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Methamphetamine is a drug made from “off the shelf items” heated to form an explosive complex mixture that is further distilled into a “high profit street drug”. It is becoming the “hill billy” quick profit moonshine drug of the country. For ever part of “produced street drug” six equal parts become a toxic sludge that is quietly dumped on farmlands, along urban streets and into our water shed.
Meth Addiction; the Sources
From clinical research, it has been discovered that there is direct relationship between the “quality of the ephedrine” and the rate of extent of addiction. India was the number one producer shipping into Mexico for processing and delivery into the USA during the 90’s. The Indians began to realize their “OTC antihistamine” was the primary source so they stopped production.
The Latest High quality Ephedrine Manufacturer
The Chinese took up producing the high quality “OTC antihistamine” for the same drug market. The quality increased the addiction rate and the Chinese use the money to subsidize their methamphetamine addiction recovery programs for the Chinese people.
Is Methamphetamine a True “Street Drug”?
The reality of methamphetamine is that is different than any “street drug” encountered before it. The person taking the drug is not the only person that is receiving a “dosage”. In fact, when one person smokes a “crack pipe with methamphetamine” the whole city block receives a dosage and the drug shows up in their blood stream. Meth does not discriminate against age, color, or social class; it is a equal opportunity destroyer of property, lives, and the environment.
What Makes Methamphetamine Stand out from Other “Street Drugs”?
Methamphetamine is in a small group of drugs some “designer” that does permanent damage to the brain chemistry. Methamphetamine and other drugs that interfere with the production of dopamine destroy the individual’s ability to “feel or emote”. Methamphetamine is the drug of choice for controlling an individual.
The Side Effects of Methamphetamine
The drug can cause blind rages that have resulted in the deaths of others. The drug mimics schizophrenia, delusional behavior and mental illness. The use of Methamphetamine permanently destroys parts of the brain the directly affect healing, emotion, stability, balance, and cognition. The psychotic symptoms of meth use can last for months or years after methamphetamine use has stopped.
When the euphoric effects of methamphetamine wear off, addicts enter what is called the “tweaking stage”. The addict is capable of violence, delusions, paranoia, and feelings of emptiness. Sleep usually is impossible; addicts in this stage methamphetamine of abuse can become violent without provocation.
The addict craves the drug to the point of doing anything to get to the drug. Methamphetamines provoke some of the strongest withdrawal symptoms which make it so important to a trafficker to get their victims to cooperate.
What Segment of the Underworld is most likely to Use and Promote Methamphetamines?
The sex slave trade uses this drug extensively. Methamphetamines rob victims of the most precious resource; their mind. Methamphetamines prevent victims from escaping, coping with the situation, and the ability to fight the abuse they are forced to withstand. Texas and California are the two largest enclaves for human trafficking, http://bit.ly/r8tw4W.
The Rise of Methamphetamine
Since methamphetamine has become the “drug of choice for forced slave labor” the amount of child sex slave workers in the United States has grown to roughly 100,000 or more. Texas and California are on the front of this terrible industry. Oddly enough the incidence of meth in these two states is high also. The average life of a “slave” is four years.
Texas and California remain on the forefront of the Meth influx and abuse with Texas having seized 1727.5 pounds of meth in 2008, latest research, 2008 and California having seized 420.9 pounds of meth, latest research 2006.
What Possible Kinds of Haz-Mat Materials are dumped on our Land and into our Water Systems?
The EPA estimates that for each pound of methamphetamine produced, between five and six pounds of highly toxic waste is generated. Many of these substances have long term impact on the environment. Reading the list of chemicals is like looking at a report on the Love Canal (Super fund Clean Up Waste Site).
What About the Chemicals?
Most of the chemicals and their metabolites (oxidized and digested components) are more toxic than the original chemicals. A large percentage of these chemicals have the capacity to be biologically absorbed into living creatures, via water, air or ingestion. The chemicals found below have the potential to explode during the process of making Methamphetamine.
Such chemicals have the potential to be airborne an inhaled by people as far as a mile away from the “Lab”. There are no safety protocols by those that “Cook Meth”. No community can survive (health or environmentally) the onslaught of chemical pollution that Methamphetamine drizzles upon the landscape.
