This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, which has been arranged by the Swedish Chemicals Agency, KemI. The views herein shall not necessarily be taken to reflect the official opinion of Sida or KemI.
Prepared by: Dr. Meriel Watts – scientist specialising in the adverse impacts of pesticides, and nonchemical alternatives, She is Senior Technical Advisor to PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP), Co-ordinator of PAN Aotearoa New Zealand, a member of the PANAP Steering Council, and co-Convenor of its Task Force on Pesticides. Dr Peter Clausing – toxicologist. He is currently member of the Executive Board of PAN Germany Dr Angelika Lyssimachou – environmental scientist/toxicologist, with 12 years research experience in endocrine disruption in aquatic ecosystems. She has worked in research centres and universities in UK, Greece, Spain, Norway and Portugal. She is currently based in Brussels, where she runs the endocrine disrupting chemicals campaign for PAN Europe. Dr Gesine Schütte – biologist and agronomist. She is a teacher at the University of Hamburg in the assessment of technology in modern agricuclture; member of the Executive Board of PAN Germany. Dr Rina Guadagnini – toxicologist. She is a project officer at PAN UK, working on projects to protect farmers and vulnerable groups from pesticide poisoning in Former Soviet Union countries and on the UK national campaign “Pesticide-free towns and cities”. Dr Emily Marquez – biologist, staff Scientist at PAN North America (PANNA) with the collaboration of Dr Omar Arellano from the Union of Concerned Scientist in Mexico
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a global network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives such as agroeoclogy. PAN was founded in 1982 and has five independent, collaborating Regional Centers that implement its projects and campaigns. http://pan-international.org
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