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Newspapers said the new research: 1) "showed that scientists were narrowing in on chemical exposure --from pesticides … nerve gas, or an experimental drug given to troops--as the cause of the illness"; 2) undermines a Clinton administration report suggesting the complaints resulted from battlefield stress; and 3) could guarantee these veterans better coverage for treatment.
The following year, Chavez's organization, United Farm Workers, released a seminal study addressing the health effects of pesticides on farmworkers.
There is no general requirement that pesticides or other chemicals be tested for potential DNT prior to their registration and use [49].
For new pesticides intended for use on food crops—one of the areas in which regulations are most stringent—regulations require only that DNT testing be evaluated for substances already known or suspected of being toxins.
However, growing public concern surrounding Bt use has sparked worldwide debate over current policies [ 1 ] . For example, in India, fear over a potential Bombyx mori (silkworm) epizootic, or microbial pathogen outbreak, inspired a governmental ban on the use of Bt, despite the nation's continuing use of traditional chemical pesticides [ 2 ] .