Substances found at Methamphetamine Laboratory Sites by the EPA:
Cyanides– highly toxic
Irritants and Corrosives– highly toxic to mildly toxic
Acetic Acid (liquid), Acetic Anhydride (liquid), Acetyl Chloride (liquid), Ammonium Hydroxide (liquid), Benzyl Chloride(liquid), Dimethylsulfate (liquid), Formaldehyde (liquid), Formic Acid (liquid), Hydrogen chloride or Hydrochloric Acid (gas,liquid), Hydrobromic Acid (liquid), Hydr-Iodic Acid (liquid), Hydroxylamine (liquid, solid), Methylamine (liquid, gas, solid), Methylene chloride (dichloromethane, methylene dichloride)(liquid), Methyl Methacrylate (liquid), Nitroethane (liquid), Oxalyl Chloride (liquid), Perchloric Acid (liquid), Phenylmagnesium Bromide (liquid), Phosphine (gas), Phosphorous Oxychloride (solid), Phosphorus Pentoxide (solid), Sodamide (solid), Sodium Metal (solid), Sulfur Trioxide (liquid, solid), Sodium Hydroxide (liquid, solid),Sulfuric Acid (liquid), Tetrahydrofuran (liquid), Thionyl Chloride (liquid)
Solvents– highly toxic to mildly toxic
Acetone (liquid), Acetonitrile (liquid), Aniline (liquid), Benzene (liquid), Benzyl Chloride (liquid), Carbon Tetrachloride (liquid),Chloroform (liquid), Cyclohexane (liquid), Dioxane (liquid), Ethanol (liquid), Ethyl Acetate (liquid), Ethyl Ether (liquid), Freon 11 (tri-chloro– mono-fluoro-methane) (liquid), Hexane (liquid), Isopropanol (liquid), methanol (liquid), methylene chloride (liquid), Petroleum Ether (liquid), Pyridine (liquid), Toluene (liquid), O-Toluidine (liquid)
Metals-Salts
Magnesium Metal (solid), Red Phosphorus (solid), Mercuric Chloride (solid), Lead Acetate (solid), Lithium Aluminum Hydride (solid), Lithium Hydroxide (solid), Potassium Hydroxide (solid), Raney Nickel (solid), Sodium hydroxide (solid), Sodium Metal (solid in kerosene), Potassium Metal (solid in kerosene)
Other Haz-Mat Materials
Ammonia (anhydrous), Aluminum Chloride (solid), Palladium (solid), Iodine (solid), Thorium Salts (solid), Fentanyl (solid), Hydrogen (gas), Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) (Powder), MPTP (solid), MPPP (solid), Methyl fentanyl (solid), Phenylacetic Acid (solid),phenyl-2-propane (liquid), Piperdine (liquid)
2004 brought disturbing information to the forefront of sunscreen technologies. In fact, many technologies rely upon nano-particles. Carbon based nano-particles are toxic to “water
fleas” killing in tainted water, half the water flea population within two days. The largemouth bass used in the test of nano particles in the water were found to have severe brain damage leading also to death. Manufactured nano-particles are harmful to the environment and to health by loading into the organs of the bodies that they are exposed to.
Can Nano Particles Cross the Blood Brain Barrier?
It is known that such nano-particles can cross the blood/brain barrier in humans, and it is easily noted that metals and re-actives attach to human tissues with ease. Whether carbon, titanium, zinc, or other reactive, studies suggest “severe” damage to brain tissue and liver tissues in the form of “lipid peroxidation.” Such instances have been linked, in humans, to illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Where are Nano Particles most often used?
Manufactured nano-particles, many are measuring a few billionths of a meter, compose a significant market creating Billions in annual revenues. Such particles are already used in commercial products ranging from anti-aging creams, sun block lotions to car bodies and even tennis racquets. Nano particles have unusual chemical properties. They are considered especially promising for applications in pharmaceutical drug delivery, cosmetics as well as more economically advantageous applications such as fuel cells and solar cells.
Public Awareness and the Nano Particle Dilemma
Many applications proposed for nano-particle metals, carbons or reactive compounds, are wide-ranging and many involve the release of such nano-particles in water or in soil. At this time, there is no independent body to assess the modifications or any regulations to prevent manufacturers from using nano-particles that may do harm to the environment or humanity itself. Before any reactive nano-particle is released into the environment there should be a coating or other method to make sure it is safely biocompatible. The situation is made more complicated by the fact that most manufacturers’ are unwilling to share their own safety studies with the public or with competitors.
Final Notes
Many sunscreens, sun blockers use nano-particle titanium, or zinc which to varying degrees are bio-reactive. UV protection may include these in their products.
