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This message was posted to several Internet Newsgroups in
the late summer and early fall of 1996.  This is the first in a
series of three posts.

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AN EDUCATION TO DIE FOR...

This information is of importance to parents, students, and
educators everywhere, but is likely to be of concern to
environmentally-conscious individuals and to Southern Baptists
and other Christians in particular.

As witnessed by the unanimous passing of the new Food Safety
legislation on August 3, 1996 which regulates even minuscule
(parts per billion) chemical residues on food crops, the harmful and
neurotoxic effects of pesticides (and the consequent degenerative
threat to intellectual and academic capacities) have become an
earnest, bi-partisan concern for ourselves and for future generations.

However, a Southern Baptist university in the Ozarks and its current
President (former Missouri Secretary-of-State and current Republican
candidate for Congressman of the Missouri Seventh District)
Roy Blunt, is fighting for its "right" to fumigate pesticides during
class hours while students and faculty are present.

Backed by the powerful influence and corporate structure of the
Southern Baptist Convention, the past and present members of
the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees and the Missouri
Baptist Convention (which owns SBU) have sought to silence and
discredit, by whatever means necessary, anyone who questions
this practice and the resulting injuries.

The details are described in this April 16, 1996 letter to the North
Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)
, the April 16,
1996 letter to the Missouri Agriculture Department, and the
subsequent update information to follow :

==begin April 16, 1996 letter to the North Central Association==
Tuesday, April 16, 1996

Marie Ann O’Hara
[address deleted]
Bolivar, MO 65613

Attention: Evaluation Core
Patricia Thrash, Executive Director

Glen Niemeyer, Chair Provost,
Grand Valley State University, Michigan

North Central Association
30 North Lasalle
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Fax: (312)-263-7462

Dear Evaluation Core for Southwest Baptist University:

The following situation is pertinent to the pending accreditation
evaluation of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri
(April 29 through May 1, 1996) and certainly reflects on the integrity
of this institution, its Board of Trustees, its administration, its faculty,
and its staff.

It was my belief that this situation would be resolved from within
Southwest Baptist University, but it is increasingly apparent that
outside intervention and observation will be necessary in order to
facilitate change.

I have taken the precaution of posting this letter to several archived
Internet mailing lists and newsgroups in the hope that my concerns
will be heard.

I feel that the penalty for attending a Christian university should not
be injury, disability, or death.

Sincerely,
Marie Ann O Hara

Enclosures:
   April 16, 1996 letter to the Department of Agriculture below

==end April 16, 1996 letter to the North Central Association==

==begin enclosed April 16, 1996 letter to the Missouri Dept of Agriculture===

Tuesday, April 16, 1996

Marie Ann O Hara
[address deleted]
Bolivar, MO 65613

Attention: Jim Lea, Pesticide Investigator
Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industries
Pesticide Misuse Division
PO Box 630
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0630
Fax: (314)-751-0005

Dear Sir:

I would like to request an investigation into the misapplication
of pesticides in the buildings and on the grounds of Southwest
Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri by the Southwest Baptist
University staff and their pest controller, Campbell Pest Control
of Springfield, Missouri and the on-going attempts by individuals
associated with these entities to conceal the identity, antidote,
application warnings, toxicity and possible delayed, cumulative,
and long-term effects of skin absorption and inhalation exposures
to these compounds.

Contrary to the insistence of SBU officials that the pesticides
were "non-toxic" and harmless, it is now known that the pesticides
were, in fact, organophosphate "peoplecides" derived from Sarin
nerve gas, whose odorless, colorless degration product, hydrogen
cyanide, was used to execute concentration camp victims and
(until it was recently declared unconstitutionally cruel) was
utilized to execute death row prisoners.

More than thirty pesticides, including endocrine-disrupting
organochlorines (related to DDT), pyrethroids, and carbamates,
were admittedly used in fumigation while students were in the
buildings. Carcinogenic and neurotoxic solvents, such as
aromatic petroleum distillates and xylene, were routinely laced
with these pesticides as propellant agents.

Though my doctors confirmed a violent, near-fatal "reaction"
to such an application while I was attending class in the Casebolt
Science Center in September of 1988 (which involved chemical
respiratory burns and bleeding pneumonia), I was again re-exposed
my first day back to class four months later...at 12:10 PM in
the Old Administration Building.

