September 2012- CSR International
Poisoning from industrial and agricultural chemicals is contributing to over one million deaths a year and global economic losses of hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Between 2005 and 2020, the accumulated cost of illness and injury linked to pesticides in small-scale farming in sub-Saharan Africa could reach $90bn
UN Environment Program analyzed the major economic and humanitarian damage arising worldwide from poor chemicals management. The report highlights the failure of businesses and governments to adequately address the threats presented by hazardous chemicals and urges them to work closer together to develop more effective chemicals policies and promote best practices..... more
http://www.csrinternational.org/global-chemicals-outlook
Reversing The Burden Of Proof: More than 80,000 chemicals permitted for use in the U.S. have never been fested http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2765494206/reversing-the-burden-of-proof-more-than-80-000-chemicals-permitted-for-use-in-the-u-s-have-never-been-fully-tested-for-toxicity-to-humans
The Cancer Lobby http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3059233292/the-cancer-lobby
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