- Fact: Studies have found that 50% of all illnesses are
contributed to the bad air quality in our homes and buildings.
- Fact: Long term exposure to smaller amounts pesticides in
air, food, or water is dangerous and shows symptoms of chronic headaches, irritation to
the eyes and breathing passages, disorders of the brain and nerves, damage to the liver
and kidneys, cancer, chromosome injury, infertility, and damage to the immune system.
- Fact: Sometimes, as older pesticides are phased out because
of toxicity, their replacements are ultimately found to be just as toxic.
- Fact: Pesticides that are sprayed indoors may remain
suspended in the air for SEVERAL DAYS [in some studies, as long as TWO weeks] after
application.
- Fact: Eventually these chemicals ("registered"
poisons) SETTLE on floors, toys dropped on floors, food left uncovered on countertops, and
many HOUSEHOLD SURFACES. They can also enter your home on shoes that have been in contact
with pesticide-treated grass.
- Fact: Pesticides sprayed outdoors can accumulate in water
used for drinking, cooking, and bathing, and they can coat the surfaces of produce sold at
your grocery store or farm stand."
- Fact: The U.S. uses approximately 4.6 billion pounds of toxic
poisonous pesticides each year. No wonder U.S. citizens are sick!
- Fact: Pesticides are hazardous to human health and the
environment, create resistant pest populations, contribute to declining crop yields,
undermine local and global food security and threaten agricultural bio-diversity. Yet
these pervasive chemicals are aggressively promote by multinational corporations,
government agencies, and other players in this more than $35 billion a year industry.
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