Rudolph P. Rull Beate Ritz Gary M. Shaw, "Neural Tube Defects and Maternal Residential Proximity to Agricultural Pesticide Applications," American Journal of Epidemiology, 163:8, 15 April 2006, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj101 ABSTRACT: Residential proximity to applications of agricultural pesticides may be an important…
S. Parvez, R. R. Gerona, C. Proctor, M. Friesen, J. L. Ashby, J. L. Reiter, Z. Lui, and P. D. Winchester, "Glyphosate exposure in pregnancy and shortened gestational length: a prospective Indiana birth cohort study," Environmental Health, 17:23, March 9, 2018, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-018-0367-0. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Glyphosate (GLY) is…
Tom Polansek, "Monsanto, BASF weed killers strain U.S. states with damage complaints," Reuters, November 1, 2017. SUMMARY: Reports on the latest on the 2017 dicamba damage crisis. Major soybean states such as Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois received roughly 4 years’ worth…
Steve Smith, "Save Our Crops Coalition Open Letter to Chairman of Monsanto," August 9, 2016. SUMMARY: open letter Steve Smith, Chairman of the Save Our Crops Coalition sent to Hugh Grant, Chairman and CEO of the Monsanto Company about drift damage from dicamba spraying…
Environmental Protection Agency, "Permanent Group 1 Tolerances By Pesticide," August 3, 1999. SUMMARY: Sets tolerances for pesticides after the passage of the FQPA. FULL TEXT
Environmental Protection Agency, "Reassessed Group 2 Tolerances by Pesticide," August 4, 1999. SUMMARY: Reassessed tolerances for pesticides following the passage of the FQPA. FULL TEXT
Hill RH Jr, Head SL, Baker S, Gregg M, Shealy DB, Bailey SL, Williams CC, Sampson EJ, Needham LL, "Pesticide Residues of Adults Living in the United States: Reference Range Concentrations," Environmental Research, 1995, 71:2, DOI: 10.1006/ENRS.1995.1071. ABSTRACT: We measured 12…
Channa Jayasumana, Sarath Gunatilake, and Sisira Siribaddana, "Simultaneous exposure to multiple heavy metals and glyphosate may contribute to Sri Lankan agricultural nephropathy," BMC Nephrology, 2015, 16:103, DOI 10.1186/s12882-015-0109-2. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Sri Lankan Agricultural Nephropathy (SAN), a new form of chronic kidney disease…
Channa Jayasumana, Sarath Gunatilake, and Priyantha Senanayake, "Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014, 11, DOI:10.3390/IJERPH 110202125. ABSTRACT: The…