroleum Industry in Croatia.

Naziv usporedbe je Proficiency testing 6/12, " Priority pesticides in surface water ", kao potpora primjeni European Water Framework Directive, pogotovo u pogledu sukladnosti površinskih voda s normama kvalitete u okolišu (Environmental Quality Standards-EQS).

Zavirite u EWG ' s Shopper ' s Guide to Pesticides.

Dakle, ako niste baš od onih koji će preokrenuti cijeli grad kako bi za svoju obitelj pronašli ekološki uzgojenu hranu, bez pesticida, umjetnih gnojiva i herbicida tada barem pogledajte popis onog voća i povrća objavljenog u EWG ' s Shopper ' s Guide to Pesticides, uzgojenog koncencionalnom poljoprivredom, koje ima najveći postotak zatrovanosti pesticidima.

Today extinctions result mostly from human population pressures habitat destruction, pesticides, etc. but slowing man-made extinctions in a meaningful way would require drastically reducing the world s human population. Which will not happen.

Fate of pesticides in soil and the environment

" Nažalost, niti jedan neškodljivi EPA-approved pesticides effective " stoji kao jedna natuknica

Sve nacionalne udruge članice ECPA-e obavezne su pridržavati se kodeksa ponašanja i upravljanja proizvodnjom, distribucijom i korištenjem SZB (FAO Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides).

Evo i popisa za što je Monsanto sve ' ' zadužio ' ' civilizaciju (nešto sam već spominjao), izvadak s mindfully.org: Saccharin, Astroturf, agent orange, dioxin, sulphuric acid, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), plastics and synthetic fabrics, research on uranium for the Manhattan Project that led to the construction of nuclear bombs, styrene monomer, an endless line of pesticides and herbicides (Roundup), rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone that makes cows ill), genetically engineered crops (corn, potatoes, tomatoes, soy beans, cotton), and it ' s most significant product to date; Lies, Factual Distortions and Omissions

Stranica se zove Shopper s Guide to Pesticides in Produce (Vodič kroz pesticide u proizvodnji) a izrađuje ga prema posebnoj metodologiji eko udruženje Environmental Working Group.

The reasons for this rise in hormonal imbalances appears to be a combination of the following factors: The higher levels of oestrogenic compounds in the atmosphere (xenoestrogens) such as nonylphenols in plastics, paints, detergents, lubricating oils, pesticides and industrial chemicals; poor nutrition in terms of vitamin and mineral status; emotional, chemical and physical stress and the use of synthetic hormones.

DDT is not particularly toxic to humans, compared to other widely used pesticides.

All pesticides are designed to have a lethal or catastrophic effect.

3) PRODUCE SOLD IN OUR STORES MAY CONTAIN UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF PESTICIDES

2) PESTICIDES DON ' T STAY WHERE THEY ' RE PUT

India may be the trend-setter here, with an estimated 150,000 debt-ridden farmers succumbing to suicide since 1997. With guns in short supply in rural India, the desperate farmers have taken to drinking the pesticides meant for their crops

More than 75 percent of pesticides are used for agricultural purposes, and many eventually find their way into our water supplies, especially from May through July, the peak growing season.

The EPA has launched a special review of Atrazine and similar pesticides, but the review won ' t be complete for several years

Fizzy drinks sold by Coca-Cola in Britain have been found to contain pesticides at up to 300 times the level allowed in tap or bottled water.

8) SOME HOUSEHOLD PESTICIDES ARE CHEMICAL COUSINS OF NERVE GAS

New research had found even higher concentrations of banned pesticides like DDT in the Arctic environment than in the countries that produced them

344 million pounds of potentially dangerous pesticides were legally exported by the U. S. from 1992 through 1994. Dubbed the " Circle of Poison, " some of those pesticides return as residues on imported foods.

China ' s Ministry of Health, meanwhile, is trying to control schistosomiasis infections with a combination of drugs and applications of molluscicides, pesticides that wipe out the disease ' s snail carriers.

Some of these toxins, such as the chemicals in household cleaners, pesticides and insecticides, persist in the environment and can concentrate as they go up the food chain.

Even if inhaling, absorbing or ingesting traces of pesticides causes no symptoms, small amounts can build up in your body over time.

The major polluting agents are animal wastes, antibiotics and hormones, chemicals from tanneries, fertilizers and the pesticides used to spray feed crops.

All pesticides are toxic to varying degrees.