Wednesday, September 5, 2007

NYCAP- Health Effects of Pesticides 9-5-07

This website is really good for my good to make sure our video is unbias. We can see if we can either get a tape of the speech so that as we show pictures so we will show the audience that there is an alternative way of going. A lot of pesticides are bad for you because they are toxic. This is a list from the website to show what pesticides do to the human boday that are bad.

"insecticides reported to have reproductive and endocrine-disrupting effects

b-HCH
lindane
carbaryl
malathion
chlordane
methomyl
dicofol
methoxychlor
dieldrin
mirex
DDT
oxychlordane
endosulfan
parathion
heptachlor
synthetic pyrethroids
toxaphene
possible effects of endocrine disrupters include ...
infertility
endometriosis
breast cancer
low sperm count
testicular cancer
prostate enlargement
altered fetal and child development
learning disorders "

(adapted from a speech presented by NYCAP Executive Director James Moore at the Structural Integrated Pest Management Training Conference on July 11, 1996.)

http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/nycap/heps.htm

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