Although people are aware of the health dangers of pesticides, there is almost 1 billion pounds of these dangerous pesticides used in the United States each and every year. The worst part is these numbers are not lowering.
Now everybody knows that foods that are in the grocery stores has been washed before they arrive at the store. And many people will still wash there fruits and veggies after they but them. However there are still trace pesticides that are being consumed from these fruits and vegetables, which are causing health issues.
It is also causing huge health issues with farmers and farm workers. With over 20,000 pesticide related illnesses reported every year,according to the Environmental Protection Agency, this is really becoming a problem.
While farmers and farm workers having there problems, the American Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals reports there there are over 30,000 cases of pet poisonings reported each year and yes these are due to pesticides. These numbers are not made up, they are calculated by the animal poison control center.
While commercial grade pesticides cause there share of the trouble, individual people share in the poisoning. By using all those chemical based weed killers or bug sprays you are contributing to the issue. Many people don't even wait until there is an issue and use these chemicals as a preventive product.
Pesticides has been linked to many diseases and health issues like, Parkinson's disease, many different types of cancer and even birth defects. It truly amazes me that people still use chemical type pesticides.
The worst thing is that there are no laws that require pesticide producers to test home pesticides with the same standards as commercial grade pesticides. If you ever look at the ingredients not only will you find different poisons but also "inert ingredients" that don't have to be tested???
So knowing that these chemical pesticides are bad for you and your pets may not be enough so look at this on a planetary scale. These pesticides contaminate our water, soil and air, which means we are killing our own planet. Look at it this way. These pesticides are killing off honeybee's, if we end up killing off all the honeybee's, our way of life will be gone. The consequences can be disastrous
So the best thing that everyone could do is to start using only organic pest control or to hire someone to take care of your pests for you, organically If you care about the planet, yourself or even your children, stop using chemical based pesticides and start saving our planet.
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