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Bottled water comes with “Extra Flavoring”
For most people the taste of bottled water is a luxury. In homes where it is thought not feasible to place conventional water filter system bottled water is the order of the day. In the public water system, consumers can receive test results every year, about water quality issues. In the bottled water industry it is not required to disclose the results of any contaminant testing that it conducts.
Bottle Water Runs Fowl of Purity Standards
One Environmental Working Group (EWG) survey of 228 bottled water brands revealed that less than half revealed their water’s source or treatment history in their promotional materials.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) in sample testing found a wide array of chemical contaminants in every bottled water brand analyzed, including some very toxic byproducts of chlorination. Their research found that bottled water can be dirtier than tap water and in some cases, contain bacteria.
Bottle Water, Should We Trust It?
The Environmental Working Group does not trust bottled water and is concerned that the industry as a whole does not publicize the results of their water quality testing. The byproducts of chlorination are linked to bladder cancer. The sheer volume of bottled water people consume creates a wide host of more common health issues from mental health to cancer and auto immune diseases such as diabetes.
Is Consumer Confidence Well Placed in Big Corporate Interests?
Consumer confidence in the purity of bottled water is simply not justified. The Environmental Working Group purchased and tested 10 popular brands of bottled water, from grocery stores and other retailers in 9 states and the District of Columbia. The results showed an average of 8 contaminants and pollutants, with a total of 38 individual items found. One third of the contaminants was not regulated and exceeded safety health limits. Of the ten brands tested, four contained potentially harmful bacteria.
Is Bottle Water Just Repackaged Municipal Tap Water?
Bottled water showed no difference than repackaged municipal tap water. In fact, it was more harmful in the fact that the chlorine disinfection byproducts are more concentrated in the plastic bottles. Some brands contained fluoride without any labeling stating that fact. The decay rate and exposure rate to the plastic container and other process systems leads to more complicate and “free radical” molecules.
Bottled Water and the Chemical Soup, Is it as Healthy as Chicken Soup? No.
Bottled water has been shown by researcher to contain xeno-estrogens as a byproduct of the processing or packaging. Harmful and highly bio reactive trihalomethanes and bromodichloromethanes were found in samples of bottled water. These are responsible for reproductive disorders, cancer and several auto-immune diseases.
Drugs and the Bottled Water Product, Wandering Through The Haze
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that most of the bottle water products came from ordinary tap water systems. These systems have been found to have pharmaceuticals that include anti-depressant medications, antibiotics, anti-consultants, mood stabilizers, sex hormones (birth control), anti-seizure medications, anti-inflammatory medications, painkillers, and yes, even caffeine. Some bottled waters contained levels of carcinogens that exceeded even the industry’s standards.
Bottled Water and the Human Factor, Is it a Risk?
Bottled water has been found to contain the byproducts of chlorine-based disinfection, caffeine, pharmaceutical drugs, fertilizer residue, plasticizers, solvents, fuel propellants, arsenic, other minerals and heavy metals, and also radioactive isotopes. This is water that is ingested by the public, from children to the elderly. There is not a single group that has been left immune to the exposure. When a disaster happens, the first products sent to the area are bottled water products.
Conclusion: The impact of drinking bottled water is a long progressive and accumulative problem that results in increased medical costs and long term health care needs for an aging public.
There is a direct correlation to the amount of organo-chlorine blood plasma concentration and weight control. Organo-chlorines such as sucralose, interferes with the change the control of thermogenesis necessary for weight loss. Sucralose for example reduces the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50 percent, and increases the pH level in the intestines.
“Free” Havoc and the Human Hormone
Organo chlorines are organic compounds that are linked with the reactive halide chlorines. This bonding makes unnatural compounds that easily link up as “free Radical agents” in the human body hormone imbalances, and organ malfunctions. The NIH’s Report on Carcinogens (11th ed) describes vinyl chloride as a known cause of cancer known to cause genetic damage.
Chlorine, the plastic connection
Organo chlorines such as PVC is a plastic resin used in many consumer and industrial products, including automotive parts and accessories, furniture, medical supplies, containers, wrapping film, battery cell separators, electrical insulation, water distribution systems, flooring, windows, videodiscs, irrigation systems, and credit cards.
Chlorine, the Pharma connection
Some chemicals and “Pharma” Drugs that are organo-chlorinated: aldrin, dieldrin, arochlor, chlordane, heptachlor, mirex hexachlorobenzene, oxychlordane, toxaphene, lindane, endosulfan, methoxychlor, dicofol, pentachlorophenol, PCB’s, PCA’s, dichlor, (2, 4, Dichloro-), and Phenols. They are found in pesticides, industrial solvents, and many of the PCBs are still found in our environment due to lack of oversight into their industrial use.
