Although some pesticides have been restricted or banned because they pose risks of cancer, birth defects, or neurological damage, little attention has so far been given to what may be their greatest health risk: impairment of the immune system. According to this report, there is considerable evidence that widely used pesticides may suppress immune responsed to bacteria, viruses, parasites, and tumors, making people significantly more vulnerable to disease. Pesticides and the Immune System brings together for the first time an extensive body of experimental and epidemiological research from around the world documenting pesticides'effects on the immune system and the attendant health risks. The authors show that steps now underway to resolve this issue are far from adequate. If pesticides are undermining people's ability to withstand infectious and parasitic disease- still the world's main cause of death - then pesticide policy must be profoundly altered.
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Dr. Robert Repetto, a WRI Senior Fellow, is the author of numerous publications on the environment and economics.
Before joining WRI in 1983, Dr. Repetto taught environmental, resource and population economics at Harvard University; worked with the World Bank Resident Mission in Indonesia; and served as an advisor to the Economic Planning Board of East Pakistan. Author of World Enough and Time, Dr. Repetto edited the conference papers from the 1985 Global Possible Conference. He also was a contributor to the economics work of the World Commission on Environment and their report, Our Common Future. He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard College, a master of science degree in mathematical economics and econometrics from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
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pesticide immunotoxicity, immunotoxic effects, pesticide exposure, pesticide market, cholinesterase levels, pesticide containers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Frontiers of Sustainability: Environmentally Sound Agriculture, Forestry, Transportation, and Power Production by Roger Dower on page 118, and page 278
- The Tao Of Immunology: A Revolutionary New Understanding Of Our Body's Defenses by Marc Lappé in Back Matter
- Ecological Sustainability and Integrity: Concepts and Approaches (Environmental Science and Technology Library) by J. Lemons on page 167
- Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?--A Scientific Detective Story by Theo Colborn in Back Matter
- Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets by Paula Baillie-Hamilton in Back Matter
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