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Switching to a healthier lifestyle also means asking governments for better protection from harmful chemicals

Pesticides
Pesticides Action Network Europe website: http://www.pan-europe.info/Issues/index.html, HEAL website - Pesticides section: http://www.env-health.org/r/68 , and MDRGF website http://www.mdrgf.org (in French)

Reference for specific figures are as follows:

1. 471 different pesticide substances currently used in the EU
   REFERENCE: ‘European Agriculture of the Future: The Role of Plant Protection Products – Economic Impacts’, Nomisma, Jan 2008 (No on-line copy available only pdf on request.)
   
   
2. 45 chemicals classified as CMR or EDCs
   REFERENCE: ‘List of substances potentially affected by the Commission’s proposed approvals criteria’ PAN Europe, February 2008. http://www.pan-europe.info/Resources/Policy/List_of_CMR12ED_plus_list_of_CMR3.pdf
   
   
3. 140,000 tonnes of synthetic pesticides applied to EU food crops
   Reference : ‘The use of plant protection products in the European Union: Data 1992-2003’, Eurostat Statistical Books, European Commission (2007) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-76-06-669/EN/KS-76-06-669-EN.PDF
   
   
4. 280 grams per person
   Reference : PAN Europe has calculated that by applying 140,000 tonnes of synthetic pesticides to crops in the EU, where the population totals approximately 500 million people, this represents pesticide use of roughly 280 grams per head.
   

Organic life
http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/chemsafe/pesticides/pesticidesglossary/
http://www.naturalorganiclifestyle.com/

http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/Newsletter/ArchivedArticles/2005-12-OrganicLifestyle.asp