Poisoning the Children

A newly released report in the medical journal, Pediatrics, links the use of pesticides to the occurrence of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in children.  The study, conducted by Maryse F. Bouchard, a researcher at the University of Montreal in Quebec, shows that children with higher than average levels of 6 different chemicals were nearly [...]

Chemical Warfare

Back at the World’s Fair in 1939 when Dupont promised us “better living through chemistry” we had no idea how the onslaught of chemicals over the next few decades would actually end up killing some of us.  In 1962, Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” was published.  Carson was warning us of the negative effects of pesticides [...]

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