UK CAMPAIGN MATERIALS
Find out which pesticides are being used in your school
Ask your school to complete our Survey to help us gain a better understanding of pesticide use in schools so that we can show governments why action is needed to reduce unnecessary risk. School Survey.
Sick of Pesticides: Pesticides - a toxic education? a survey of pesticides in UK schools. Children may be being exposed to at least four potentially cancer causing pesticides that are being used in UK schools, according to the findings of a new survey released this week by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and Pesticides Action Network (PAN). Read the report and the press release.
Sick of Pesticides: a briefing for schools As part of the Sick of Pesticides initiative, we have writen to education and local authorities in the UK to help them to assess what risks may be resulting from the use and presence of pesticides and biocides (chemicals used inside to control pests like mice and diseases) in schools, in school food and school grounds.
- Pesticides in schools; a short guide Pesticides may be found in schools, pre-schools, and nurseries. They may be used in the school grounds and in the buildings or be present as residues in the food brought in. Read HEAL’s short guide to the pesticides that could be being used in UK schools.
Pesticides on a Plate, 36 page booklet, February 2008, PAN UK. This consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain gives a simple overview for a non-technical audience on what pesticides are and the hazards they pose, with a focus on pesticide residues in food and how to avoid these. It also discusses how farmers and farm workers can be affected, particularly in developing countries, and the costs society pays for pesticide problems.
What’s your poison? 24 pages, The Soil Association. A guide to pesticide residues in popular food.
