Comments on: Is Our Sexuality (and our Future) at Stake? http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/ Cooking up trouble, dishing out advice. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Nicola http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-10955 Nicola Mon, 03 May 2010 11:12:02 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-10955 This is a Fantastic website and thank you for sharing this with all of your readers. It makes me sad to hear that so many people still do not know about these kinds of facts, we need to as a whole world need to become informed on this topic and others that scarily similar, pesticides,chemicals and food additives are every where and in everything!! Chemicals that can cause major damage to you and your family are in your every day products, your shampoo,conditioner,toothpaste,houshold cleaning products, hair spray, sunscreen, the list goes on and on, when you really start to look at what you and your family are eating and puting on or in your body every other day, its totally shocking and ethical wrong. Get educated as much as possible, stop spending your hard earned money of food and products that are slowly killing you and the ones you love. Take care Nicola This is a Fantastic website and thank you for sharing this with all of your readers. It makes me sad to hear that so many people still do not know about these kinds of facts, we need to as a whole world need to become informed on this topic and others that scarily similar, pesticides,chemicals and food additives are every where and in everything!! Chemicals that can cause major damage to you and your family are in your every day products, your shampoo,conditioner,toothpaste,houshold cleaning products, hair spray, sunscreen, the list goes on and on, when you really start to look at what you and your family are eating and puting on or in your body every other day, its totally shocking and ethical wrong. Get educated as much as possible, stop spending your hard earned money of food and products that are slowly killing you and the ones you love.
Take care
Nicola

]]> By: Roger L Whited http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-10763 Roger L Whited Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:28:52 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-10763 There is only one company that produces Seven now. With all the testing being available, no one knows what the side effects are. Eight is the alternative or Garden dust. Do u remember when a Seven mfg.plant exploded in India, many hundreds of deaths were caused by the chem. drift? The artificial sweet'ner Splenda, is sugar with two CHLORINE MOLECULES. ASPERTAME, HAS been discovered in the brain in a JELL- LIKE SUBSTANCE,with aluminum, that is linked to ALISHEIMERS(sp) . None of my rats have died so I use Saccharin. now for now..BAD SPELLERS OF THE WORLD UNTIE!!!!!!!!!! There is only one company that produces Seven now. With all the testing being available, no one knows what the side effects are. Eight is the alternative or Garden dust. Do u remember when a Seven mfg.plant exploded in India, many hundreds of deaths were caused by the chem. drift? The artificial sweet’ner Splenda, is sugar with two CHLORINE MOLECULES. ASPERTAME, HAS been discovered in the brain in a JELL- LIKE SUBSTANCE,with aluminum, that is linked to ALISHEIMERS(sp) . None of my rats have died so I use Saccharin. now for now..BAD SPELLERS OF THE WORLD UNTIE!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Roger L Whited http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-10760 Roger L Whited Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:47:36 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-10760 wow where to begin! The Rio Grande cannot be used for irrigation, Mexico does not have a regulatory for chemicals disposal. All the industries that moved south, just over the border, dump into the river! There are places that u cannot even touch,because the liquid in the river is deadly poison to skin contact! YES THEY HAVE FOUND ATRAZINE IN THE CORN PRODUCED ! Years ago when they first introduces sprayers and chemicals for weed control no one knew of the side effects. I personally know of farmers that became allergic to the very ground they farmed(could not farm with out the new air- conditioned filtered tight cabs the new tractors had), the chemicals eventually killed them even tho they quit farming! I worked in a ag. business and my job was to over haul the sprayer pumps for customers. I picked a pump up without washing the pump in a neutralizer , and my right hand started burning at once for a liquid had not been drained out! Atrazine! I immediately washed with cold running water and then with soap and water, but the burning did not stop. I just put up with it>to my avail my hand the next spring broke out in a pattern the same as the spill the spring before! That was 50 years ago, my hand still has the dead skin, in kinda circular spots that occur in the spring, and it has gone up my arm! Like ,being shot with a bb and having the skin,dead,flaking in a circular pattern from the center. I developed psoriasis, well after my 64th bd. and this is a child hood disease, could it be the bad ATR-- well u know. NOW MONSANTO, RECEIVED A JUDICIAL JUDGEMENT THAT THEIR GMO PAT.td products that spread their pollen to organic crops (the farmer lost their ORGANTIC LABEL ,had to destroy fruit in Hawaii) and had to forfeit their tree crops produced for paper. the crops were the property(due to the patient)IOf MONSANTO!!! THE NEXT KICKER IS THAT.. they are considering that the Eatable crops,could thru GMO's have insecticides within! NOW the lettuce scare was caused by too much nitrogen in the fertilizer. Romane was found to have salmanilla because of; the newer the inner leaves the higher the contamination. wow where to begin! The Rio Grande cannot be used for irrigation, Mexico does not have a regulatory for chemicals disposal. All the industries that moved south, just over the border, dump into the river! There are places that u cannot even touch,because the liquid in the river is deadly poison to skin contact! YES THEY HAVE FOUND ATRAZINE IN THE CORN PRODUCED ! Years ago when they first introduces sprayers and chemicals for weed control no one knew of the side effects. I personally know of farmers that became allergic to the very ground they farmed(could not farm with out the new air- conditioned filtered tight cabs the new tractors had), the chemicals eventually killed them even tho they quit farming! I worked in a ag. business and my job was to over haul the sprayer pumps for customers. I picked a pump up without washing the pump in a neutralizer , and my right hand started burning at once for a liquid had not been drained out! Atrazine! I immediately washed with cold running water and then with soap and water, but the burning did not stop. I just put up with it>to my avail my hand the next spring broke out in a pattern the same as the spill the spring before! That was 50 years ago, my hand still has the dead skin, in kinda circular spots that occur in the spring, and it has gone up my arm! Like ,being shot with a bb and having the skin,dead,flaking in a circular pattern from the center. I developed psoriasis, well after my 64th bd. and this is a child hood disease, could it be the bad ATR– well u know. NOW MONSANTO, RECEIVED A JUDICIAL JUDGEMENT THAT THEIR GMO PAT.td products that spread their pollen to organic crops (the farmer lost their ORGANTIC LABEL ,had to destroy fruit in Hawaii) and had to forfeit their tree crops produced for paper. the crops were the property(due to the patient)IOf MONSANTO!!! THE NEXT KICKER IS THAT.. they are considering that the Eatable crops,could thru GMO’s have insecticides within! NOW the lettuce scare was caused by too much nitrogen in the fertilizer. Romane was found to have salmanilla because of; the newer the inner leaves the higher the contamination.

