The following web sites provide additional information linked to the topics in the SATIS Revisited unit Air quality.

The Independent: Pesticide residues found in nearly a third of
Britain's food and drink  
27 September 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1761673.ece>

Pesticide Residues Committee
www.pesticides.gov.uk/prc_home.asp
link to reports
www.pesticides.gov.uk/prc.asp?id=959

Articles about pesticides

Daily Express: Pesticide in a third of foods (very short)       
11 September 2007
http://daily-express.co.uk/posts/view/18821/Pesticide-in-a-third-of-foods

Daily Express: New alert over dangers in fruit          
20 April 2007
http://daily-express.co.uk/posts/view/4915/New-alert-over-dangers-in-fruit

Daily Mail: Pesticides found in a third of our food      
27 September 2006
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/
news.html?in_article_id=407197&in_page_id=1770

The Independent: Pesticide residues found in nearly a third of Britain's food and drink       
27 September 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1761673.ece

The Guardian: Survey points to unsafe levels of pesticides in food 
25 September 2006 
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,1884139,00.html

BBC news online: Pesticide in a third of foods          
30 September 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4296576.stm

Daily Mail: Fears over school fruit packed with pesticides   
21 September 2005
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/
womenfamily.html?in_article_id=362997&in_page_id=1799

The Guardian: High pesticide levels found in free fruit for schoolchildren    
21 September 2005
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/sep/21/health.schoolmeals

The Sun: Pest killer is in food (very short)    
27 September 2004
www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004450719,00.html

Daily Mail: Pesticides in nearly half of fruit and vegetables   
28 July 2004
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/
dietfitness.html?in_article_id=311909&in_page_id=1798

The Times: Pesticide limits breached (short)
12 June 2004
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article444295.ece

Daily Mail: Pesticides found in foods 
3 March 2004
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/
dietfitness.html?in_article_id=299389&in_page_id=1798

The Scotsman: Fears over high pesticide levels      
6 June 2003
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Fears-over-high-pesticide-levels.2433590.jp

The Guardian: on spinach testing ’Fears for babies after pesticide found in food’   
27 February 2003
www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,903712,00.html

Daily Mail: Fears over chemicals in salads   
6 September 2001
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/
thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=70989&in_page_id=1797

Daily Mail: How green is your salad? 1 January 2001
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/
thehealthnews.html?in_article_id=50659&in_page_id=1797

The PRC calculates the risk to 10 different groups of consumers.
For further details see:
www.pesticides.gov.uk/prc.asp?id=986#
Dietary_Intake_and_the_Risk_Assessment

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