use on crops. Between 1997 and 2000, U.S. compa nies exported about 65 million pounds of pesticides that are banned or severely restricted in the United States including captafol, chlordane, isazofos, monocrotophos, and mirex and about 30 tons a day of pesticides the World Health Organization(WHO) classifies as"extremely hazardous." Every hour, U.S. companies export about 16 tons of pesticides known or suspected to cause cancer. Sixty percent of these pesticides are shipped to developing nations for use