Subject: "registered" Pesticide
Poisons Damage Male Hormones---
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Lyndon Hawkins <hawkins@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
Lyndon, Did you know about the following study on some of the Male
health effects caused by exposure to "registered" poisons? ------- Study
Links Pesticide Exposure to Hormone Damage in Men.
Chicago, December 1998--Men exposed to pesticides on the job have altered
sex hormone levels, possibly reflecting pesticide-induced damage to the
testicles, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American
College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
Men working at a Chinese pesticide factory had significantly higher
levels of certain female sex hormones than a comparable group of textile
factory workers, report Dr. Chantana Padungtod of Harvard School of Public
Health and colleagues. Furthermore, as the hormone levels increased, the
men's sperm counts decreased.
Pesticide-exposed men also had reduced levels of the male hormone testosterone.
Some of the hormonal changes were related specifically to pesticide exposure,
after adjustment for other factors that could affect hormone levels, such
as age, smoking, and alcohol consumption.
The hormonal changes observed were small but significant. The pattern
of these changes strongly suggested damage to the testicles resulted from
pesticide exposure.
The men were exposed to organophosphate pesticides, such as ethylparathion,
which are widely used in agriculture, particularly in developing countries.
The new study is one of the first to provide detailed scientific information
on pesticides' possible effects on reproductive health. The researchers
call for broader studies to clarify these effects. Such studies should
address pesticide effects on both hormone levels and reproductive function
in exposed workers.
ACOEM, an international society of 7,000 occupational physicians, provides
leadership to promote optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces,
and environments. Padungton, Chantana, et al. <A Reproductive
Hormone Profile among Pesticide Factory Workers</A> (December 1998,
Volume 40, No. 12; pp 1038-1047)
Well Lyndon, when will it be "legal" (in your opinion) to use safe
and far more effective alternatives to your "registered" poisons in California?
Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten.
From Steve - Quotes to Ponder:
"The
first task is population control at home. How do we go about it? Many of my
colleagues feel that some sort of compulsory birth regulation would be
necessary to achieve such control. One plan often mentioned involves the
addition of temporary sterilants to water supplies or staple food. Doses of
the antidote would be carefully rationed by the government to produce the
desired population size." — Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, p.135
"A
total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels,
would be ideal." — Ted Turner - CNN founder and UN supporter - quoted
in The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, June '96
"Childbearing
[should be] a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a
government license ... All potential parents [should be] required to use
contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen
for childbearing." — David Brower - first Executive Director of the
Sierra Club; founder of Friends of the Earth; and founder of the Earth Island
Institute - quoted by Dixie Lee Ray, Trashing the Planet, p.166
"Truth
is not what is; truth is what people perceive it to be." -- Adolf Hitler,
Propaganda Maxim
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