As later revelations established, SBU administrators had ignored
various student and faculty complaints about the pesticides
since 1962 and had ordered monthly, daytime applications of
these toxic pesticides campus-wide. One notable exception was
the Old Administration Building, which was sprayed at 12:10 PM--
after the administrators had gone to lunch, though students, like
myself, were still walking down the hallways and attending classes.

After I made both verbal and written complaints regarding the
first acute poisoning, SBU's long-time insurer, ITT Hartford,
paid for some of my acute medical care. Following the second
exposure, the ITT Hartford agent, Tom Furr, apologized, made
arrangements to cover some of the medical costs for the second
injury, and explained that he had warned SBU not to fumigate
during business hours.

I later learned, however, that ITT Hartford had not just issued
a warning, but had actually dropped SBU's coverage following my
first injury, and a second insurer, Preferred Risk, was evidently
not even informed of my subsequent exposure in January 1989.

Nonetheless, SBU officials continued to allow an unlicensed, poorly-
trained applicator to fumigate for several more semesters, in spite
of label warnings that introducing the product into the air and
spraying while occupants were present constituted a felony and
that inhalation of the pesticide could be harmful or fatal.

Another SBU student, Judy Taylor, who was not even enrolled
when I was attending SBU, wrote a Letter-to-the-Editor (Bolivar
Herald Free Press, Sept. 26, 1990) to report that, long after I
was disabled by the pesticide poisoning and could no longer
continue my education, she and her classmates were subjected
to a similar injurious pesticide exposure...in the SBU Casebolt
Science Center.

Although I attempted to initiate a complaint with the Agriculture
Department on February 2, 1990, due to the life-threatening nature
of the respiratory, neurological, immunological and other injuries
resulting from repeated acute and chronic exposures and the threats
to my health and life, I was unable to proceed at that time.

After exhaustive endeavors to deal with this matter by other
means, I was compelled to file suit against the Southwest Baptist
University and its pest controller, Campbell Pest Control of
Springfield, Missouri on October 9, 1991 in Greene County Court
(Case number, CV191CC2880).

Please consider this letter, the filing papers, and the extensive
sworn Interrogatories which were filed in this litigation on December
20, 1993 as a means of initiating this complaint. I have supplied
the times, dates, places, and names of other individuals who were
exposed and who witnessed exposures in this court documentation.

The sworn depositions of several Southwest Baptist University
administrators and Campbell Pest Control owner, Terry Campbell,
and his applicator contradict statements previously given to the
Agriculture Department, SBU students and their parents, SBU
alumni, the Missouri Baptist Convention and Southern Baptist
Convention leadership, and the Bolivar community.

Further, some SBU staff and their associates (particularly those
involved with the governing bodies, community and church programs,
and the assistance agencies of Polk County and the City of Bolivar)
have willfully encouraged hostility, intimidation, and injury by
deliberately propagating false information and/or tampering with
academic, medical, insurance, and other records.

I would ask that you not contact me directly due to the severity of
my medical condition and speech impairments. However, please
feel free to contact my attorney, Mr. [Leroy Vadney], for additional
information or assistance. He may be reached at: The Law Offices
of Melvin M. Belli, 30 Hotaling Place, San Francisco, CA 94111;
[Telephone and fax deleted.]

You may send written communication to my home address:  
[address deleted]. Please send any certified mail without restriction,
because signing for such letters, as required by the post office, is
difficult and painful for me. I ask that you forward copies of all
written correspondence to my attorney at the address given above.