As of 2004, there were at least 165 organo-chlorine based “Pharma Drugs” approved worldwide for use as pharmaceutical drugs. They include vancomycin, the antihistamine loratadine (Claritin), the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft), the anti-epileptic lamotrigine (Lamictal), and the inhalation anesthetic isoflurane.
What goes in, must come out, what happens there?
Decomposing chlorine compounds turn into “Trihalomethanes”. These are the “digested” by-products of organo-chlorine products such as the “antibacterial” soap active ingredient “Triclosan”. They also are formed as a by-product of chlorine when added to disinfect drinking water. Such occurances happen because Chlorine is a reactive halide and looks to find “chemical partners” that make it into more stable compounds
Secondary metabolites are created as a result of the “digestion” of a particular chemical or its compound. Unstable elements desire to form comfortable states, in the soil or water environ that “chemical companionship” is only available to the opportunities found in that environ. Today we experience a wider variety of chemical and naturally biological compounds mixing and forming new partnerships, which may be to the detriment of humanity.
The most common “predators” of these chemicals are fungi, and bacteria. The life cycle of these “predators” can and often do, attack other biological immune systems, such as aspergillums’ which mimic allergies and pneumonia symptoms in humans and animals. Fungi and bacteria are subject to “natural selection” and they can be encouraged to “benefit” upon the wide spread use of chemicals for their metabolism.
The use of organo chlorines without proper oversight is creating other more serious problems with “fungal, bacterial” blooms that create “Franken” mycotoxic reactions. Organo-chlorines are included into the consumer market on a wide scale without the information being put forth of the consequences of their usage. Pesticides are not a natural anti-bactericide, Triclosan goes into the water waste system, decomposes and creates unnatural forms of bacteria and fungi with the potential to serious harm to life on Earth.
Secondary Metabolites include dioxin, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found dioxin (a toxic byproduct of chlorine) to be 300,000 times more potent as a carcinogen than DDT. In this instance byproduct means secondary metabolite or digested remains from either a bacteria or fungi that has once more successfully mutated. How many times must we get the “reaction” from one of these mutations, dump more antibiotics at the “symptoms” and hope for the “best”.
What Pesticide is Sucralose? Who really tested it, and for what???
Animal Testing results for Sucralose.
Decreased red blood cells — sign of anemia — at levels above 1,500 mg/kg/day
Increased male infertility by interfering with sperm production and vitality, as well as brain lesions at higher doses
Enlarged and calcified kidneys (McNeil stated this is often seen with poorly absorbed substances and was of no toxicological significance. The FDA Final Rule agreed that these are findings that are common in aged female rats and are not significant.)
Spontaneous abortions in nearly half the rabbit population given Sucralose, compared to zero aborted pregnancies in the control group
A 23 percent death rate in Lab rabbits, compared to a 6 percent death rate in the control group
Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40% shrinkage)
Enlarged liver and kidneys
Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
Increased cecal weight (Rabbit)
Reduced growth rate
Hyperplasia of the pelvis
Extension of the pregnancy period
Aborted pregnancy
Decreased fetal body weights and placental weights
Diarrhea
Plasma sucralose has been reported to have a half-life of anywhere from 2 to 5 hours in most studies, although the half-life in rabbits was found to be much longer at about 36 hours.
As of 2006, only six human trials have been published about Sucralose. Two of the six trials were completed and published before the FDA approved the product for human consumption. In those two trials only 36 human subjects were tested with only 23 actually receiving any sucralose at all.
The testing lasted for four days, and only at the relationship of sucralose and tooth decay. There were no absorption tests conducted on women, children or the elderly. Only six men were evaluated in a short trial. No tolerances were ever set for sucralose.
What are the long term implications of society, when it breeds more “franken” organisms that will in time force the humans to become the “food”?
The most common source of Fluoride product for water fluoridation are sourced from China. Although the “products” are certified there is no conclusive publically available evidence for batch verification of the purity of each bag of the product inbound to our water systems. The fluoridation chemicals for drinking water in the US are not necessarily pharmaceutical grade. Abnormal unknown  insoluble products have been found within the fluoridation tanks after the application of Chinese Fluoride products are added.
Of any test shown the National Sanitation Foundation points to 90% of which are sodium fluorosilicate and fluorosilicic acid, both are as classified hazardous wastes and are contaminated with various impurities. The National Sanitation Foundation suggests that the levels of arsenic in these chemicals are relatively high (up to 1.6 ppb after dilution into public water). Fluoridated water increases the uptake of lead into children’s blood. Those “aberrant products” have no recurring and publically available tests showing what is in the product, nor has such information been made available.
