Maryland Pesticide Network & Maryland Pesticide Education Network

Author: Surojit Saha

Profile picture of MPEN Editor

Posts by MPEN Editor

Canaries in the mine: Evidence of chemical effects on kids mounts

Posted on

  By JOAN LOWY, Scripps Howard News Service December 21, 2003 At Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Dr. Martha Herbert is seeing younger and younger children who have been prescribed powerful drugs because their behavior is “so extreme.” One 4-year-old was treated with Risperdol, an antipsychotic drug usually prescribed to adult schizophrenics, because she tried […]

Read More… from Canaries in the mine: Evidence of chemical effects on kids mounts

Early Exposure to Chemicals May Boost Risk of Asthma

Posted on

  By Marla Cone – Los Angeles Times Staff Writer – December 12, 2003 Scientists trying to unravel why childhood asthma has reached epidemic proportions have reported that a variety of chemical exposures during infancy – including pesticides and wood smoke – can substantially increase a child’s risk of developing the disease. Studying nearly 700 […]

Read More… from Early Exposure to Chemicals May Boost Risk of Asthma

Early-Life Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma: Findings from the Children’s Health Study

Posted on

  Muhammad Towhid Salam, Yu-Fen Li, Bryan Langholz, and Frank Davis Gilliland Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA Early-life experiences and environmental exposures have been associated with childhood asthma. To investigate further whether the timing of such experiences and exposures is associated with the occurrence […]

Read More… from Early-Life Environmental Risk Factors for Asthma: Findings from the Children’s Health Study

Study Shows Neurotoxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos (Dusban) Also Damages Heart and Liver

Posted on

  (Beyond Pesticides, November 21, 2003) According to Science News, a new study has found chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic organophosphate insecticide commonly sold as Dursban, was recently found to damage heart and liver cells, in addition to the affects it is already known to have on the brain. Although chlorpyrifos had many of its uses “phased-out” […]

Read More… from Study Shows Neurotoxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos (Dusban) Also Damages Heart and Liver

Study Shows Neurotoxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos (Dusban) Also Damages Heart and Liver

Posted on

  (Beyond Pesticides, November 21, 2003) According to Science News, a new study has found chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic organophosphate insecticide commonly sold as Dursban, was recently found to damage heart and liver cells, in addition to the affects it is already known to have on the brain. Although chlorpyrifos had many of its uses “phased-out” […]

Read More… from Study Shows Neurotoxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos (Dusban) Also Damages Heart and Liver

New Survey Finds 100% of Responding Hospitals Use Hazardous Pesticides In or Around Facilities

Posted on

  (Beyond Pesticides, November 12, 2003) A first-of-its-kind survey of top U.S. hospitals finds that many major hospitals are regularly spraying toxic pesticides, unnecessarily risking the health of patients, staff and visitors. The survey results are detailed in a new report, Healthy Hospitals: Controlling Pests Without Harmful Pesticides. The report, released today by health advocate […]

Read More… from New Survey Finds 100% of Responding Hospitals Use Hazardous Pesticides In or Around Facilities

Saliva spits out information on chemical exposure

Posted on

  10-23-2003 – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Home testing of saliva to measure personal hormone levels is gaining popularity, with dozens of companies offering do-it-yourself, mail-in test kits. Battelle scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory envision a day when it may be nearly as easy to detect chemical exposure or even […]

Read More… from Saliva spits out information on chemical exposure

Biomarker for Neuropathic OP Exposure Found As Neuropathies Skyrocket

Posted on

  Recent research found a new method to detect human exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides. Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences released a study, “Biosensor detection of neuropathy target esterase in whole blood as a biomarker of exposure to neuropathic organophosphorus compounds,” which appeared in the April 11 2003 edition of the Journal of […]

Read More… from Biomarker for Neuropathic OP Exposure Found As Neuropathies Skyrocket

Integrated Pest Management in an Urban Community: A Successful Partnership for Prevention

Posted on

  Barbara L. Brenner,1 Steven Markowitz,2 Maribel Rivera,1,3 Harry Romero,3 Matthew Weeks,4 Elizabeth Sanchez,3 Elena Deych,1 Anjali Garg,1 James Godbold,1 Mary S. Wolff,1 Philip J. Landrigan,1 and Gertrud Berkowitz1 1Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA; 2Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, City University […]

Read More… from Integrated Pest Management in an Urban Community: A Successful Partnership for Prevention

Maryland Public Schools Achieve IPM STAR Certification

Posted on

  (Beyond Pesticides, June 28, 2003) Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) was awarded the IPM STAR certificate on June 16, 2004 from the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Institute of North America in recognition of its comprehensive school pest management program. AACPS is the fourth school system in the country to achieve this recognition. IPM […]

Read More… from Maryland Public Schools Achieve IPM STAR Certification