EU Pesticide Watch


	EU Pesticide Watch

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10-10-2007 9:52 AM

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=health"><P><A title="Click for an enlargement" href="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=health#"><IMG height="110" hspace="0" src="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/images/human_body_small.gif" width="65" align="left" vspace="0" /></A><BR />While EU food safety regulations set maximum pesticide levels, current risk assessments don’t take into account the long-term impacts of exposure to multiple pesticides residues.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=health"><P>Pesticide exposure is linked to asthma, cancer, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological and developmental problems. </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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