Fluoride is the simplest element of Fluorine. Fluoride is nearly as reactive as hydrogen. It can be used to create smooth lubricants and tough polymers such as Goretex or become a common carrier for pharmaceutical drugs such as Efavirenz, Prevacid, Suprane, Paxipam, Glomerulin, Dihydroflumethazide, Livostin, Levocabastin, Diflucan, Flucytosin, Prolixin, Cyclocort, Diprosone, Advair, Diskus, Flonase, Lipitor, Baycol, Lescol, and Aprepitant .
Fluoride is not an essential nutrient (NRC 1993 and IOM 1997) to the human body. No disease has ever been linked to a fluoride deficiency. Fluoride is a reactive “free-radical” element.
Fluoride is used in drugs for hyperthyroidism. It is linked to causing hypothyroidism (dangerously underactive thyroid) in healthy people that consume fluoride. Symptoms of hypothyroidism are depression, fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint pains, increased cholesterol levels, and heart disease. Fluoride has been shown to cause chromosome damage and interference with the enzymes involved with DNA repair. Fluoride damages the mental IQ in those that drink fluoridated liquids or products the damage is quantified by the amount exposed.
Fluoride is toxic. It takes just 200 mg of the fluoride ion is to kill a young child, and just 3–5 grams (e.g. a teaspoon) to kill an adult. Fluoride itself readily forms complexes with a large number of metal ions; some of those metals interact in the body (like calcium and magnesium) and metals (like lead and aluminum). Fluoride has been linked to aluminum deposits in the brain, possibly a key to Alzheimer’s disease. Rats dosed prenatally demonstrated hyperactive behavior. Fluoridation is linked to bone cancers.
In the Asian subcontinent, skeletal fluorosis is endemic. It is known to cause irritable-bowel symptoms and joint pain. Early stages are not clinically obvious, and may be misdiagnosed as (seronegative) rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis. Although little research has been done, there is possible liver damage from fluoride product ingestion. Osteosarcoma directly linked to Fluoride, accounts for about 3 percent of all childhood cancers. The five-year mortality rate is around 50 percent, and nearly all survivors have limbs amputated, usually legs
Based on the scientific literature there is an increase of exposures to fluoride. There is no real benefit to dental health from the ingestion of fluoride and the hazards to human health resulting from such ingestion. The hazards of ingesting fluoride include acute toxicity to people with impaired kidney function, as well as chronic toxicity and harm to DNA mutations, cancer, reproductive effects, neurotoxicity, bone pathology and dental fluorosis.
Where does fluoride come from?
In the fertilizer industry, phosphate rock is acidulated with sulfuric acid, and the fluoride content of the rock evolves as volatile silico-fluorides. This was air pollutant within the smoke stack and its emissions. Today, fluorine recovery is necessary because of stringent environmental restrictions. The response to the expense of cleaning these harmful products, the fertilizer industry and others determined to convert them into harmless by-products for disposal or, even more desirably, into marketable products, water additives for the “protection of children’s teeth”.
City Worker shows NON-Water Soluble Sludge from Chinese “Fluoride Product”
For every pound of commercial fertilizer, 5 pounds of contaminated phosphogypsum slurry (calcium sulfate) is created. Roughly, 32 million tons of new gypsum waste is created each year by the phosphate industry, just in Central Florida alone. The average “gypsum stack” takes up about 135 acres of surface area — equal to about 100 football fields — and can go as high as 200 feet.
Gypsum is such an innocent term.
How could Gypsum be harmful?
In reality, some gypsums are naturally occurring. The gypsum stacks produced by the fertilizer industry are not “natural”. The gypsum product is loaded with the presence of uranium, and uranium’s various decay products (i.e.radium-226 which degrades into radon gas). Essentially, it is natural and unavoidable that phosphate mining results in radioactive material by products. After the extraction of soluble phosphate, uranium, and its decay-products are concentrated up to 60 times greater.
The world has become fertilizer dependent, but with care to the handling of the radioactive materials found in these “gypsum stacks” there could be potential materials for safe low or passive nuclear battery applications for the production of electricity. Modern science has a magnitude of solutions for turning such “problems” into new and safe energy inventions. The knowledge has long been tested and is ready to be put into place, if we can get the “interests” out of the way of common sense innovation.