]]> By: Jenn Leonard http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-10173 Jenn Leonard Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:48:58 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-10173 So so agreed!Thank you for this post! So so agreed!Thank you for this post!

]]> By: michelle at smartlifeways http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-9801 michelle at smartlifeways Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:46:42 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-9801 Thanks for this urgent post. I recently returned from Hawaii and was shocked to see Syngenta and Premier having a huge presence on Kauai and that corn was being grown-and I knew it had to be GMO corn. I looked up Syngenta and of course it led me to the atrazine story. Yes, banned in the country the company is from, and in the EU, but used here as you pointed out in massive doses. Sounds like a science fiction nightmare but it is true. To see this presence in a place as pristine as Hawaii was heartbreaking, and also to know that with winds and a small island seed contamination in inevitable. It is time for all of us to begin contacting our elected officials and let them know how we feel. Big-Ag has had their ear, and filled their pockets, but it is time that we start talking LOUD! Thanks for this urgent post. I recently returned from Hawaii and was shocked to see Syngenta and Premier having a huge presence on Kauai and that corn was being grown-and I knew it had to be GMO corn. I looked up Syngenta and of course it led me to the atrazine story. Yes, banned in the country the company is from, and in the EU, but used here as you pointed out in massive doses.
Sounds like a science fiction nightmare but it is true. To see this presence in a place as pristine as Hawaii was heartbreaking, and also to know that with winds and a small island seed contamination in inevitable.
It is time for all of us to begin contacting our elected officials and let them know how we feel. Big-Ag has had their ear, and filled their pockets, but it is time that we start talking LOUD!

]]> By: Jill http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-9706 Jill Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:01:45 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-9706 Margaret Atwood (The HandMaid's Tale) is looking like a prophet. Margaret Atwood (The HandMaid’s Tale) is looking like a prophet.

