Category: Toxins
The facts about chemicals, pesticides, and clean water.
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EPA Scraps Scheduled Ban of Widely Used Pesticide Known to Harm Kids’ Brains
In one of his first major decisions as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Scott Pruitt sided with the pesticide lobby over scientists Wednesday in an eleventh-hour decision to abort the agency’s proposal to ban chlorpyrifos—an insecticide that at small doses can harm children’s brains and nervous systems—from use on food crops. Pruitt and the…
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Potent carcinogen contaminated drinking water used by millions
According to a new nationwide Gallup survey, Americans are really worried about contaminants in their drinking water. Nearly two-thirds of Americans have “a great deal” concern about pollution of tap water, and 57 percent worry “a great deal” about pollution of the nation’s rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Concern hasn’t been this high since 2001. The…
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Let’s Talk About The Threat of Toxins On Our Children
HFI: Toxins and Our Kids. Tiny amounts of lead, chemical flame retardants and organophosphate pesticides such as Round Up, among other toxins, course through the blood of nearly every American. But just how much worry is a little poison worth? A lot, especially when considering the cumulative effects of this chemical cocktail on children. Our…
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STOP Giving Your Child Tylenol!
HFI: Tylenol. It’s in every medicine cabinet, recommended by doctors and ‘doctor grandma’. But the truth is … it’s bad. Really really bad. You should throw it out, run away from anyone who says you should use it, and never look back. It has a black box warning – one of the strongest warning given…
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Nampa ID City Parks Reduce Usage of Health Damaging Roundup
HFI: VERY important news… “Napa is phasing out the herbicide, known by its brand name Roundup, and is substituting other substances, plus increased mulching to attack weeds in public recreational areas, according to Dave Perazzo, the city’s director of parks, trees and facilities.” See Full Article At the Nampa Registar http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-edges-away-from-glyphosate-weed-killer-in-city-parks/article_096c09bd-140e-5a3d-a325-d97cab4e88e2.html Why This Is Important…
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Idaho boy sprayed by cyanide planted by US Department of Agriculture, dog killed
HFI: BOMBS in IDAHO? By Whose Authorization? WHY NO NOTIFICATION? “300 yards from this swingset next to my house there were 2 cyanide bombs. It kills anything. It almost killed my child and it did kill my dog,” Mark said. “I don’t want it to kill my neighbors.” POCATELLO, ID –The family of a teenage…
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The Most Toxic Chemical Ever Used Now Found In Our Natural Suppliments?
HFI: Glyphosate. Its that chemical found in roundup, that is sprayed on our fields, on our foods and eaten by the animals we eat. The cycle of contamination continues as it ends up in the gelatin that is used in capsules packaging supplements and medicines. From the Healthy traditions website: Glyphosate is in 80% of…
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How sugar affects the brain
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of your reward system is not unlike how bodies process addictive substances such as alcohol or nicotine — an overload of sugar spikes dopamine levels and leaves you craving more. Nicole Avena explains what sugar…
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EPA to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
OCTOBER 30, 2015 Washington, D.C. — Some 15 years after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned chlorpyrifos from residential use, the agency proposed today to ban the neurotoxic pesticide from use in agricultural fields as well. The announcement came after a recent court of appeals decisions gave EPA a deadline to take meaningful action on…
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TOXIC Neonicotinoids EPA Approved Bee Killer
HFI: Important!! Neonicotinoids Do not, I repeat, do not buy plants treated with Neonicotinoids. Bees take the pollen back to the hive and feed it to the brood. This is the number one cause of colony collapse! They are banned in Europe! Avoid these toxins and Save the bees! Neonicotinoids are also known to kill…