Children

2010

Everyday Exposure to Pesticides Linked to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Beyond Pesticides, May 18, 2010. Posted in ADHD, Chemicals, Children/Schools, Chlorpyrifos, Disease/Health Effects)  Eexposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides, at levels common among U.S. children, may contribute to a diagnosis of ADHD. This is another study illustrating that regulatory agencies (US EPA as well as Canada's PMRA) evaluate harm based on false realities about daily toxic exposure and individual sensitivities. Risk management decisions under these laws assume the benefits of toxic pesticide products to society or to various sectors of users, then make a determination that the risks are “reasonable.”

2004 Saskatchewan campaign for reducing children's exposure to pesticides

2009 

Children susceptible to Pesticides LongerThan Expected (2009-06-22) One's PON1 genotypic profile determines how effectively the enzyme can metabolize toxins. The ability to metabolize toxins remained low in a large proportion of children up to age 7.  The study authors recommend that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-evaluate the current standards for acceptable levels of pesticide exposure. The fact that enzyme activity remained low for certain kids with vulnerable genotypes well past age 2 was surprising for the study authors.

Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children, Philip and Alice Shabecoff (National Pesticide Forum: Videos Pesticide Forum, April 2009, http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum/video/2009shabecoffs.htm )

 Philip and Alice Shabecoff are authors of the new book Poisoned Profits: The toxic assault on our children. Mr. Shabecoff served as chief environmental correspondent for The New York Times for fourteen years. Mr. Shabecoff also founded Greenwire, an online digest of environmental news and was selected as one of the “Global 500” by the United Nations’ Environmental Program. His previous books include A Fierce Green Fire: A History of the American Environmental Movement. Ms. Shabecoff is a freelance journalist focusing on family and consumer topics. She was executive director of the National Consumers League and Community Information Exchange

Contaminated Without Consent video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNz8yASPXoI