Thursday, October 21, 2010

PAEP Poster - "Pesticides - Who Needs Em?"

Dr. Margaret Sanborn's 2003 Canadian Study Confirms Berkley Study that Children are More Susceptible to Pesticides even in the Womb.   One of Dr. Sanborn's more disturbing findings was that about 1/3 of Canadian children DO NOT possess the genetic make-up to detoxify common pesticides. Additionally Dr. Sanborn found that Maternal use of pesticides in the home during pregnancy was an accurate predictor for childhood Leukemia.
Below you will find a list of Dr. Sanborn's findings:
Reproductive Effects: The developing fetus has a critical period between 3-8 weeks gestation when major organs are being formed. This is the period when pesticides appear to have their strongest effect; it is also a time when women may be unaware they are pregnant.   
  • A California Study showed that maternal pesticide exposure from 3-8 weekis  [gestation]  was associated with an increase in miscarriages due to major birth defects
  • The Ontario Farm Family Health Study documented a 40-50% increase in early spontaneous abortions in farm women exposed to 2,4-D or atrazine type herbicides before conception.
  • Research done in Montreal has shown that fetuses exposed to pesticides by maternal home and garden use during pregnancy have a 2 to 5 times [that is to say 200% to 500% greater] risk of developing acute lymphocytic leukemia by age 9.
  • The risk of leukemia is highest if the child has one of two genetic subtypes which cause an inability to break down pesticides. This genetic subtype is not a rare occurrence; in the Montreal study it was present in 35.5% of children. In other words, about one-third of Canadian children are born with a specific inability to detoxify commonly used pesticides, and a corresponding increased vulnerability to adverse health effects including cancer. Cancer in Canadian children under age 15 has doubled over the past 25 years.
Dr. Margaret Sanborn is a rural family physician, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University, and a member of the Ontario College of Family Physicians Environmental Health Committee. (Excerpt: EHANS)

Monday, October 11, 2010

PAEP Poster - “Basketball Boy”

School-aged children are being negatively affected by chemicals including "scent" in ever increasing numbers. For some students a reaction to "scent" can precipitate an Anaphylactic Reaction.

Some schools such as Crescent Collegiate High School in Newfoundland, Canada have instituted a strict "no-scent" policy in parallel to bans on peanuts and other allergens in order to protect the health of their student populations.   Some children with severe allergies can go on to develop a condition called Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. Read what the National Fibromyalgia Association has to say about Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) and the severity of some "scent" allergies.

PAEP Poster - "Organic Garden"

PstrOrganicGardensHow Does YOUR Garden Grow? - With "Silver Bells and Cockle Shells?" 
This often repeated line from the Nursery Rhyme is not the reality today.  Instead many of us are relying on Pesticides and Herbicides to Grow our Gardens.  But Research Now Shows Children are Critically Susceptible to Pesticides
According to Michael Jolliffe writing for NaturalNews.com, July 21, 2009 Straight to the Source
 "A new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives has revealed that children are dangerously vulnerable to the effects of environmental pesticides, and for far longer than originally suspected.Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered that children lack sufficient levels of the enzyme most responsible for detoxifying pesticides up to the age of seven and possibly for longer. Known as paraxonase or PON1, the enzyme is the most important defense the body has against organophosphate chemicals, a major ingredient of the most commonly used agricultural pesticides..." More details at the following link: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18621.cfm
-------------------------------------------------------------

PAEP Poster - “Baby Cuddles”

According to the Research of Dr. Philip LandriganPstbabyBreastCuddles at New York's Mt. Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center:  "measurable levels of hundreds of manmade chemicals are routinely found in the bodies of all Americans including newborns."   A growing number of harmful compounds are being found in  "everyday household items" and are contributing to the sharp increase in childhood disease and death according to Dr. Landrigan.   Due to increasing levels of polluting chemicals, childhood asthma in pre-schoolers  is up 160% in the past 15 years.  Phthalates - a group of chemicals used to make scent last longer utilized in many scented products in North America - have been linked to hypospadias in newborn baby boys - a deformity of the penis whereby the urethral opening is "misplaced" at the base of the penis.  These infants must endure painful surgery at a very tender age to correct the deformity.   Dr. Landrigan supports and hopes for the passage of the Child Safe Chemical Act (CSCA) that would force chemical manufacturers to undergo rigorous testing to prove the safety of the 62,000 untested chemicals that they are presently flooding into our homes in the form of everyday household items.  Even if  legislation were in place, 62,000 chemicals will not disappear overnight.  As parents we need not wait until our Governments see fit to protect our children from these chemicals.   Our Children deserve  our protection NOW starting in the womb.  WE - Parents, Grandparents, Guardians, and Caregivers HAVE THE POWER to create change and in so doing - create a healthy world for our children.  Nothing brings change faster than a Change in Consumer Buying Habits.  Every time we make a choice to buy "Scent-Free" and more natural products we send a resounding message to Chemical Manufacturers on behalf of our kids - that we intend to have - "Chem-Free Kids".  To quote Dr. Landrigan: "Children are 30 % of our population but they are 100% of our Future.  They deserve our protection."   Is there anything more true than these words?

search engine optimization services