Overview:
The PALS modules (Pesticide Applied Learning Series) make current scientific topics on agriculture, the environment and health available to pesticide safety educators and extension agents. Educators can adapt modules for their own use and for presentations to pesticide applicators. This module explores the current scientific evidence of whether exposure to the herbicide atrazine affects the risk of cancer.

Requirements:

• Interactive Version: The interactive version is designed for individualized self-study at a computer work station. An audio of the script will play. The user can advance to the next slide when the "next" button appears below the slide.
  
  
  Browser version for PC users: Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, Netscape 4.0 or higher.
  
  Browser version for Mac users: Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher, Netscape 7.0 or higher.
  
  
  Macromedia plug-in must be installed on your computer to view the interactive module and animation features. Free software can be downloaded at: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download.
  
  
  
• PowerPoint Version: The Power Point slides should be viewed with the script. The script for each slide can be viewed with the "View:Notes Page" option of Power Point. To view the script or to edit the slides you must have Power Point software (version 6.0 or higher) installed on your computer.

  If you do not have Power Point installed on your computer, and you would like to preview the slides you can download a "Power Point Viewer" (http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/fqpa/pals/Power_Point/index.htm). The "viewer" does NOT allow you to view the script.
  
  

• PDF Guidebook: The portable document file (PDF) of the Guidebook can be downloaded with Acrobat Reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. We advise that you print out the first 12 pages, which includes background information, learning objectives and instructions on using the different versions of the module. (File size - 10.2MB)
  
  
  

Click on the icons below to access the different versions of the module.
				(File size - 10.2 MB)

Acknowledgements:
The development of the PALS module was supported by Smith Lever Funds from the Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension Service (CREES) of the US Department of Agriculture, and a grant from the New York State Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation.

For information on obtaining a CD rom with the Guidebook PDF file, Power Point version, and an interactive version with audio script, please write to Dr. Suzanne Snedeker email: sms31@cornell.edu

We invite you to visit the "Cancer and Environment" web site at http://envirocancer.cornell.edu for more information on pesticides and the risk of cancer.