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Books and Conference Proceedings
Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards		1992
by Shirley A. Briggs and Rachel Carson Council, Inc. Taylor and Francis, Hemisphere Publishing
Comprehensive reference on pesticides provides information on more than 500 pesticides in table format, basic principles of toxicology, background information, and references (283 pages). Available from amazon.com or your local bookstore.
Status Update (on active ingredients of pesticides listed in the Basic Guide to Pesticides)			$3.00
A Conference on Cancer and Pesticides: Proceedings - OUT OF PRINT		1996
Although this book is out of print, individual articles may be available.
Wildlife, Pesticides and People Conference: Proceedings		1998	$40.00
Booklets and Newsletters
Alternative Pest Controls for Lawns and Gardens		1994	$4.00
by Taher Husain, Todd Peterson, Ph.D, Martha Collins, and Diana Post, VMD
Practical and least toxic methods of solving problems with lawn and garden pests. Contains general information on pesticide toxicity, IPM, and lawn care. Recommended by the Berkeley Wellness Letter (35 pages).
Beware the Zest of the Lemon-Lime, Orange, Kumquat, Grapefruit by Shirley A. Briggs		1992	$4.00
Pesticides used on citrus fruits, showing which may remain in peel and which in juice, with their hazards (15 pages).
Eco-Heal IPM for Outdoors
Supplement to "Eco-Heal IPM" for Maine
How to Control Garden Pests Without Killing Almost Everything Else by Helga and William Olkowski		1977	$3.00
Basic principles of Integrated Pest Management explained for gardeners by two people who helped to pioneer recycling and IPM in this country (14 pages).
The Other Road to Flea Control by Diana Post, VMD		1994	$4.00
Provides accurate information on all aspects of defeating fleas with implications for health of all concerned. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and least toxic methods explained. Extensive technical glossary (36 pages).
Pesticides and Lawns by Shirley A. Briggs and Nathan Erwin		1991	$4.00
Presents tables of the active ingredients in 72 commonly used pesticides. Lists the characteristics and hazards of these chemicals (36 pages).
Rachel Carson Council News - back issues: as available		(send SASE)	Free
Pesticides and Health
	SASE = Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope
Losing the War Against Cancer: Who's to Blame and What to Do About It by Samuel Epstein, M.D.		1987	$5.00
A position paper on the politics of cancer, with references (30 pages).
The Right to Know, the Need for Understanding and the Option of Choice: Health and Environmental Pesticides (4 pages)		1994	$1.35
Pesticides and Human Health: A Fact Sheet (1 page)		1993 (send SASE)	Free
Key Syndromes Associated with Organophosphate Neurotoxicity in Humans by Melissa Melum, RN (1 page)		1993 (send SASE)	Free
Toxic Playgrounds by Cameron Duncan, Architect (1 page)		1992	$1.35
Discussion of the use of wood treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) to build playground equipment.
Update on West Nile Virus		2001
Cancer and Pesticides		2001
The Cloud That Fell on Seveso, Italy
Comments and Recommendations on Chlorpyrifos with Regard to Human and Environmental Health		1999
Golf Course Pesticides		1998
Major and Minor Use Pesticides for Golf Courses
Hazards of Pyrethrin-Containing Pesticides		1998
Healthy Lawns Without Toxic Chemicals by Dr. George A. Bean		1971	$1.35
Identifies fungus diseases of turf grass, with mechanical methods for cure (12 pages).
Looking at DDT Nearly 30 Years after the US Ban		2002
18 Major and 27 Minor Lawn Care Pesticides: Profiled		1998
The Malathion Matter		1999
The Milk of Human Kindness, BST-Free
Organophosphate Insecticides and Human Health: Toxic Effects
A Parent Alert (English & Spanish)		1995 (send SASE)	Free
Parkinson's and Pesticides		Update 2001
Pesticide Alert for Veterinarians and Pet Owners
Poisons in Passage
Questionnaire for Interviewing Potential Pest Control Specialists (1 page)		1994 (send SASE)	Free
The Risk Comes Home
A Silent Killer of Birds in Our Care: Heat-Generated PTFE Fumes		2002
Toxic Legacies: The Hidden Effects of Pesticides on Children by Dr. Elizabeth Guillette		2002
Toxic Trespass		1997
What You Can Do To Protect Children and Wildlife from Toxic Pesticides		2002
What You Can Do To Protect Your Family and the Earth from Toxic Pesticides		2002
Pesticides, Wildlife and Nature
A Bird-Lovers Guide to Good Coffee		1997
Birds are at Risk from Garden Pesticides: A Nature Lovers' Alert		1999
Ciding With Nature: 10 Things You Should Know		1998
The Safer 'Cide of Pest Control
Factors Influencing Estimation of Pesticide-Related Wildlife Mortality by Nimish Vyas		1999
Green Mantle Program Materials		1999
Student Green Mantle Program		2002
Pesticides and the Naturalist by Dr. C.H.D. Clark		1963	$1.35
An eminent Canadian naturalist considers his essential attitude toward the natural world in terms of lawns and pesticides (6 pages).
Petition to the EPA Regarding Restricting Diazinon
Pledge of Protection from Pesticides		2000
Response to Greg Easterbrook's "Averting a Death Foretold"		1994	$1.35
Comments on and follow-up to "Averting A Death Foretold," Newsweek, November 28, 1994
Source of Wonder, Source of Strength - Our Wildlife Workforce		2001
A Toxic Tally and Our Task		1999
What Gardeners Need to Know About Pesticides		1996