Press articles on OCFP paper

Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability
A trilingual copy of an analysis of pesticide-related data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC- USA) in a study of levels of chemicals in 9,282 people nationwide (2,644 of whom were tested for pesticides).
www.panna.org/campaigns/docsTrespass/chemicalTrespass2004.dv.html

Insects Attack Oaks in Savannah

Blood Brain Barrier, WNV encephalitis and pesticides
Research shows that WNV does not become life threatening until it crosses the brain's protective shield. The spraying of pesticides may actually increase the probability that WNV develops into a life-threatening disease because pesticides and other toxic chemicals can breech the blood-brain barrier and may leave us more susceptible to viruses.
www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-10-30.htm
White Paper: The Cure is Worse than the Disease
Research on Damage to the Blood Brain Barrier

No protection by staying indoors during pesticide spraying
Environmental Health Perspectives article

Study on the effects of pesticides on the human immune system - frogs
"In human terms, impaired immune systems could lead to people dying of common colds or other infections that a healthy person would be able to resist easily ...
... That was the whole take-home message. The pesticides act exactly the same way as a medical drug they will give to suppress the immune system."
                -- Immunologist Brian Dixon, University of Waterloo
Frog study
Globe and Mail article

Genetic link found for pesticides, ADHD, Gulf War syndrome
Supported by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, research at the Salk Institute have identified a gene that may link certain pesticides and chemical weapons to a number of neurological disorders, including the Gulf War syndrome and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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An Anthropological Approach to the Evaluation of Preschool Children Exposed to Pesticides in Mexico
www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Preschool-Exposed-Mexico-Guillette.htm
Yaqui Valley Pesticides
Yaqui Valley Pesticides in Canada

Pesticides and Aggression
www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/pestaggression.cfm

More birds die from pesticides than the West Nile virus
80,000 birds, leading cause of death is pesticides
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Bird kills from pesticides - "Lessons From Birds and West Nile Virus"
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Crows poisoned with pesticide - Mass bird deaths thought accidental
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Lobster die-off linked to pesticides.
Fishermen applaud scientific finding
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