Alan Kolok, Ph.D., Professor of Ecotoxicology at the U. of Idaho, and author of Modern Poisons: A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Toxicology.

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Did you know that the U.S. Geological Survey plans to reduce their tracking and reporting of nationwide pesticide-use? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Alan Kolok, Ph.D., Professor of Ecotoxicology at the U. of Idaho; Director Emeritus, of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute and author of Modern Poisons: A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Toxicology. Kolok is one of more than 200 scientists opposed to proposed changes in how the USGS will track and report pesticide use. Kolok used USGS maps to find a relationship between pesticide use and pediatric cancers. See: “Investigation of Relationships Between the Geospatial Distribution of Cancer Incidence and Estimated Pesticide Use in the U.S. West” https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GH000544 Related website: https://islandpress.org/books/modern-poisons

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