]]> By: Terri http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-9661 Terri Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:06:39 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-9661 Because of the evidence of potential harm that atrazine may cause to humans and the environment, the EPA has recently launched a thorough investigation of the short-term and long-term effects of this chemical. They are involving other agencies in their investigation as well so that there will be less of a chance of outside influence in their research. Atrazine is an herbicide that is very persistent and can leach in to ground water when applied inappropriately. Fortunately, atrazine is not highly used on lawns and cannot be used by homeowners! There are other pesticides that may be involved in human maladities which may include insecticides such as chlorinated hydrocarbins (such as DDT), organophosphates, and carbamates. Chlorinated hydrocarbons are estrogen-mimickers and also have been linked to underdeveloped egg-shells in predatory birds. Most of the chlorinated hydrocarbons are no longer registered for use in the United States (DDT was banned in 1972), and those that are being used are highly restricted. There is ongoning research to the long-term effects of this class of pesticide since it this group of pesticides are extremely persistent in the environment. Unfortunately, this group of pesticides is still highly used in under-developed countries. Organophosphates and Cabamates are nerve poisons and are highly toxic to humans and other wildlife. Although many carbamates and organophosphates have lost their registration due to their toxicty levels (and the fact that carbamates are associated with groundwater contamination), many are still widely used. What is very shocking is that homeowners are permitted to use these pesticides! Homeowner's do not have the training to handle these nasty insecticides (and some herbicides too), and are responsible for a good chunk of our groundwater contamination human and wildlife poisoning! The EPA was set up to protect people and the environment from the effects of pesticides. To date, many pesticides have lost registration due to their toxic effects and it has become much more difficult to register pesticides. I believe they are doing their job, however, they still have a way to go as more information presents itself on other currently registered pesticides. I believe that the EPA could alleviate a lot of pesticide contamination/poisoning by not allowing the untrained public to purchase and use highly toxic and persistent pesticides (such as malathion, certain ortho products and seven). The unfortunate problem with organically grown products is the higher cost of organics over conventionally grown food. But since I have been a consumer, this has changed drastically! Since the demand for organic products has grown, more organics are being produced and sold in most supermarkets. With more demand for organics comes more orgaincs being produced. Who knows what the trend will be 20 years from now...but I am optomistic! Because of the evidence of potential harm that atrazine may cause to humans and the environment, the EPA has recently launched a thorough investigation of the short-term and long-term effects of this chemical. They are involving other agencies in their investigation as well so that there will be less of a chance of outside influence in their research. Atrazine is an herbicide that is very persistent and can leach in to ground water when applied inappropriately. Fortunately, atrazine is not highly used on lawns and cannot be used by homeowners!

There are other pesticides that may be involved in human maladities which may include insecticides such as chlorinated hydrocarbins (such as DDT), organophosphates, and carbamates.

Chlorinated hydrocarbons are estrogen-mimickers and also have been linked to underdeveloped egg-shells in predatory birds. Most of the chlorinated hydrocarbons are no longer registered for use in the United States (DDT was banned in 1972), and those that are being used are highly restricted. There is ongoning research to the long-term effects of this class of pesticide since it this group of pesticides are extremely persistent in the environment. Unfortunately, this group of pesticides is still highly used in under-developed countries.

Organophosphates and Cabamates are nerve poisons and are highly toxic to humans and other wildlife. Although many carbamates and organophosphates have lost their registration due to their toxicty levels (and the fact that carbamates are associated with groundwater contamination), many are still widely used. What is very shocking is that homeowners are permitted to use these pesticides! Homeowner’s do not have the training to handle these nasty insecticides (and some herbicides too), and are responsible for a good chunk of our groundwater contamination human and wildlife poisoning!

The EPA was set up to protect people and the environment from the effects of pesticides. To date, many pesticides have lost registration due to their toxic effects and it has become much more difficult to register pesticides. I believe they are doing their job, however, they still have a way to go as more information presents itself on other currently registered pesticides.

I believe that the EPA could alleviate a lot of pesticide contamination/poisoning by not allowing the untrained public to purchase and use highly toxic and persistent pesticides (such as malathion, certain ortho products and seven).

The unfortunate problem with organically grown products is the higher cost of organics over conventionally grown food. But since I have been a consumer, this has changed drastically! Since the demand for organic products has grown, more organics are being produced and sold in most supermarkets. With more demand for organics comes more orgaincs being produced. Who knows what the trend will be 20 years from now…but I am optomistic!

]]> By: Sacha http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-9636 Sacha Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:51:11 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-9636 glad someone has the guts to tell the world what has been kindly pushed out of their minds for years. keep it up, i will read anything you put out there. glad someone has the guts to tell the world what has been kindly pushed out of their minds for years. keep it up, i will read anything you put out there.

]]> By: Tina http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-9635 Tina Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:23:09 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-9635 I believe there are many pesticides still in use in South and Central America that have been banned for use in the U.S. for several decades. (Yet crops treated with them can be sold in our supermarkets; they just can't be spread on U.S. grown crops. Another reason not to buy out-of-season produce.) Are the chemicals that you refer to the ones that the U.S. has already banned for use here, or are they still commonly used in this country too? Is there any research to suggest that American children who grow up on conventional farms have a higher rate of infertility or hormone disruption issues than the general population? I believe there are many pesticides still in use in South and Central America that have been banned for use in the U.S. for several decades. (Yet crops treated with them can be sold in our supermarkets; they just can’t be spread on U.S. grown crops. Another reason not to buy out-of-season produce.) Are the chemicals that you refer to the ones that the U.S. has already banned for use here, or are they still commonly used in this country too? Is there any research to suggest that American children who grow up on conventional farms have a higher rate of infertility or hormone disruption issues than the general population?

]]> By: Maya http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/is-our-sexuality-and-our-future-at-stake/comment-page-1/#comment-9632 Maya Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:47:52 +0000 http://www.mariasfarmcountrykitchen.com/?p=1098#comment-9632 Oi! How can these companies get away with this?!?! I did not sign up for this! Oi! How can these companies get away with this?!?! I did not sign up for this!

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