Pollutants like dioxin and pesticides have upset the reproductive systems of alligators and gulls. Now, researchers theorize, the contaminants may be threatening humans. Louis Guilette, a University of Florida wildlife endocrinologist with salt-and-pepper hair and matching beard, is stalking an alligator, one of dozens with which we presently share a large cage. This is not …
Vol 15
Pesticides Linked to 9-Year-Old’s Chronic illnessBy Karen Dorn Steele
Open jugs of herbicide kept where children play Last January, 9-year old Ashton Satterlee made an odd discovery in the Pullman city park behind her home where she played nearly every day. “They’re milk jugs, Dad, only they’re painted like the Army,” the third-grader told her father, Washington State University chemistry professor, James Satterlee. The …
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Golf Greens Without Chemical Hazards? Try ItBy James Gorman
At the behest of a coalition of groups opposed to the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers that may be linked to breast cancer, the Town of Huntington, Long Island, proposes to maintain the greens and fairways of two municipal golf courses without them. That’s a bold and farsighted initiative. Although the link to breast …
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