Public campaign and health impacts of pesticides.
This activity examined public environmental assessment documents and other information on production, import, distribution and application of pesticides in the Southern part of Russia from 1984 to 2005. Later, field visits to hotspots-i.e., facilities for storage of stockpiles of banned and obsolete pesticides located in Volgograd region for implementation of monitoring activities-were organized. Using Eco-Accord Methodological Recommendations for NGOs on inventory of obsolete pesticide stockpiles, local people were involved in the identification of obsolete pesticides in the Volgograd region. Pesticide residues in food samples were analyzed. Project outcomes were broadly disseminated among Russian NGOs.
Outputs:
Characterization of obsolete pesticide storage facilities
Monitoring of various media
Dissemination of results to NGOs