Effects of Pesticides on Sports and Commercial Fisheries, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment...Serial No. 91-15

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Página 5 - ... (13) There is no telling what the future may hold. For instance, recent research indicates the possibility that the insecticide lindane, much of which is used in vaporizers, is far more toxic when exposure is linked with malnutrition, and perhaps should be used with particular care — or not at all — in countries where the diet is low in protein. (33) Other studies indicate similar links for other pesticides. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., vice president of the Agricultural Development Council,...
Página 492 - Today, the citizen can only protect himself if he has been uniquely harmed, not if everybody is being harmed. The West Michigan Environmental Action Council paid a leading law professor, an expert in conservation law, to research a bill for Michigan to this effect. We would like to give it to you for your attention and we ask that it be included for the record if possible. Senator HART. I would like to have it, and it will be printed in the record at the end of your statement. 3. The sale of DDT...
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Página 455 - Now that we have it, what are we going to do with it? Are we going to use It wisely to control a certain number of pests for which it is particularly suited, or are we going to use it indiscriminately and possibly damage the life of our planet quite seriously? DDT Is amazingly good — but it is also dangerous.
Página 82 - ... and the reasons therefor. Whenever an application for registration is refused, the applicant, within thirty days after service of notice of such refusal, may file a petition requesting that the matter be referred to an advisory committee or file objections and request a public hearing in accordance with this section.
Página 67 - ... possible impact, both economic and biological, of substituting less persistent pesticides for the more persistent ones, and to establish criteria by which current recommendations may be evaluated with a view to appropriate modification and discontinuation as necessary. We are cooperating closely with the Health, Education, and Welfare Commission on Pesticides and Their Relationship to Environmental Health. Secretary Hardin and Secretary Finch discussed this Commission prior to its establishment,...

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