Pesticides Are Destroying Our Bodies! (Here’s Proof)
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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.
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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.
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!
Pendejo.
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.
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
Just remeber to wash the stuff you buy, I always do that.
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.
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”.
Organic might cost more but its the ONLY way to go!
JT
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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.
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.
I agree with your ideas, it’s just too bad the article is riddled with errors I just can’t overlook.
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]
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.
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!
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.
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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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
I spray my fruit trees with pesticides and fungicides, and I’ve never experienced any tightness.
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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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We just had to put our dog to sleep due to an enlarged liver. My husband sprayed the weeds with Round up two or three weeks ago. Our dog was fine up until a few weeks ago when she decided she didn’t want to eat her dog food. We had no idea she was sick we just thought she didn’t like that brand of dog food any more. We took her to the Vet on Friday and she had lost a lot of weight since her last visit. She tested enemic so they did several tests on her. They finally said she had an enlarged liver and an enlarged splen due to an aggresive liver cancer. Do you think there is any chance that the round up that was sprayed on the weds could of caused the Liver cancer?
Hi Mary,
I am so sorry to hear about your dog. It is incredibly hard when we lose a four legged family member.
About your question, I don’t think that the three weeks since your husband sprayed is enough time for the cancer to grow. I am not a medical doctor, so I don’t know all the specifics. It just doesn’t seem like a long enough time span. However, Round Up is really bad stuff. I don’t think, in this case, it was the cause of your dogs cancer but synthetic pesticides and herbicides have been known to cause cancer and other health related problems. Instead of using it try something a little less harsh like vinegar or boiling water to kill the weeds. It may take a little more time and effort but in the long run, it is worth it.
I hope this helps and again I am so sorry that you lost your girl.
Mandy
I 100% agree with the statement that pesticides are destroying our bodies. It seems we have to be EXTRA careful to put only good quality things in our bodies…and its pretty hard these days. It seems all the stores only carry pesticide ridden products unless you go to specific stores like Whole Foods or Trader Joes. I think the best bet is to go to the local farmers markets. You will find organic, fresh!! Foods there….at much cheaper prices too.
I have cats, and will always try to give them the healthiest foods. Don’t forget about a good filtered water. Their bodies are so small, less junk in the water and food can really affect them.
Thanks for the reminder. Great article.
Sheila
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Pesticides are EVERYWHERE…and no, you cant just wash off your fruit or veggies, its INSIDE the fruit/veggie…you need to buy organic to 100% avoid it. Sad…i think all grocery items should come FREE of harmful chemicals.
Jill
You guys have very valid points! I am studying environmental science and have learned so much it’s amazing! I found a cleansing document on the internet that is amazing. I have researched the benefits of cleansing and one of the benefits is that you get rid of many toxins in your body through cleansing including the toxins from pesticides! The site is thegoodwitch.ca. Buying organic or growing your own food is the best. But we also need to get rid of what is already in our bodies.