[Imc-newsroom] pesticide profit endangers canadians

[Pauline Bartolone]

Environmental News, thanks to Eric Hiltner.


-Pauline

>From: "eric hiltner" <akaphrates at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dreamtime at yahoogroups.com
>To: dreamtime at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [dreamtime] pesticide profit endangers canadians
>Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 22:31:19
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>    Crompton Corp. a US-based chemical company is suing the
>    Government of Canada, under Chapter 11 of NAFTA, for
>    $100,000,000 because Canada intends to phase out this
>    breast cancer causing pesticide.
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>Elan Ohayon, a Phd student at the University of Toronto, writes:
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>     A search of the University of Toronto online medical and
>     science indexes was pretty overwhelming. Articles range
>     from Lindane toxicity related to use in lice treatments to
>     findings relating to dairy products and human breast milk.
>     There were some reports of death and convulsions. There was
>     even mention of how successful public pressure and court
>     actions resulting in the banning of pesticides (including
>     Lindane) were followed by subsequent drops in breast cancer
>     mortality.
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>Canada bans pesticide, faces lawsuit under NAFTA-
>US chemical company seeking 100 million in damages.
>http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewNote.cfm?REF=1211
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