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Name: Organophosphate

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Government of Syria

Saraqeb - scene of Syrian chemical attack?

The BBC has been shown evidence which appears to corroborate reports of a chemical attack in the northern Syrian town of Saraqeb last month. Eyewitnesses and victims say that government helicopters dropped at least two devices containing poisonous gas ... [Published BBC - May 17 2013]

Entities: Chemical, Chemical Weapon, Government of Syria, Atropine, Organophosphate

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

US 'saw Syria chemical evidence'

US President Barack Obama has said the US has seen evidence of chemical weapons being used in Syria.However, speaking after meeting Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he insisted it was important to get more specific details about alleged chemical atta ... [Published BBC - May 16 2013]

Entities: Chemical, Syria, Chemical Weapon, Sarin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

MI6

Syria IS using poison gas Sarin: British tests 'prove' chemical attack on rebels

Samples from the army mortar bomb were smuggled out of the warzone by agents working for MI6 and then testedSecret British tests on an exploded bomb are thought to prove Syrian troops have launched at least one chemical attack on rebels there.Samples ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sarin (weapon), Chemical, Syria, MI6

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Syrians say Assad Choppers Dropped Poisonous Gas

Residents of the northern Syrian town of Saraqeb said government helicopters had dropped at least two devices containing poisonous gas, the BBC reported Thursday.Saraqeb, a town south-west of Aleppo, came under artillery bombardment in April from government ... [Published Cutting Edge News - May 16 2013]

Entities: BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Chemical Weapon, Massacre, Baniyas (Syria)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

More claims of chemical weapon use in Syria

EMILY BOURKE: There are more allegations today that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in its battle with rebels.The BBC has obtained videos of what appears to be a chemical attack near the main northern city of Aleppo late last month.Residents ... [Published ABC Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Chemical Weapon, Nerve Agent, Sarin, Syria

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 6 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

Evidence Of Chemical Attack Allegedly Found In Syria – BBC

A BBC journalist claims to have found proof of the use of chemical weapons by Syrian government troops, the BBC reported on Thursday.“A BBC correspondent who visited the northern town of Saraqeb was told by eyewitnesses that government helicopters had ... [Published Eurasia Review - May 16 2013]

Entities: BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Chemical Weapon, Syria, Chemical

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Syrians Allege Chemical Attack: 'Suffocating Smell'

BBC thinks evidence begins to add up(Newser) – Government helicopters dropped chemical weapons last month on the Syrian town of Saraqeb, eyewitness testimony strongly suggests. A BBC correspondent visited the town, and was regaled with accounts and videos ... [Published Newser - May 16 2013]

Entities: Chemical, Helicopter, Chemical Weapon, Organophosphate, BBC British Broadcasting Corp

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Orchardists learn of flower power

If you woke up this morning thinking about woolly apple aphids — and who didn’t? — then this newsy tidbit is for you.Turns out those dastardly apple aphids, a bane of local orchardists, might be controlled by planting flowers along the tree rows. Not ... [Published Wenatchee World - May 15 2013]

Entities: Aphid, Betsy Beers, Biological Control, William Snyder, Organophosphate

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Insectides are thorougly tested

Plant protection is necessearyFruit is produced all over the world and we have access to plenty of food all year round. It is often necessary to protect fruit against infestations from damaging insects, that will otherwise destroy the fruit or the plants. ... [Published Noodls - May 14 2013]

Entities: Insecticide, Fruit, Organophosphate

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

For Farmers, Rise in Suicide Rate Is Old News

The recent news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that more Americans now die of suicide than in car accidents made headlines .Though reasons for suicide are extremely complex and individualized, economic concerns were cited by the CDC ... [Published Nasdaq - May 08 2013]

Entities: Suicide, Organophosphate, Agriculture

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Your recipe for insect, weed control could be hazardous to corn

You are trying to manage your various risks in crop production, double checking weed and insect management plans. Then suddenly the crop protection chemical industry throws a wide sweeping curve ball that sails past you for a called strike. You didn’t ... [Published CattleNetwork.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Insecticide, Corn, rootworm

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Alterations in gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans associated with organophosphate pesticide ...

The principal toxicity of acute organophosphate (OP) pesticide poisoning is the disruption of neurotransmission through inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). However, other mechanisms leading to persistent effects and neurodegeneration remain controversial ... [Published 7thSpace - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Gene Expression, Caenorhabditis elegans, Organophosphate

Quotes

...have more properly served the primitive brain in a earlier and more hostile environment, Asprey now says he has trained his brain to “turn off“ the "useless survival reflexes” that were inhibiting him."

Physician, hack thyself [Published Yahoo! News - May 20 2013]

"When the U S Geological Survey conducted a 10-year study of pesticides in surface and groundwater, it collected water, sediment and fish samples from hundreds of surface water sites and found pesticide residue in every one of them" said Western IPM Center Director Jim Farrar

New Training Material Available To Help Farmers And Ranchers Protect Water From Pesticides [Published Agri Marketing - May 20 2013]

On 13 April, the SOHR reported that two women and two children had been killed by poisoning from "gases from bombs dropped by an aircraft on the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood." Footage which later surfaced online appeared to show patients frothing at the mouth and twitching, both symptoms of exposure to nerve gas

Syria chemical weapons allegations [Published BBC - May 17 2013]

"It was a horrible, suffocating smell. You couldn't breathe at all. Your body would become really tired."

Saraqeb - scene of Syrian chemical attack? [Published BBC - May 17 2013]

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Syrians say Assad Choppers Dropped Poisonous Gas [Published Cutting Edge News - May 16 2013]
Evidence Of Chemical Attack Allegedly Found In ... [Published Eurasia Review - May 16 2013]
Evidence ‘appears’ of chemical attack in Syria [Published Turkish Daily - May 16 2013]
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Syrians Allege Chemical Attack: 'Suffocating Sm... [Published Newser - May 16 2013]
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Blogs

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Thalidomide - The Real Story & The First Seal B... [Published PharmaGossip - May 20 2013] http://www.healthworldnet.com/articles/the-best-of-the-best/the-first-seal-baby-the-real-story-of-thalidomide.html Thalidomide, despite its sordid past is undergoing a sort of renaissance and is being manufactured and used worldwide for a variety of ...
Is Glyphosate Poisoning Everyone? [Published In the Pipeline - Apr 30 2013] I've had a few people send along this article , on the possible toxicological effects of the herbicide glyphosate, wondering what I make of it as a medicinal chemist. It's getting a lot of play in some venues, particularly the news-from-Mother-Nature ...
Bee brain study reveals pesticide effect [Published EarthSky - Apr 02 2013] The brain function of important pollinators can be affected by pesticides even at low concentrations, say scientists. The study, published in Nature Communications, finds that neonicotinoid and organophosphate pesticides disturb the function of the ...
NRDC reveals failed safeguards for pesticides -... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Mar 27 2013] Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C. The public may think pesticides are only allowed onto store shelves and for use in agriculture if they have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a transparent and scientifically ...
Non-Toxic Love [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Feb 13 2013] Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C. I love you. On Valentine’s Day that declaration traditionally comes with a dozen red roses (my dad sends me a dozen roses on International Women’s Day, but I digress…). I love coming home to my bouquet ...