Chlorpyrifos is marketed under the brand names Brodan, Detmol UA, Dowco 179, Dursban, Empire, Eradex, Lorsban, Paqeant, Piridane, Scout, and Stipend. It was “pulled” from the consumer market in the USA for harm to humans in 2001. Incidence of lung cancer was statistically significant to exposure.
Dow, the manufacturer of Chlorpyrifos (Dursban) has since been aggressively marketing the product to other countries such as India, and China. Dursban, Chlorpyrifos has been linked to peripheral neuropathy, birth defects, ADHD (Autism), palsy, growth retardation, hypotonia, and profound mental retardation. Chlorpyrifos (Dursban) quickly adheres to soil and plants, and enter s the groundwater shed system. It is an Organophosphate.
Grackles, pigeons, mallard ducks and robins are the most affected by Chlorpyrifos. Duck exposure in run off waters, harms their birth rates and adversely affects the health of ducklings. Robins are frequently found dead in areas where the pesticide has been spilled or “sprayed and drifted out of the desired spray zone”. Chlorpyrifos harms or kill bees, fish and earthworms. It may be a contributor to “Colony Collapse Disorder”.
Large-scale industrial farms still use the chemical for crops such as grapes, apples, celery, blueberries and strawberries. In fact, roughly 2 million pounds of Chlorpyrifos are used under the Dursban name annually. Over half of the product is used on three agricultural crops; corn 39%, tree nuts 15%, and soybeans 9%.
Chlorpyrifos has been used for years as a foundation pest control product. It is in cement foundations. Since cement is a mixture, Chlorpyrifos can migrate within the cement structure itself. It is found in ant and roach baits that are child resistant.
A further amount of roughly 13 million pounds of Chlorpyrifos applied as an active ingredient within other products is annually purposed into structural, agricultural and turf applications. This product leaches to various degrees into groundwater, and other ecologically sensitive areas. The latest research points out that Chlorpyrifos damages the human thyroid possibly leading to long term issues with thyroid health. The Thyroid is crucial to immune function and hormone regulation.
The June 2010 edition of the journal “Pediatrics” discusses that children that consume foods sprayed with Chlorpyrifos are at significantly higher risk for autism spectrum illnesses. Even in these findings organophosphates were found in children’s urine, children with some autism spectrum illnesses have a lower ability to remove such chemicals from their systems.
Insects are able to develop resistance against Chlorpyrifos. Culex pipiens L. (diptera: culicidae), western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis), two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), The Red Mite (Bed Bug’s that live in Poultry houses), German Cockroach (Orthoptera: Blattellidae), house fly (Musca domestica L.), Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum), and the Lesser Grain Borer (Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) all developed resistance under laboratory testing to Chlorpyrifos. The Bed Bug has repeatedly shown resistance in the field with a 70% survival rate to exposure of 20% Dursban.
Cancer Incidence Among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Chlorpyrifos
Chlorpyrifos Degradation in Concrete Foundation Slabs
Western Flower Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Resistance
Inheritance of chlorpyrifos resistance in Culex pipiens L. (diptera: culicidae)
Review of the Toxicology of Chlorpyrifos
Developmental Exposure to Chlorpyrifos
Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxin and suspected endocrine disruptor
Chlorpyrifos (Dursban)-associated birth defects
Chlorpyrifos — Identification, toxicity, use, water pollution potential, ecological toxicity and regulatory information
Susceptibility of the two-spotted mite to Chlorpyrifos
Chlorpyrifos Resistance in German Cockroach (Orthoptera: Blattellidae)
Insect resistance to Organophosphorus insecticides
Fipronil is a neurotoxin, usually in the form of a white powder. Fipronil is a common ingredient for solutions managing ants, beetles, cockroaches, termites and other infestations. Fipronil is also used as the active ingredient in several flea control products for pets, as a field pest control for corn, insect control for golf courses and commercial turf. If Fipronil is intended to provide greater safety than Chlorpyrifos, then exposure, persistence and pharmacokinetics demand further examination.
As an agent, Fipronil simply over whelms the GABA channel found in both vertebrates (e.g., humans, fish, and wildlife) and invertebrates. Invertebrates are more sensitive, but Fipronil is inherently a more potent disruptor of neuronal cell development than is Chlorpyrifos. That indicates that it may be something that should not be used in the home setting, on animals or within the range of children.
Fipronil is considered stable in the soil, but can leach into ground water and runoff to surface waters. The break down into secondary metabolites varies from 90 days in a stable field to shorter times in sun exposed areas. An animal treated with a product containing Fipronil, can have chemical residues on their skin for up to 56 days.
