EU Pesticide Watch


	EU Pesticide Watch

Lubaska

10-10-2007 9:52 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dc3714ca-6b60-4f19-bdce-886a190987a7/7F597303-3BD9-4195-A610-761E03F2C9E0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=health" href="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=health" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pesticidewatch.eu</a></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><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; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=vulnerable_groups" href="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=vulnerable_groups" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pesticidewatch.eu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pesticidewatch.eu/?page=vulnerable_groups"><P><SPAN>Less Protection than Bees</SPAN><BR />UK farmers are required to warn beekeepers 48 hours prior to spraying pesticides. <BR />Rural residents usually get no warning at all.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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