ADVISORY/EPA Pesticide Regulations Allegedly Fail to Protect Children, Study Says.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2000 TOPIC: Current federal government regulations on pesticides allegedly do not adequately protect children working in farm fields, according to a report released today by Congress' investigative arm, as reported by the Associated Press. According to the report, the current Environmental Protection Agency's Worker Protection Standard allegedly does not account for the fact children are "especially vulnerable" to the adverse effects of pesticides, in part to their smaller size and organ immaturity. The report said that EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. standards should distinguish between children and adults and also be enforced more consistently. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Tim Maniscalo, manager of government and public affairs at Bader Rutter & Associates, is an expert in pesticides and regulatory issues. 414/938-5424 ctill@bader-rutter.com Wendy Teskey, a senior staff geologist at LFR LFR Logical Form Recognition LFR Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor LFR Let Freedom Ring LFR Lio 'on Famor Rotuma Party (Fiji) LFR Laboratories for Fundamental Research LFR Low Frequency Radio Range LFR Inshore Fire Support Ship Levine Fricke, has comprehensive experience in the field of geology, including pesticide registration studies. 847/695-8855 Dr. Thomas Culliney of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture studies environmental science, with an expertise in ecotoxicology The term ecotoxicology was coined by Truhaut in 1969, who defined it as "the branch of toxicology concerned with the study of toxic effects, caused by natural or synthetic pollutants, to the constituents of ecosystems, animal (including human), vegetable and microbial, in an and sustainable agriculture. 808/973-9529 Professor R. Michael Roe of North Carolina State University History
Professor Russell Linderman of North Carolina State University studies organic chemistry, with an expertise in agrochemicals, toxicology,enzymology en·zy·mol·o·gy n. The branch of science that deals with the biochemical nature and activity of enzymes. enzymology the study of enzymes and enzymatic action. and medicinal chemistry. 919/515-361-6919, 919/515-2191 (University PR Phone) Professor Karen Chou of Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. is an expert environmental science, toxicology, and agriculture. 517/432-1392, 517/355-1855 (University PR Phone) Dr. David McFadden, D.M. Risk Assessment and Toxicology Services, Inc., studies pharmacology and toxicology and is experienced in the areas of agricultural chemicals, product safety and epidemiology, employee health, and environmental risk assessment. 513/748-9948 mcfadden@lycosmail.com Dr. Alan Greene, M.D., F.A.A.P, is a is a partner at ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. pediatrics and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics for Mills/Peninsula Hospitals and on the Clinical Faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. . He is an noted expert in childrens' health. kevin@kbcomm.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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