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Transcript of Sandra Steingraber's talk 
'Contaminated without consent' is now available

Sandra Steingraber, the ecologist, acclaimed author and cancer survivor, gave the first Rachel Carson Memorial Lecture, organised by PAN UK on 3 December 2003. Her compelling talk 'Contaminated without consent: Why our exposure to chemicals in air, food and water violates our human rights' is now available on the PAN UK website. VIEW

Sulphuric acid in your face is ‘not a health issue’ says top advisory committee [Press Release 18 March 2004]
Early warning system on global trade in hazardous pesticides and chemicals to become law today [Press Release 24 February 2004]
04 Cotton does the business - 9-13 February 2004 [Press Release 20 February 2004]
Cancer causing pesticide in water at illegal levels [Press Release 13 February 2004]

Take action in the UK
 Right to Know Campaign and Buffer No-spray Zones: URGENT – Early Day Motion Alert (12/03/04)
Fill in the Right to Know questionnaire
Have you been exposed to pesticides? If yes then fill in our Incident reporting form.
What's in your garden shed? Fill in the PAN UK Home and garden pesticide use survey. 

Pesticide problems
Pesticides are toxic chemicals used to kill or control pests (including insects, weeds, diseases) in agriculture, urban areas and for public health purposes. Their widespread introduction into the environment, often without adequate safeguards,create problems: 

Solving the problems
PAN UK projects and outreach enable us to work effectively at different levels and reach a wide range of those in a position to help solve pesticides problems. We work with government regulators, policy makers, farmers, NGOs, development and environment organisations, trade unions, consumers, journalists and the public, see our Annual Review for 2002 [PDF - 614KB]

Human poisonings and health risks 
Environmental hazards 
Loss of biodiversity 
Wildlife deaths 
Animal and livestock deaths 
Interference with natural pest control 
Resistance among pests 
Unwanted imports
Obsolete and unusable stocks 
Residues in food
Water pollution 
High input costs

Photos: Problems - Farm worker in Senegal, wearing no protective clothing and scooping dimethoate from a drum into his sprayer. Pesticide spraying of cereal crops in the UK. Solution - Field school training helps farmers to identify 'friends and foes', and to  increase yields without the dependence on hazardous pesticides.

Pesticide Action Network UK
Eurolink Centre, 49 Effra Road, London SW2 1BZ, 
Tel: +44 20 7274 8895, Fax: +44 20 7274 9084,  Email: admin@pan-uk.org
Charity no. 327215

Eliminating the hazards of pesticides 

Reducing dependence on pesticides and prevent unnecessary expansion of use 

Increasing the sustainable and ecological  alternatives to chemical pest control