As the animal has contact with people and its greater environment those residues persist and create adverse effects on those that come into contact with Fipronil. As it is a general pesticide, the active ingredient fipronil is toxic to birds, lizards, fish and many other animals, even in minute concentrations with research showing clear adverse effects in reproduction and delayed development.
Fipronil is very toxic to bees and should not be applied to vegetation when bees are foraging,; it has been linked to colony collapse disorder. Fipronil is highly toxic to upland game birds; in particular there is at least one metabolite of Fipronil has a higher toxicity to birds than the parent compound itself. Fipronil is very highly toxic for crustaceans, insects and zooplankton.
In dogs, Fipronil can potentially cause skin problems, reproductive and hormone issues. At low dosages, it has the potential for causing nervous system and thyroid damage after long term exposure. The thyroid is key to immune health and for a stable mental temperament. Some breeds may be more susceptible to thyroid damage leading to sudden violent behaviors: possibly the pit bull breeds. This needs more investigation.
In cats, Fipronil can routinely causes chemical burns, hair loss, lethargy or excessive nervous system agitation. On occasion cats experience tremors, impaired gait, and gastrointestinal upset, followed by excessive thirst, foaming at the mouth, with coughing and gagging. Though not as often, cats exposed to Fipronil have endured respiratory problems, kidney enlargement and failure, thyroid problems, seizures and death.
Independent testing of Blattella germanica (L) German Cockroaches, Pediculus capitis Head Lice,Ctenocephalides felis Cat Flea, each were exposed over several generations to Fipronil, Imidicloprid, or Dieldrin, In all cases of exposure, genetically isolated resistance was determined. The insects tested developed resistance to degrees that would interfere potentially with the safe use of the products.
Insecticide Resistance-Associated Mutations in the Cat Flea
In Vivo Fipronil Susceptibility in Strains of the Cat Flea
Susceptibility of British head lice, Pediculus capitis, to Imidacloprid and Fipronil
Cross-Resistance Between Dieldrin and Fipronil in German Cockroach
Fipronil Behavior in Cotton and Tropical Soils
Is Fipronil safer than Chlorpyrifos? A Scientific Investigation
Fipronil, Pesticide Database Classification, Toxicity
Fipronil, Health Environmental Impact for Tree Termites
Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms. Scientists have identified them by their shape, makeup and growth habits. Bacteria can be found colonizing every surface of our environments, and some even live inside our digestive, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts. Bacteria can be either beneficial or harmful.
Types of Bacteria
Round bacteria are classified as “cocci”, such as staphylococci or streptococci. Rod shaped bacteria are “cillus”, such as bacillus or E. coli. They are also classified by the color produced after a Gram stain is applied. Gram-positive bacteria stain blue or violet, and gram-negative bacteria stain pink or red.
Gram-positive cell walls typically lack the outer membrane found in Gram-negative bacteria. Most pathogenic bacteria in humans are Gram-positive organisms. Gram-positive bacteria called Actinobacteria dominate the microbial life in soil where they play a major role in the decay of dead organic matter.
Gram-negative bacteria cell walls contain substances which irritate the human body and trigger an immediate reaction in the immune system. If this toxic substance enters the circulatory system, it causes the sufferer to develop a high temperature, high respiration rate, and low blood pressure. This may lead to shock, which can be fatal.
History of Antibiotics
In the mid 20th century antibiotics became the panacea for all infectious ailments. People began to take the influx of “new antibiotic medications” for granted, in many ways they still do. Over use of these medications in all sorts of industries for “value” usage has created resistant strains that cross over from use within the agricultural, human, veterinary, and plant biology’s.
Bacteria are responsible for a wide range of illnesses, from gastrointestinal upset to skin disorders to life-threatening illnesses that require immediate attention. The mainstay of bacterial infection treatment is antibiotics. While antibiotics work in the majority of cases, indiscriminate use of antibiotics has resulted in the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria.
A healthy immune system and proper nutrition prevents bacterial infection or improves the immune response to infection. An inflammatory immune response to bacterial infection results in further damage to the body. Common bacterial infections include pneumonia, ear infections, diarrhea, urinary tract infections, and skin disorders.
Bacteria in the USA
In the United States, bacterial infections are a leading cause of death in children and the elderly. Hospitalized patients and those with chronic diseases are at especially high risk. In fact, the immune function is impacted by factors that include hormonal status, age, and nutritional status.