Sincerely,
Marie Ann O Hara


===end of  April 16, 1996 letter to the Missouri Agriculture Dept===


The above communication both
the April 16, 1996 letter to the North Central Association
and
the enclosed April 16, 1996 letter to the Missouri Agriculture Dept
was sent to the following list of Recipient Members of the Board of
North Central Association :

The Membership of the Board of the
North Central Association
30 North Lasalle
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Fax: (312)-263-7462

Patricia Thrash, Executive Director

Glen Niemeyer, Chair Provost,
Grand Valley State University, Michigan

Dorothy MacConkey, NCA Vice Chairman,
President of Davis University, Elkins, West Virginia

Linda Debolt , Business Manager,
Internal Medicine, Riverton, Wyoming

John Cordova, President,
South Mountain Community College, Arizona

Richard Fairbanks, Manager,
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

Maureen Faye, President,
University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan

Stella Clestino Fernandez, Vice President and Provost,
New Campus, Pima County University, Arizona

Sondra Gautt, Assistant Vice Chancellor,
University of Kansas, Kansas

Cynthia Heelan, President,
Colorado Mountain College, Colorado

Margret Lee, President,
Oakton Community College, Illinois

Ann Matasar, Amoco Distinguished Professor of International Business,
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

Kay Schallenkamp, Provost and Vice Chancellor,
University of Wisconsin, White Water, Wisconsin

Clifford Shields, Retired Financial Officer,
Standard Oil Company of Ohio

Richard K. Smith, Vice President for Financial Affairs,
Earlham College, Indiana

David Wee, Professor of English,
St. Olaf College, Minnesota

===end April 16, 1996 letter to the NCA===

********UPDATE******

Although this student, Marie O'Hara, received a letter from the NCA
confirming receipt of this complaint letter (which was forwarded
to Mr. Roy Blunt) on April 24, 1996, as far as can determined at
this time, no other action has been taken.

Instead, according to a local source, SBU officials continue
to insist that these pesticides be used in a similar manner
because they feel that changing their methods at this point
may "increase their liability." Some officials have continued, at
various times, to press the notion that these agents are "non-toxic."

Officials cite "budget constraints," that is, the desire to save the
cost of paying applicators overtime fees, for the need to fumigate
during business hours.

It is clear that the SBU administration, specifically: current SBU
President Roy Blunt (SBU Trustee at the time of these incidents and
current Republican candidate for Congressman of the Missouri 7th
District); ousted former SBU President, Dr. James Sells and his son,
former SBU Vice-President and Student Affairs Director, Ben Sells
(the Campaign Director for Mr. Blunt's failed 1992 bid for the
Missouri governorship), and former interim SBU President and
Trustee, Mr. Wayne Gott (SBU Trustee, prominent Missouri
Republican party leader and owner of the Town & County and
Country Mart chains of grocery stores) can not be trusted to
furnish warnings and information concerning the potential risks
of exposures to these toxic agents to the faculty, students, and
alumni.

Therefore, the following summation of information relevant to the
pesticides used on the SBU campus has been provided below.

[Brackets enclose condensed medical definitions or explanations.]

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HEALTH EFFECTS OF INSECTICIDES

HUMAN EXPOSURE occurs when a person breaths in
pesticides, absorbs them through their skin, or eats them. Dilute
pesticides in common use use can be life-threatening. Pesticides
residues may remain present on plants, in soil, on indoor surfaces,
and in the air for days or weeks (and in some cases, EVEN
MONTHS OR YEARS after an application).

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
The vast majority of common insecticides used by homeowners,
commercial applicators (exterminators, lawn pesticide applicators,
etc.), and farmers fall into one of the THREE CLASSES below.

These insect killers attack the nervous system of people and other
mammals, as well as in insects: "An undesirable property...is the
NARROW ZONE of their TOXIC ACTION, i.e. the SMALL difference
between the LETHAL DOSE and concentrations and the quantities
giving rise to the INITIAL SIGNS of POISONING."

***ORGANOPHOSPHATES***
Chlorpyrifos (Durasban); Diazinon (Spectracide);
Propetamaphos (Safrotin); Acephate (Orthene); Dichlorvos
(DDVP); Malathion and others.

Routes of entry into the body: "Poisoning was due not
only to ingestion or INHALATION of VAPOURS or DROPLETS,
but also to ABSORPTION through the INTACT SKIN."


ACUTE ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE
EXPOSURE EFFECTS:


FIRST STAGE OF POISONING
The first stage is characterized by ANXIETY, NAUSEA,
SALIVATION, VOMITING, ABDOMINAL PAINS, DIARRHEA,
BLURRED VISION, and EXCESSIVE LACRIMINAL SECRETION
[tears].

