That is the title of the Article at:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/605819/the_future_of_pest
Chinese use and export of pesticides is a tremendous business. It should be sophisticated enough to enable the banning of POPs such as toxaphene, chlordane and Dieldrin that have been long banned in he developed world. See exerpt below.
China has become one of the pesticide production centres in […]
An interesting article from an African advocacy group for disease use of DDT makes good sense:
http://www.newsfood.com/?location=English&item=49172
We are “throwing the baby out with the bath water” if we totally ban DDT. A small amount is needed to save lives by using it indoors in Africa.
The UNEP’s focus on elimination of DDT while ignoring the continuing use […]
THe world bank has just released $250,000,000 to remove stockpiled banned pesticides such as toxaphene and chlordane in Nigeria:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810140141.html
Meanwhile, the UNEP process to voluntaily ban global POPs use languishes because the developing nations with large agricultural uses of POPs have niether the resources nor the will to give up their cheap pesticides.
Residents of the Arctic, […]
From a recent story from Vietnam, you can get an idea of how difficult it is for a developing country to ban pesticides.
VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Market Management under the Ministry of Industry and Trade says 30 to 35 percent of pesticides available in the market are imported illegally.
They are smuggled into the […]
The Canadian Environmental Law Association, Ecojustice, and Great Lakes United joined in a news release urging Canadian political parties to follow presidential candidates McCain and Obama in promising to rid the lakes of their legacy of toxic and persistent pollutants.
http://pr-canada.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51033&Itemid=65
Pledging to eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs ) such as PCBs, toxaphene, chlordane, dieldrin in the […]