Diet and malnutrition can cause a depressed immune system. Vegetable oil is an FDA approved drug for thyroid suppression, harming the immune system. Some people have a genetic predisposition to bacterial infection. Exposure to contaminated food (especially eggs) or water, or contact with infected animals or immune suppressing chemicals create an environment ready for bacterial infections. The elderly, infants, and people with impaired immune systems are at greater risk for developing severe diseases.
Recurrent and more resistant forms of the same bacteria are responsible for huge and repeated infections. Roughly 95 percent of the cases of strep throat, middle ear infections, community-acquired lung infections and pneumonia are from the same repeating groups of bacteria in the United States. Every time a dosage of antibiotics is used another opportunity occurs for these same groups of bacteria to develop resistance.
This is why it is important to improve overall immune health and use prevention measures that do not use pesticides such as triclosan (antibacterial soaps), chemical sprays with complex alcohols or potentially immune suppressing chemicals. It is important to stay with the simple items that bacteria does not develop resistance to such as ordinary soaps with essential oils that are naturally anti bacterial such as, Lavender, Basil, Cedar woods, Oregano and so many more.
Resistance is Natural
Antibiotic-resistant organisms directly impact increased hospitalizations, health costs, and higher mortality rates. When an infection is drug resistant, the high-dose and prolonged antimicrobial therapy results in the death of eliminate helpful bacterial flora and predispose people to further infections. The adverse effect of antibiotics include loss of essential vitamins and minerals, seizures, allergic shock, autoimmune disease, decreased platelets, kidney injury, potential negative drug to drug interaction, and death.
The goal of these “drugs” is to kill invading bacteria without harming the host. Their effectiveness depends on the mode of action, drug distribution, site of infection, immune status of the host, and resistance factors within the bacteria. The reality is to make this method of Healing as obsolete as possible in common practice because it leads to further infections and disease.
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Nutritional Support for the Immune System
Agricultural use of Antibiotics
Antibiotic Resistance Trends
Antibiotic Resistance and Public Health
Global Antibiotic Resistance Dental Impact
Community Factors for Antibiotic Resistance
Since the first applications of pesticides starting in the early 20th century Brain cancers and tumors have increased. In 2010, scientists have predicted 100,000 victims of some type of either brain Cancer, or Tumor whether as a primary disease of as part of other serious complications. Allopathic medicine has rather poor survival rates for patients with astrocytomas or glioblastomas is about 50% at 1 year, 25% at 2 years, and 10 to 15% at 5 years” using conventional therapies.
There are two lines of approach in Medicine; one is called Naturopathic and the other Allopathic.
Naturopathic is the least invasive with consideration that side effects or the outcome of a treatment may be worse than the original disease. Allopathic, focuses on the immediate symptoms, the physical circumstance and treats those symptoms without regard to the quality of life or health of the individual.
Examples of the differences between Allopathic Approach and Naturopathic Approach
Knee or Hip replacements– An allopathic doctor finds a patient with no bone cartilage or a disabled joint, and then recommends a joint replacement where the joint is cut out and a manufactured joint is placed into the bone and bolted in, like a biological mechanic. After a few years the bone may weaken and replacement will be impossible leaving the patient disabled and in pain.
A Naturopathic approach is to advise the patient with no bone cartilage or a disabled joint, about methods for re-growing the cartilage, or feeding the joint and physical therapies that help with this. A regimen of supplements, exercise and therapy assists the bone to grow. The patient does not need a surgery, or invasive therapies. Pain may be a part of the overall healing process, but herbal therapies help control it and a permanent dietary, life style change prevents the damage from getting worse or reoccurring.
There are no tests to predict risk of brain cancer. The best opportunity to prevent recurrence, or at least slowing down the disease is to use dietary defensive measures. Scientists have concluded that some factors are linked to brain cancers and tumors. Individuals exposed to above average amounts of pesticides, beauty products, hair dyes and such, or use a lot of glue products are at increased risk.
Vitamin D deficiency that occurred before birth may have set the stage for brain tumor formation later in life. Vitamin D remains important after birth, as it activates chemical pathways, vital for brain health. Surgery survival rates particularly for Brain, Colon and Lung cancers are lowest during the late winter; particularly from February to March have lower Vitamin D levels. This has been supported with studies that show that the further away from the equator the higher the risk for Brain Cancer, correlating directly to Vitamin D levels in the Bloodstream.
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I explained that from my experience with Natural Pest control methods, there is not need to remove items and further contaminate the world with bed bug eggs.
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