The Menace of Agrochemicals: The Struggle to Ban Pesticides That Disrupt Brain Development

Ladies and gentlemen, the following is a sharing of an interview by a fabulous Mrs. Yvonne Stapp for Science For The Public, an organization whose mission is to improve public understanding of science. This is the fifth part of a series of messages on how to increase IQ. Today, I will take you through a brief analysis of Professor Philip J. Landrigan's warning.

In the U.S., petrochemical companies are by law not obliged to undertake any research and study on the effects of their products on the environment and human health before the introduction of potentially hazardous products on the market. It takes decades to prove the correlation between pesticides and the dreadful consequences that come as a by-product of their usage. In the EU, the situation is more consumer and ECO-friendly, despite countless loopholes in the law, which the industrial giants consciously and purposely misuse to harvest greater profits.

Read my article on the correlation between pesticides and Parkinson's disease: https://read.cash/@Gemstone/the-correlation-between-pesticides-and-parkinsons-disease-e069e395

The EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) is responsible for monitoring and regulating the quality of air, soil, and water. The agency is supposed to be independent and honest in notifying the general public about the dangers of the widespread use of well-known chemicals. Unfortunately, industrial giants have political appointees who override judgments and laws of independent Staff. That's quite problematic when it comes to preserving the health of a large population.

Over the years, we've seen the ups and downs of EPA and it tracks very closely with who is in the White House, says, Prof. Landrigan. As a result, people who live and work in agriculturally oriented rural communities were exposed to heavy doses of hazardous chemicals (which should have been removed from the market a long time ago if EPA was truly an independent and protective agency as it was meant to be). Consequently, rates of childhood leukemia are twice as high in farm children as in "urban" children. It is hard to pin down the precise cause, but it is clear that the main culprit lies in agricultural chemicals.

Such was the case of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide from a family of organophosphates. It was designed in Germany in the 1930s and deliberately engineered to attack Acetylcholinesterase, a receptor of the insects' nervous system. Humans possess a more robust version of the same receptor, thus, making us susceptible to chlorpyrifos to some degree. The consequences of exposure are horrendous. If a mother gets exposed during the nine months of pregnancy, the chlorpyrifos will cross the placenta and affect fetal development, resulting in irreversible consequences, such as an underdeveloped brain. Such babies are born with heads smaller in volume because their brains have not fully developed. Often, victims have very low IQs, are prone to delinquency, drug use, fornication, and violence, and have shorter lifespans. MRI scans at the University of Columbia (New York) found functional abnormalities in those children's brains. As I stated in part four, it is common for the fetus to absorb all toxins, thus, saving the mother while suffering irreversible consequences of poisoning.

According to Prof. Landrigan, among the first decisions of the Trump administration was the one to stop researching the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos. As a result, this agent of destruction remained on the market. Recently, Biden's administration banned it, hopefully for good. That should not surprise you because it is no secret that industry is heavily involved in lobbying the federal government. Monetary gains are (nowadays) more important than human lives. Corporations have a great deal of power over politicians. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has written a book called "Captured" which talks about how corporate money captures far too many politicians.

There is a profound difference between industry-funded studies and studies performed by independent scientists. We have seen that with lead, mercury, and fluoride. Studies supported by the industry in 99.9% of cases conclude there is nothing to worry about. "Our chemicals are perfectly safe and should be consumed en masse," they say. If you want to know the truth, you must rely upon independent studies and ignore the studies supported by the industry because the industry manipulates the data, Prof. Landrigan concludes.

One way to radically reduce your exposure to hazardous pesticides is by buying locally-grown organic fruits and consuming meat and dairy from small ecologically-friendly farms. According to Prof. Landrigan, people who consume organic fruits and vegetables have 90% less pesticide in their bodies.

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