Pesticides Are Destroying Our Bodies! (Here’s Proof)
Now that we know, or don’t know rather, what is in pesticides we need take a look at the effect these chemicals have on the human body.
Anyone who has ever sprayed a pesticide will immediately recognize the tight feeling you get in your throat, the burning in your nose, and the watery eyes. These symptoms should be the second clue that what you spraying is not good for you. The first, of course, is that you’re spraying it to KILL things.
The Long Term Dangers Of Pesticides
A few of the long term effects that many doctors believe are associated with the use of pesticides are neurological symptoms, immune systems disorders, liver disease and asthma attacks.
(http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7518/656-d?ecoll)
If that is not enough, check out the research done by the University of Florida and University of South Florida Medical Libraries:
Breast Cancer Linked To Termite Pesticide
Some forms of Breast Cancer have now been linked to pesticide chlordane used in the U.S. to treat termites between 1950-1988. (http://www.chem-tox.com/pesticides/#breastcancer)
Birth Defects Caused By Chlorophenoxy
Babies that are born near wheat fields are at 65% greater risk for developing birth defects. Primarily these defects are respiratory related. Scientists have linked them to an herbicide known as chlorophenoxy.
Guess where else they use this herbicide? To control weeds on the road sides and along canals. Canals that can seep into our nation’s water supply.
Rural Mothers Miscarry More
A study done by the University of North Carolina confirmed that mothers to be who lived near farm land where crops were sprayed were 40-120% more likely to miscarry.
Round-Up Is Ridiculous
Its not just farm and crop pesticides. The popular herbicide Roundup has been linked liver and kidney damage and new studies are suggesting that it may cause cancer. The active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, is the 3rd most reported chemical in the state of California for pesticide related illness. This is the same Roundup that people spray in their yard and then let their children and animals play on the grass.
A Threat To Pets And Livestock
Pets aren’t immune to the harms of pesticide either. Recent studies link lawn pesticides to bladder cancer in dogs. It’s also in the grain we use to feed our livestock: milk, meat, cheese, all of these products potentially be affected by the use of pesticides.
Say No To Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides and Herbicides have been linked in study after study to cause cancer, neurological problems, respiratory problems and even death in unborn babies. These are the same pesticides that we spray in our yard and that we eat on fruits and vegetables everyday.
If you want to stay healthy, protect our planet and protect all the living things on it don’t use pesticides. There are so many natural alternatives.
And don’t buy fruits and vegetables that are not organically grown. Better yet, grow you own veggies. It easy and you will know exactly what goes on and into your food.
Posted: June 9th, 2008 under Organic Gardening.
Comments: 26
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Comment from web design company
Time: June 9, 2008, 4:06 pm
Yes, those symptoms sound disturbingly familiar!We really do need to become more conscious of the poisons we put into the environment around us. Even a bird knows not to soil its own nest!I have to be really cognizant of this stuff as I already have liver disease, and the article correctly states many of these pesticides have been proven to cause liver damage.
Comment from David Rochlin
Time: June 10, 2008, 1:27 am
I agree, “Those symptoms sound disturbingly familiar.” Am I going to die? Last night I ate at a Mexican restaurant and I swear I felt those exact same sensations!
Comment from alberto
Time: June 10, 2008, 1:41 am
Pendejo.
Comment from Chris
Time: June 10, 2008, 1:59 am
I’ve heard a lot of these harmful substances and pesticides actually stay around in your body and your gut until you die!! Your body obviously cant digest or “accept” these alien, unnatural materials. Can’t be good.
Comment from Ronny
Time: June 10, 2008, 2:10 am
Not so long ago I saw a documentary on Monsanto and it shoked me how these guys have lied to us.
Roundup is biodegradable … maybe in 70 years and what about all misery caused today? You are absolutely right, we have to go green if we want to live a beautiful life.
Green is sexy, Coach Ronny
Comment from Gunnar Andreassen
Time: June 10, 2008, 3:39 am
Just remeber to wash the stuff you buy, I always do that.
Comment from Alex
Time: June 10, 2008, 4:06 am
Even if you do “reme[m]ber to wash the stuff you buy”, where are the chemicals going to go after that…?
We need clean food from the source.
Comment from AyeRoxor
Time: June 10, 2008, 5:30 am
If you want people to think you’re a credible, intelligent adult, learn how to use apostrophes. They *don’t* go in words like “pets” and “mothers”.
Comment from Johnny TooGoode
Time: June 10, 2008, 5:45 am
Organic might cost more but its the ONLY way to go!
Comment from ferrisoxide
Time: June 10, 2008, 6:45 am
I agree that pesticides in our food chain are a huge concern and we have to be vigilant, but some of these arguments in the article are spurious, e.g.
“The active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, is the 3rd most reported chemical in the state of California for pesticide related illness”
What do you meaning exactly? Glyphosate is toxic certainly, but what you’re possibly reporting here is the widespread use of the chemical – an indicator of its relative safety not it’s toxicity. Note I said relative – if paraquat was used with the same frequency there’d be more than just illness reported. People would be dead. And anything *may* cause cancer – it doesn’t mean it does.
Full disclosure. I’m a keen organic gardener and don’t use chemical fertilizers or pest control in my garden. I’m not an apologist for Monsanto or any similar company – I think of most of them as over the top evil. But bad science and emotive language doesn’t necessarily win arguments – it makes it very easy for said companies to undermine and discredit your message.
