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According to Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition:
“Synthetic pesticides are the single largest class of toxic chemicals to which the total population worldwide is exposed. While their predominant use is in large-scale industrialized agriculture, other major applications include urban spraying, uses in offices, schools, golf courses, and the home lawn and garden. Such uses result in pervasive environmental contamination of air, water, and food…”
“There is overwhelming scientific documentation on the adverse public health impact of such exposures. These include carcinogenic, neurotoxic, and endocrine disruptive or hormonal effects. Yet the public remains largely uninformed of these largely unregulated toxic exposures, tantamount to chemical warfare. This reckless, if not criminal, conduct of the pesticide industry is trivialized by its PR assurances of safety, besides by those of industry scientists, and indentured academics…”
“Nothing could be further from the truth…”
Please stop and think before you purchase or use anything that increases the toxicity in your community. Synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers are not necessary with a little care, education, and elbow-grease.
Source:
February 5, 2011
Pesticides