Pesticide Contamination In Humans Has Been Confirmed
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:31:23 -0400
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of
California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Hope you are doing well. Thought you would want to know this, because you said you want to go there. It would be interesting to compare the "mental health", cancer and chronic illness rates, with ours.
Put you into the bcc field because I had a sudden thought that others should be aware of this. Please pass this on to other rersearchers.
Regards, Tom
Widespread pesticide contamination of air, food and water once led to speculation as to whether or not pesticide residues could be detected in humans [74]. Today, pesticide contamination of mother's milk and chemically sensitive people has been confirmed. Organochlorine pesticides have been found in the blood of chemically sensitive populations around the world, including patient populations in the US, where some of the identified pesticides, such as DDT, have been banned for 15 years. Levels of pesticides in humans were worse in China, which had been isolated from world commerce for almost 40 years between 1949 and 1984. In England, Arabia and Australia, high levels of pesticides were also found in humans (Table 2).
Only one group of people was relatively free of organochlorine pesticides and, incidentally, disease free. These were indians who lived at the head waters of the Amazon. They had a dense jungle cover, fresh spring water from the Andes and a constant supply of highly nutritious fresh, chemical-less contaminated food.
Excerpt from Title: Pesticides.
Subject(s): HERBICIDES -- Health aspects; PESTICIDES -- Physiological effects Source: Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine, Mar 96, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p55, 70p, 58 charts, 2 diagrams, 17 graphs, 2bw Author(s): Rea, William J. - Web page Environmental Health Center-Dallas Abstract: Presents a review essay on the relation of chemical sensitivity in relation to herbicides and pesticides. Cases of chemical sensitivity triggered by exposure to pesticides and herbicides; Carcinogenic and mutagenic substances in pesticides; Number of cases of mass poisoning by pesticides around the world.
AN: 9606093155 ISSN: 1359-0847 Database: Health Source Plus Section: REVIEW PESTICIDES Posted at http://www.angelfire.com/nm/redcollarcrime/pestherb.html The cited web page (with chat room, hosted by a pro.)
Best regasrds,
Tom Kazzoo <sonofkazzoo@yahoo.com>
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