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"Weeds laughing at your herbicide?". A billboard in
Denison, Iowa on June 21, promotes herbicide use, Acuron
has 4 active herbicide ingredients... |
The
Environmental Health News letter of 27 July 2016 included three stories from local newspapers about the ubiquitous use of pesticides on farmlands, golf courses, private lawns, school yards in New York State and Iowa and the health effects these are causing to people. In Europe, there is a move to ban glyphosate, the toxic substance classified in 2015 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as "probably carcinogenic" (2A), one level below "carcinogenic". Back in the U.S., it is alarming to see so much cancer among people exposed to these pesticides. On Long Island, where our family lived for many years, golf courses and lawns have been and continue to be - drenched in pesticides, seeping into the water supply and permeating the air with a strong chemical stench. Will this genocide ever stop?! According to one of the articles, "trade groups for pesticides spent $46.5 million on lobbying to shape food safety, environmental laws" and "golf-related groups spent $1.5 million on lobbying tied to environment and pesticides." (Ref:
"Golf courses and chemical companies target environmental laws"). Following are extracts from the other two articles.
Growing health concerns surrounding pesticides, including two commonly used in Iowaby
Lauren Mills/IowaWatch.org, investigatemidwest.org, 22 July 2016
Some farmers applying pesticides to fields this summer might ignore symptoms of being exposed to the chemicals, like headaches or nausea. But mounting evidence shows chronic exposure to pesticides may
increase risks for certain cancers, like prostate cancer, and for other chronic illnesses, like Parkinson’s and thyroid disease.
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