Is that helpful? I feel like I’m just attacking you over one point. Maybe I’m just disappointed. When I read the headline I was expecting some kind of tangible and recent information, not trotting out old, well known studies on toxicity. Sorry, I’ll have to pick you up on a second point. Why are you seemingly being selective with your references. Where is the link to study done by the University of North Carolina? Why is it not cited but the well established toxic effect of chlordane is? Chlordane hasn’t been used in decades.. so.. I’m not sure what I’m meant to do with that information?
Even organic pesticides are poisonous – naturally, otherwise they wouldn’t work. Limonene, the active ingredient in orange-oil based pesticides, may very well kill earthworms but I can’t really say. I don’t have the science to back me up, but I’d want to be damn sure before I sprayed it all over my garden. You see my point? I appreciate your intent – I don’t agree with your argument.
As I’ve said, I feel like I’m attacking your article over minor points. But I fervently believe that science as a tool that has been used by corporations in the past to drive arguments for the increased use of chemicals in our environment can and should be used to drive back the counter argument, that we and our children have a right to not be exposed to harmful chemicals just because it generates a short term profit for a small percentage of the population.
Thanks for getting me fired up – it’s been a while. Cheers, peace and good luck to you.
Comment from ferrisoxide
Time: June 10, 2008, 6:53 am
Ahhh stuff it. I’d like to take all that back. Atop the cringe-worthy typos it was far from a sound rebuttal – more of a… well, a rant really. Feel free to delete – I won’t be offended. Cheers.
Comment from Konsumbrot
Time: June 10, 2008, 7:08 am
I agree with your ideas, it’s just too bad the article is riddled with errors I just can’t overlook.
Comment from Dr. William Trapsen
Time: June 10, 2008, 7:32 am
If you are going to quote wikipedia at least quote the entire article… not just a section that helps your arguement.
Statistics from the Californian Environmental Protection Agencies Pesticide Illness Surveillance Program indicate that glyphosate related incidents are one of the highest reported of all pesticides.[25] However, incident count does not take into account the number of people exposed and the severity of symptoms associated with each incident.[26] For example if hospitalization is used as a measure of the severity of pesticide related incidents, then Glyphosate would be considered relatively safe, since over a 13 year period in California none of the 515 pesticide related hospitalizations recorded were attributed to glyphosate.[26]
Greenpeace states that “the acute toxicity of glyphosate is very low”, but note that, as mentioned above, other added chemicals (particularly surfactants, e.g. polyoxy-ethyleneamine, POEA) can be more toxic than glyphosate itself.[9]
Comment from jaswinder bawa
Time: June 10, 2008, 9:10 am
Not so long ago I saw a documentary on Monsanto and it shoked me how these guys have lied to us.
Roundup is biodegradable … maybe in 70 years and what about all misery caused today? You are absolutely right, we have to go green if we want to live a beautiful life.
Even organic pesticides are poisonous – naturally, otherwise they wouldn’t work. Limonene, the active ingredient in orange-oil based pesticides, may very well kill earthworms but I can’t really say. I don’t have the science to back me up, but I’d want to be damn sure before I sprayed it all over my garden. You see my point? I appreciate your intent – I don’t agree with your argument.
Comment from Uncle B
Time: June 10, 2008, 10:04 am
We are blaming Chemistry, which is a study of a part of nature and how it works, for what predatory Capitalism and unregulated, improperly devised, unfairly weighted incorporation laws are forcing us to do, in the name of shareholder profits, to the environment and humankind. Fundamental changes are needed. The Obama/Clinton/Clinton Triumvirate has a possible total of 16 elected years to get things underway. Lets pray Change happens!
Comment from Phaedrus
Time: June 10, 2008, 10:56 am
FerrisOxide, your first post is on target and raises many excellent points, all leading toward an overall conclusion that hyperbole and incomplete (or selective) data can be easily dismantled. This was not a rant by any measure, unless you consider elegant articulation of your observations in that way.
If GardenMandy wants to be a genuine source of accurate reporting on such topics they will have to do better than just rehash old arguments with hearsay. There are many “reports” on the web which exist solely to entice traffic with sensationalist headlines but little substance. Taking your observations into account, this story appears to fall into that category. You are right to call for proper dilligence from authors and responders, and your observations here will serve me well on *every* site of this kind. Thanks for that.
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Comment from news flash
Time: June 10, 2008, 11:23 am
NEWS FLASH. this is the most obvious article ever. pesticides? bad for life? OMG i didn’t realise until now THANKS
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Comment from Mandy
Time: June 10, 2008, 2:46 pm
Hi Everyone!
First thanks to everyone for participating. I just want to address a few of the comments. The reason that I wrote the article was just to get the information out there again. Unfortunately, there are tons of people who still do not understand the danger of pesticides. It is my belief that if the knowledge continues to be available, at the very least, it will get people thinking. Change begins when people start to challenge ideas. Many already know the harms of pesticides yet it seems every year there are more and more available. This tells me that people are still purchasing them. They are still being sprayed on our veggies and continue to seep into our water supply.
Also I did not use wikipedia as a reference at all in this article. If I had it would have been sited.
I hope you guys continue to challenge me and to challenge everything you have been told.
Mandy
Comment from some guy
Time: June 11, 2008, 6:57 am
I spray my fruit trees with pesticides and fungicides, and I’ve never experienced any tightness.
Comment from Mason
Time: June 11, 2008, 6:26 pm
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Comment from a chika
Time: September 3, 2008, 11:05 am
I liked your article and applaude you for getting this information out, as easy as it was to read-there are still people out there who may be ignorant and still not fully understand this information. We all need to be on the same page here to be able to make a difference with the awareness that this issue needs. Sadly some are staying behind…
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