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[Rachel Carson Council: An Association for the Integrity of the Environment]

Rachel Carson Council's mission is devoted to fostering a sense of wonder and respect toward nature and to helping society realize Rachel Carson's vision of a healthy and diverse environment.

Since 1965
we have answered tough questions
about pesticide effects and alternative pest-control methods


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Spanish/Español

¿Son nocivos los pesticidas que se utilizan en casas, jardines y céspedes?
Muestrario de métodos de controlar plagas sin pesticidas tóxicos

Alerts

Heat-Generated PTFE Fumes:A Silent Killer of Birds
Sulfonylurea Herbicide Alert

Birds are at Risk from Garden Pesticides
Birds are at Risk from Insect Sticky Traps Outdoors
Pets as Sentinels of Pesticide Toxicity
Cats and Pesticides: Great Caution Needed
The Transgenic Risk to Butterflies
A Pledge of Protection from Pesticides
A Misconception Stops Here


"A New Chapter to Silent Spring"
with comments by Ellen H. Kelly

Bass Cove Farm
A Green MantleTM Featured B&B

Basic Guide to Pesticides
Table of contents

Resource Center - video lending library and publications


Conferences/Workshops

Integrated Pest Management
Writer's Conferences and Workshops
Green Mantle Workshops

Wildlife, Pesticides and People Conference

Summaries of the Conference presentations:

Wildlife, Pesticides and People, part I
Wildlife, Pesticides and People, part II
A Toxic Tally and Our Task - issues from the WPP Conference

Cancer and Pesticides Conference

A Tribute and A Triumph - Conference summary


Feature Articles

Source of Wonder, Source of Strength - Our Wildlife Workforce

Spring Tide Returning - important dates in Silent Spring's history and influence

Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment - book review

Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson - book review

Wetlands of Wonder and Worth - a family activity page


About Rachel Carson - Her Life and Legacy

Rachel's Senses - Rachel Carson's ideals

The Green Mantle Program

Continuing Rachel's Work

Health effects of pesticides frequently encountered by homeowners, and those used on lawns and golf courses - sample entries from the Basic Guide to Pesticides

Remembering Our Friends

Links to Websites of Related Interest

News, Upcoming and Recent Events

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'Cide Lines
Short reports on pesticides in the news:

What One Woman Achieved
An IPM/Pesticide Paradox
Fields to Oceans: Monterey Bay Green Watch
"Toxic Legacies"
Urban Treaty for Bird Conservation
The Environment in War: Whither Now?
A Green Pesticide Filter
From Coal Mine to Kitchen
A Major Victory for the Public Health
A Game Environmentalists Can Play
The Falcons' Return
Herbicide Danger Downwind
Intensive Farming's Shortfall
Reduced Pesticides = Reduced Health Risks
Lawn Pesticides Banned in Canada and Elsewhere
Precautionary Principle/Risk Assessment
Malaria Cases Reduced/Biological Mosquito Controls
Keeping Pesticides Out of Terrorists' Hands



Zoos, Birds and Vegetation
Cutting Edge Tech Cuts Farmers
From Grass to Carpets - Pesticides Moving In
Research Needed on Estrogen Related Synergism
Earthworms + Sewage Sludge = Toxic Timebomb
Five OPs That Bear Watching
Drifting Off Target
Hope for an Ecosystem
Less Hazardous Pest Controls for A National Symbol
Trespassing Honeybees or Trespassing Toxics?


Fertilizers and Toxic Waste
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competitor, Diazinon and Frogs
An Organophosphate and the Brain
Flawed Filter + Soil Gas = Pesticide Access
The Chemical Fabric of Our Lives
The Watermen’s Pledge
Rachel Carson's Pledge
Musician Injured Following Diazinon Exposure
Roof Blown Off By Insecticide Foggers
Pesticide-Impaired Waterways Receiving Attention
Cide-Busting: A Citizen's Story
World Food Prize Recipient Favors IPM
Genetic Engineering's Advantage?
Fly Control, Milk Production, Uof MD and BST
Especially For Gardeners Who Love A Mystery
Sustainable Wood Sources
Especially For Gardeners Who Love Birds
Reduced Fitness in Natural Enemies of Herbivorous Insects Feeding on Bt Corn




The Menace to Monarchs from Alien Corn
Citizens and Salmon: Partners in Pollution Prevention
Hazards of Low Level Pesticide/Fertilizer Combos
A Dilemma Solved and Help Acknowledged
When the Rain in Spain is a Shame
Beefing Up Organic Products and Organic Farms
New Light on Plant Cooperation
California's Lizards Prevent Lyme Disease!
Three New Pesticide Products
The New Yorker: Authority or Authoritarian?
Natural Does Not Necessarily Mean Safer
Singers, Songbirds and Coffee
Birds at Risk from Insect Sticky Traps Outdoors
The Fumigation Chamber: From 1988 to 1999
The Violent 'Cides of Pest Control
A Turtle Among Friends


Fostering Rachel Carson's vision for a healthy and diverse environment

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November 1, 2005