Pesticides
On April 22, 2009 a ban on cosmetic pesticides to effect in Ontario which prohibits the use of Round-Up and Glyphosate.
So is it any big surprise that Dow Chemical Company is suing the Canadian ban on cosmetic pesticides? Cosmetic psticides are those that provide a pristine lawn and/or thwart weeds (amything besides your lawn), in other words chemicals that make gardens look pretty by poisoning plants and who knows what else (pets? people?). It is difficult to know as exposure to these chemicals is at low doses and over long periods of time. But just as Rachel Carson asked 50 years ago in "Silent Spring", is the potential cost worth it?
Additionally, the US EPA has just identified Endochrine Disruptors (click for PDF) that are responsible for lifelong health problems, especially for kids.
Check Mary Shomon's story. As Mary states, The term "endocrine disruptor" refers to a chemical that can interact with and potentially disrupt the human and/or animal hormones that regulate growth, metabolism and reproduction. Thyroid hormones are a potential target of endocrine disruptors.
Unfortunately, people are exposed to many of these chemicals through food, water, residential interiors and agricultural pesticides.
In your home and garden, pesticides (including pyrethroid chemicals) include Raid, Ortho Home Defense, Capture, Scourge, and Anvil.
So is it any big surprise that Dow Chemical Company is suing the Canadian ban on cosmetic pesticides? Cosmetic psticides are those that provide a pristine lawn and/or thwart weeds (amything besides your lawn), in other words chemicals that make gardens look pretty by poisoning plants and who knows what else (pets? people?). It is difficult to know as exposure to these chemicals is at low doses and over long periods of time. But just as Rachel Carson asked 50 years ago in "Silent Spring", is the potential cost worth it?
Additionally, the US EPA has just identified Endochrine Disruptors (click for PDF) that are responsible for lifelong health problems, especially for kids.
Check Mary Shomon's story. As Mary states, The term "endocrine disruptor" refers to a chemical that can interact with and potentially disrupt the human and/or animal hormones that regulate growth, metabolism and reproduction. Thyroid hormones are a potential target of endocrine disruptors.
Unfortunately, people are exposed to many of these chemicals through food, water, residential interiors and agricultural pesticides.
In your home and garden, pesticides (including pyrethroid chemicals) include Raid, Ortho Home Defense, Capture, Scourge, and Anvil.
Labels: air quality, habitat, health, pesticides, politics, water quality
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