MODERATE POISONING
Symptoms of moderate poisoning are HEADACHE,
impairment of sensitivity (PARESTHESIA) [a sensation of pricking,
tingling, or creeping on the skin that has no objective
cause], SLEEPLESSNESS or, on the contrary, SLEEPINESS,
CONFUSION, ATAXY [inability to coordinated voluntary
muscular movements which is symptomatic of nervous
disorders or injury], TREMORS of the hands and head,
LOSS of ORIENTATION, and SPEECH DISTURBANCES.

SEVERE POISONING
In cases of severe poisoning the symptoms are those
of the second and third stages: ATTACKS OF CLONIC
[a forced series of alternating contractions and partial
relaxations of a muscle] and TONIC [prolonged muscular
contraction] CONVULSIONS which alternate with a
COMATOSE STATE.

The blood pressure is initially increased, but drops
shortly before death. PULMONARY OEDEMA [an abnormal
excess accumulation of serous fluid] develops, collapse
may occur, urine and feces are involuntarily eliminated.

DEATH ENSUES WHEN RESPIRATION IS PARALYZED.
If large quantities of poison are absorbed, death may supervene
one or two hours later, but in general, several hours elapse between
the onset of poisoning and death....

CHRONIC AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS

DELAYED NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS including PAIN,
NUMBNESS and WEAKNESS in the extremities which may
persist for months or years.

Also, central nervous system damage (HEADACHE, WEAKNESS,
FEELING of HEAVINESS in the HEAD, DECLINE of MEMORY,
quick onset of FATIGUE, DISTURBED SLEEP, LOSS of APPETITE,
and LOSS of ORIENTATION.

PSYCHIC DISORDERS, nystagmus [a rapid involuntary oscillation
of eyeball], TREMBLING of the HANDS and other NERVOUS
SYSTEM DISORDERS can be observed in certain cases.

Sometimes NEURITIS [an inflammatory or DEGENERATIVE
LESION OF A NERVE, esp. marked by pain, sensory
disturbances and impaired or lost reflexes], PARESIS
[slight or partial paralysis] and PARALYSIS develop).

Can cause CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES and cross-sensitivities
to pollens, molds, prescription drugs. Many chronic effects remain
unknown as 70 percent of pesticides have undergone fraudulent
safety testing (EPA, Federal Register, and Sierra Club).

In lab animals, exposures have caused cancer, birth defects,
and organ damage.

***CARBAMATES***
Bendiocarb (Ficam); Carbaryl (Sevin); Propoxur
Baygon), and others.

ACUTE EXPOSURE EFFECTS:
Headache; tiredness; vomiting; sweating; blurred
vision; stomach pain; dizziness; seizures; shortness
of breath; SAME SYMPTOMS AS ACUTE EFFECTS OF
ORGANOPHOSPHATE EXPOSURE.

CHRONIC EFFECTS:
Some carbamate may cause GENETIC MUTATIONS,
BIRTH DEFECTS, and reduced fertility in men and women
[reduced sperm count, feminization of males, disruption of
menstrual flow, infertility]. May also damage the KIDNEYS
and the NERVOUS SYSTEM, with effects including spasms,
weight-loss, fatigue, and flu-like symptoms, etc..

***PYRETHRINS & PYRETHROIDS***
Allenthrin; Cypermethrin (Demon); Cyfluthrin (Tempo);
Fenvalerate; Resmethrin; Pyrethrins or Pyrethrum and others
Note: Some pyrethrin products also contain organophosphate
or carbamate insecticides. Many pyrethrin products contain
piperynol butoxide (PBO), a possible carcinogen.

ACUTE EXPOSURE EFFECTS:
Lack of coordination; convulsions; muscle paralysis;
pallor; rapid heart rate; irritability; numbness or
tingling in the extremities; unusually runny nose;
ringing, clicking, or pulsation in the ears; blurred
vision, headaches; tremors; vomiting; burning and
itching sensation; asthma. Can induce extreme allergic
(anaphylactic) reaction; pneumonia; death due to
respiratory failure.

CHRONIC EFFECTS:
Severe allergy including lung allergy with asthmatic
effects and "hypersensitivity pneumonitis;" and skin
rash and itching even with slight exposure.

