Think Twice Before Using That Air Freshener!

If you believe ignorance is bliss you may not want to read this article. Otherwise, follow the link.

It is a great big toxic world out there, yes indeed. So here's to the marketing professionals that get us to buy air fresheners and laundry products that may actually harm us. Why do we pay so much attention and invest "so much" into breathing pleasant smelling air? Give me some of that good, old fashioned country air. You know, air that's been cleaned by the trees and grass, mixed with cow farts and some rotting worm guts.

Cross-disciplinary research reveals low-level pesticide exposure linked to myriad of learning, behavioral and medical problems.

http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20080627/n1
I just learned something disturbing about the EPA and how it tests pesticides and herbicides.

Dr. Porter cites two independent studies that determined the "inactive" ingredients in Round-up make it twice as biologically active and, therefore, twice as potentially toxic as the potential of it's "active" chemical parts. Unfortunately, solvents and surfactants are not tested as part of the EPA registration process. "For example," says Porter, "the EPA registers glyphosate, the chemical considered an active ingredient in Round-up, not Round-up itself."

This article was found on the Rodale Institute web site. What really makes me angry about all these toxic chemicals that most farmers use is that they can use them without telling their neighbors or people downwind,

"hey, I'm spraying petsicide/herbicide/fertilizer (anhydrous ammonia) you might want to put on biochemical warfare protection..."

So, has anyone noticed fields of young, green corn spotted with dead, crispy weeds? If you noticed, did you wonder how weeds can be dead but corn looking fine in the same field? I didn't have to wonder long. My stomach turns when I see it because that field was probably sprayed with RoundUp and that corn is genetically modified to be RoundUp resistant. But when was it sprayed? were my kids outside then?

Check out the article for yourself; don't take my word for it. You may end up deciding to never buy non-organic produce again.

Chemical Used to Make Teflon Shown to Have Correlation With Human Health Problems

Using part of a $108 million class action law suit settlement from DuPont, scientists at West Virginia University are studying the effects of PFOA; a forever lasting chemical used to make Teflon and other non-stick products including stain resistant fabric. Their initial research suggests a correlation between PFOA and: immune weakness, thyroid function, liver damage and high cholesterol in children. Please read the article to inform yourself.
http://www.ewg.org/node/26517