FW: EPA Approves Pesticide -- Scientists Warn it Will Put Your Health at Serious Risk

[Guest guest]

I guess it’ll only be organic

strawberries from now on for me!

Sharyn

From: Dr. Mercola

Posted At: Tuesday, October 09,

2007 9:09 AM

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Pesticide -- Scientists Warn it Will Put Your Health at Serious Risk

Subject: EPA Approves Pesticide --

Scientists Warn it Will Put Your Health at Serious Risk

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Despite

the protests of more than 50 scientists, including five Nobel laureates in

chemistry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday approved

use of a new, highly toxic fumigant, mainly for strawberry fields.

The new

pesticide, methyl iodide, is designed for growers who need to replace methyl

bromide, which has been banned under an international treaty because it damages

the Earth's ozone layer.

In a

letter last month to EPA Administrator , 54 scientists, mostly

chemists, warned that " pregnant women and the fetus, children, the

elderly, farmworkers and other people living near application sites would be at

serious risk. "

The

Seattle Times October 6, 2007

[Guest guest]

Unbelievable..where does the word " democracy " or we the people, for

the people---fit in? Gosh, we are losing grounds quicker and quicker.

hugs,

carolg

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> I guess it'll only be organic strawberries from now on for me!

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> Sharyn

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> From: Dr. Mercola

> Posted At: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:09 AM

> Posted Vital Votes

> Conversation: EPA Approves Pesticide -- Scientists Warn it Will

Put Your

> Health at Serious Risk

> Subject: EPA Approves Pesticide -- Scientists Warn it Will Put

Your Health

> at Serious Risk

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> http://v.mercola.com/blogs/public_blog/EPA-Approves-Pesticide----

Scientists-

> Warn-it-Will-Put-Your-Health-at-Serious-Risk-39025.aspx

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> Despite the protests of more than 50 scientists, including five

Nobel

> laureates in chemistry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) on

> Friday approved use of a new, highly toxic fumigant, mainly for

strawberry

> fields.

>

> The new pesticide, methyl iodide, is designed for growers who need

to

> replace methyl bromide, which has been banned under an

international treaty

> because it damages the Earth's ozone layer.

>

> In a letter last month to EPA Administrator , 54

scientists,

> mostly chemists, warned that " pregnant women and the fetus,

children, the

> elderly, farmworkers and other people living near application

sites would be

> at serious risk. "

>

> The

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<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003929068_pestici

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> ml?syndication=rss> Seattle Times October 6, 2007

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