--Primary Source: World Health Report
from The Encyclopedia of Occupational
Health and Safety (third revision)
--Supplemental pesticide information provided
by New York Coalition for Alternatives to
Pesticides ("Health Effects of Insecticides")
Information Summary

SOLVENTS AND PROPELLENTS

The label on the Diazinon formulation used at SBU
indicates that ALMOST HALF of the Diazinon formulation
was composed of XYLENE, a poisonous aromatic petroleum
distillates, used as a propellant. The properties of xylene are
as TOXIC as those of the pesticides themselves.

Aromatic hydrocarbons, such as xylene, are often implemented
in cases of injury or death associated with the accidental
or intentional ("sniffing") inhalation of propellent-containing
household products.

SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF XYLENE:
A. Acute ingestion or inhalation:

1. Ingestion causes a burning sensation in the
mouth and stomach, also nausea, vomiting, and
salivation...

2. Substernal pain, cough, and hoarseness are
described.

3. Aspiration into the tracheobronchial tree, either
during ingestion or subsequent to vomiting...
is likely to produce a SEVERE HEMORRHAGIC
PNEUMONITIS.

4. In vapor exposures a transient euphoria is
sometimes observed.

5. Headache, giddiness, vertigo, ATAXIA [inability
to coordinate voluntary muscular movements which
is symptomatic of nervous injury], and tinnitus
[a ringing or similar sensation of sound in ears].

6. CONFUSION, STUPEFACTION, AND COMA.

7. Often associated with this COMA are TREMORS,
MOTOR RESTLESS, HYPERTONUS [increased rigidity,
tension, and spasticity of the muscles], and
HYPERACTIVE REFLEXES...

8. DEATH FROM RESPIRATORY FAILURE or from
SUDDEN VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

9. Skin contact with liquid may cause ERYTHEMA
[abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary
congestion] and even blisters if the contact is
prolonged. Hemorrhagic inflammatory lesions
develop on mucous membranes in contact with
liquid.


Chronic or Repeated Inhalation:
1. SEVERE MUSCLE WEAKNESS LEADING TO PARALYSIS....
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS [irregular heart beat]....

2. GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS including, abdominal
pain, nausea, vomiting and hematemesis...

3. Neuropsychiatric complaints, including (a)
LETHARGY, HALLUCINATIONS, COMA or (b) HEADACHE,
DIZZINESS, SYNCOPE [partial or complete temporary
SUSPENSION OF RESPIRATION and CIRCULATION due
to cerebral ischemia, localized tissue anemia
due to OBSTRUCTION of the INFLOW of ARTERIAL
BLOOD] or (c) PARESTHESIA and PERIPHERAL
NEUROPATHY [abnormal and usually DEGENERATIVE
STATE OF NERVOUS SYSTEM] or (d) cerebellar
ATAXIA and other cerebellar signs.

A warning is given in the treatment of XYLENE exposure:

The known propensity of AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS to
SENSITIZE the MYOCARDIUM [the middle muscular layer of
the heart wall] to circulating epinephrine may potentiate
the effects of the "diving reflex" in which IRRITANT VAPORS
trigger APNEA [cessation of respiration], bradycardia
[slow heart action], vasomotor changes [relating to nerve centers
controlling the size of blood vessels] and perhaps CARDIAC
ARRHYTHMIAS (Allison, 1978).

AVOID EPINEPHRINE [an adrenal hormone used medicinally
in the treatment of asthma] because of its possible adverse
effect on the SENSITIZED myocardium.

--Source: Clinical Toxicology of
Commercial Products (fifth edition)

Even more disturbing for the student population as
a whole is the fact that XYLENE and other related petro-
chemical distillates contaminants such as benzene can
cause undetected disruption of the blood and other
metabolic processes EVEN YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE:

Chronic benzene exposure eventually leads to...
thrombocytopenia [persistent decrease in the number of
blood platelets] and ANEMIA. Anemia may be responsible
for such signs and symptoms as weight loss, weakness,
fatigue, headache, lethargy, etc. Thrombocytopenia
leads to HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCIES, including petechiae
[minute hemorrhagic spots on skin or mucus membrane],
easy bruising, epistaxsea [nose bleeds], bleeding from
the gums and menorrhagia [abnormally profuse menstrual
bleeding].

...At one time or another, however, almost EVERY KNOWN TYPE
of BLOOD DYSCRASIS [abnormality] has been ascribed to
benzene exposure.

...SERIOUS ABNORMALITIES in the peripheral blood
have been found in exposed workers in the complete
absence of physical signs or symptoms and vice versa.
There are enormous and unexplained differences in
individual sensitivity (Greenburg et al., 1939).

SEVERE DISTURBANCES in DNA and RNA SYNTHESIS (BENZENE)

Severe disturbances of the DNA and RNA synthesis...
and increased CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS [abnormalities]
have been found in peripheral LYMPHOCYTES MANY YEARS
AFTER EXPOSURE (Forni, et al., 1971; Picciano, 1979;
Tough and Brown, 1965).

Benzene and ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

For decades Benzene occupied an anomalous [unusual]
position in that most authorities agree that it was one
chemical where a reasonable cause-and-effect relationship
established for ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA [leukemia
characterized by proliferation of the myeloid tissue
(bone marrow, spleen, etc.)] in humans (Cronkite, 1961).

...Cases are now appearing in the clinical literature
in which exposures producing acute myelotoxicity were
followed MANY YEARS later by leukemia (Aksoy, et al.,
1974; DeGowen, 1963; Vigliani and Saita, 1964; Vigiliani
and Forni, 1976).

--Source: Clinical Toxicology of
Commercial Products (fifth edition)

I. REFERENCES AND SOURCES

1. "The World Health Report" from The Encyclopedia of
Occupational Health and Safety (third revision, 1983)
International Labor Organization, Giennva,
Switzerland (pages 1637-1647).

2. Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products (fifth
edition) Williams and Wilkens, Publishers (Baltimore,
London, Los Angeles, Sydney), edited by Robert E.
Gosselin, M.D., Ph.D., Roger P. Smith, Ph.D., Harold
C. Hodge, Ph.D., D.Sc. (pages 397-404).

3. "Health Effects of Insecticides" (1994) New York
Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NYCAP),
PO Box 6005, Albany, New York 12206-0005.
(Telephone: (518) 426-8246).


II. ADDITIONAL RELATED INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

1. Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN)
PO Box 301
White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645
(406)-547-2255
OUR TOXIC TIMES, a monthly publication of CIIN,
a non-profit institution (available gratis or with
small donation).

2. National Center for Environmental Health Strategies
1100 Rural Avenue
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(609)-429-5358
e-mail: wjrd37a@prodigy.com

THE DELICATE BALANCE, a bi-monthly publication
(Free educational information packet available).
Clearinghouse and technical services, referrals,
policy development, research, support, and advocacy.
Tracks chemically injured.

EXPERTISE: indoor air, school issues, pesticides,
access and accommodations in employment, housing,
education, and public and commercial buildings,
and the rights of those disabled by environmental
exposures.

INFORMATION PACKAGES, publications, educational
materials, and technical assistance.
Presentations and speakers' bureau.
Member: President's Committee on Employment of People
with Disabilities.

3. Environmental Access Research Network (EARN)
[now merged with Chemical Injury Information Network (CIIN) ]
Cindy Duehring
P.O. Box 426
Williston, ND 58802-0426
Reviews of research papers
(serialized in Our Toxic Times).
Co-author: The Human Consequences of the Chemical Problem.
MEDICAL & LEGAL BRIEFS: A Reference Compendium of
Chemical Injury, a bi-monthly publication of the EARN network.

4. BIRC (Bio-Integral Resource Center)
PO Box 7414
Berkeley, CA 94707
(510)-524-2567
THE IPM PRACTITIONER and THE COMMON SENSE
PEST CONTROL QUARTERLY, publications of
BIRC, a non-profit institution providing education
and research on integrated pest control.
(Least-toxic pesticide management p publications
catalogue available).

5. National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
701 E Street, SE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003
(202)-543-5450
e-mail: NCAMP@NCAMP.ORG
Fax: (202)-543-4791
(Superior collection of education and media resources)

6. Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
PO Box 1393
Eugene, OR 97440
(503)-344-5044
e-mail: NCAP@IGC.APC.ORG
(Excellent publications)

Additional information in the following post on this thread.
  [2/3 "The Cost Of a Christian Education"]


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