View Original Journal Article Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks tissues of the joints. Click link to view study or scroll down to view all research - VIEW SPANISH VERSION, Birth Defects Higher in Babies Born Near Agriculture, SOURCE: Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. Boston University School of Public Health, Autism (ASD) 7x Higher in Children Living Near Agriculture, SOURCE: Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(10): 1482-1489, 2007 Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Oslo, Norway CHEM-TOX COMMENT: Primary exposure routes for organochlorine pesticides is living in homes built before 1980 and consuming non-organic food. View Original Journal Article Having higher levels of pesticides in the blood has now been linked to increasign rates of diabetes. Levels of the pesticide in pregnant women living in an agricultural region of Califoria had median urinary levels 2 to 3 times higher at 21.5 and 18.5 micrograms/liter (mcg/l) and 95th percentile values of approximately 1950 mcg/l (Castorina et al., 2010). Results showed farmers had significantly lower levels of lymphocytes known as "B-Cells." National Institute of Environmental Health, Neuroblastoma Linked to Homes Treated with Pesticides, SOURCE: Epidemiology: 12(1):20-26, January, 2001 This situation may be further amplified in poorer communities in Africa and South America that receive highly concentrated levels of pesticides from backback spray techniques - Homes here typically do not have "closeable" windows, thereby dramatically increasing exposure to family members. This entire report has been translated to Spanish which can be viewed HERE. Advertisement - story continues below. Autism has been shown to occur more frequently among children living near agriculture (two reports at the top of this page). BACKGROUND: In the last two decades reports from different countries emerged associating pesticide and herbicide use with Parkinson's disease (PD). The same study also showed the pesticide applicators had twice the risk for brain cancer. Babies born to families living near wheat growing agricultural areas using chemical pesticides were found to have a 65% greater risk of having birth defects related to the circulatory/respiratory system. The mice had nearly four times as many "reactive astrocytes,'' brain cells that suggest they are damaged, they had about 15 percent fewer dopamine neurons, and they produced 15 percent less dopamine than normal mice. glyphosate, Obesity Higher in Children with Higher Pesticide Levels, SOURCE: Reviews of Environmental Health, 26(3): 215-9, 2011 gut bacteria Insomnia. Results: Approximately one-third of CHARGE study mothers lived, during pregnancy, within 1.5 km (just under 1 mile) of an agricultural area treated with pesticides. Infant deaths for male babies (from congenital anomalies related to the birth defects) was over 2.5 times higher than normal. RESULTS: Mortality from PD as the underlying cause of death was higher in agricultural pesticide-use counties than in non-use counties. View Original Journal Article This pesticide is used to kill broadleaf weeds and is used when growing alfalfa, barley, clover, flax, lespedeza, oats, grass, peas, rice, rye, sorghum, trefoil, triticale, and wheat. The cause of these health problems is believed to result from low level pesticide vapors that are present in the air days and sometimes weeks after application on food crops. which would explain the depletion of mature B-cell subpopulations. View Article Summary in "SCIENCE" In 2000, it was banned for indoor use after being linked with a variety of health disorders, however, it is still permitted in agriculture settings. Study funded by National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences & U.S. EPA WebThe dangers can maim and even kill. These tight-junctions prevent larger toxic molecules from squeezing-through and entering the brain cell network. Ritz B, Yu F 50% of the pesticide exposed people were also found to have two or more autoantibodies in comparison to only 4% for the non-exposed group. View Original Journal Article or Download PDF By comparing the pesticide test results between children with and without diabetes, doctors could easily see if a pattern exists. The concentrations of these chemicals were equal to what is typically found in the enviroment of the southwest region of the province of Quebec. View original article at - http://www.spandidos-publications.com/ijmm/34/5/1395 Results showed that using pesticides in and around the home resulted in a 60% increased likelihood of children developing the disease (Odds Ratio=1.6). High brain cancer rates were found for people living near a cranberry agricultural growing area in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. While this report emphasizes the dangers of residential homes close to agriculture, similar health effects could be expected for those working in offices or schools within one mile from agriculture as well. View Original Journal Article This study is being included as malathion is sometimes sprayed aerially (and repeatedly) over crops in agriculture districts. Both malathion and chlorpyrifos are used extensively in agriculture with chlropyrifos also being used in home pest and termite control prior to 2002. The image at left shows a lymph node that has become cancerous resulting in uncontrolled growth of lymphatic cells inside the lymph node. Unfortunately, the tight-junctions can become "lose" after exposure to some chemicals in the environment - thereby, allowing toxic chemicals into the brain cell network resulting in elevated damage to the brain. Corn plant poisoning in pets causes vomiting, depression, anorexia, and hypersalivation. Also, current EPA pesticide safety guidelines do not consider what is called subtle neurotoxicity (effects on learning/behavior) - subtle immune system effects (increased autoimmunity - lowering of white blood count - natural killer cell effects, etc.). If the children lived in homes where pesticides were used in the garden as well, the risk of developing leukemia was 6.5 times greater. Of significant interest, 15 day old rat pups had less barrier damage than the 10 day old rat pups. Low level pesticide exposure is believed to be the underlying cause. This situation takes on new meaning as research over the past 5-10 years has shown that people with Epilepsy, Psychosis, Parkinsons, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimers, do in fact, have a weakened blood brain barrier. Epilepsia, Volume 47(11):1761-1774, November, 2006 The study was started with 75 young children, all under age 10, who were recently diagnosed with type-1 diabetes. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Farmers have Increased Immune System Abnormalities, SOURCE: Ecotoxicology Environmental Safety This chemical is reported to be widely used in agriculture and is a member of the family of fungicides known as triazole fungicides. Industrialized corn farms use a lot of water, which is draining groundwater in the middle of the U.S. Children who live near airports are still being exposed to dangerous levels of lead, warns a new study. The study, published in July's 1987 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, studied 123 Los Angeles children with leukemia and 123 children without the malignancy. School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and While some people have mutations of cells that predispose them to the disease, it now appears that low level exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos can accelerate or worsen this condition by impairing the liver's ability to produce the hormone hepcidin. Autoimmune Disorders from Chlorpyrofos (Lorsban), SOURCE: Archives of Environmental Health, 48(2):89-93, March/April 1993 According to the Centers for Disease Control Biomonitoring Summary, 2,5-Dichlorophenol is a likely carcinogen. Lucknow, India, Parkinson's Disease Higher in Agricultural Areas, SOURCE: Biochem Soc Trans, 29(2):81-4, 2000 But if you Read More. Its major role is to keep toxic molecules out of the brain cell network. View Original Journal Article The strongest association between pesticides and these autoimmune disorders appeared in women who lived on a farm and reported personally applying pesticides. Dursban was previously used as a common indoor and lawn pesticide but because of research finding damage to the immune system, it was banned and is now only allowed in agriculture (under the name Lorsban). Immediately following each patient's exposure to the pesticide, common complaints included an initial flu-like illness followed by chronic complaints of fatigue, headaches, dizziness, loss of memory, upper and lower respiratory symptoms, joint and muscle pain and gastrointestinal disturbances. "This is the first study to our knowledge of pesticides and pregnancy in which exposures were in close proximity to the subjects and the verification of pesticide use was objective, not relying on people's memories of what they might have been exposed to," Hertz-Picciotto said. WebThe disadvantages of living on a floodplain include: Theres the real danger of the house getting flooded. Researchers suspect that a combination of genetic vulnerability and exposure to something in the environment may be responsible. WebThis means that being exposed to a strong electro-magnetic field has the potential to interfere with the way your body (specifically, your nervous system) works. Dr. Machera did not state if these chemicals were used on residential lawns as an anti-fungal agent. Box 607, SF-33101 Tampere 10, Finland, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Linked to Agricultural Pesticide, SOURCE: Epidemiology: 1(5):349-56, September, 1990 Does eating chemically grown commercial food increase the rate of diabetes in children? When this occurs, elevated levels of poisons enter the brain resulting in accelerated decline of brain function. Read More. Of great concern (because of the rapid rise of diabetes, over the past 20 years), 21 studies presented at the 2015 European Association for the Study of Diabetes show pesticides increase the risk of diabetes by 61%. This is the conclusion from the following report summarizing over 25 peer reviewed studies over the past 30 years. Families living near farms experience greatly increased rates of health disorders. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Living within 1 mile of agriculture resulted in increased risk of fetal death due to major birth defects, according to a study conducted by the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina. Division of General Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Immune System Damage from Agriculture Pesticide Mix, SOURCE: Aquatic Toxicology, 67(1):33-43, March 30, 2004 Wind, snow and ice are a significant possibility for most growers in the Corn Belt, as are foraging wildlife such as Continuous breathing of low levels of nerve poisons is suspected of accelerating the aging process by suppressing or damaging genes involved in maintaining health. In the United States, the annual incidence rate for NHL was 5.9 per 100,000 people in 1950 - In 1975, it had risen to 9.3 per 100,000 people. This entire report has been translated to Spanish which can be viewed HERE. Some pesticides react with sunlight (in a process known as photolysis) to form new chemicals that are more toxic than the original. Also, of concern, children living near farming areas can receive considerably higher levels of pesticide exposure after these same pesticides are sprayed on food crops. However, cleft palate did occur in 2% of animals exposed to 20 mg/kg of CPZ, 20% of animals exposed to 50 mg/kg of CPZ and 91% of animals exposed to the highest 100 mg/kg dose. Scientists concluded by stating they suspect the nervous system abnormality occurred due to direct damage to DNA at a time when the animals' repair systems are not developed. Read More. For more information on brain cancer and neuroblastoma see: - Eos Is Living Near a Farm Bad for Your Health? A recent commentary in GeoHealth highlighted the health risks for people living close to large-scale livestock farms. Wilms' tumor is a type of kidney cancer that is the fourth most common childhood cancer, accounting for approximately 6% of all malignancies diagnosed before 15 years of age). 83% of the pesticide exposed people were found to have autoantibodies in their blood, in comparison to only 15% for non-exposed control group. This has been shown to result in far more harm than one pesticide alone, and can sometimes result in an exponential effect (1+1=100). Farmers facing standing cornfields should know their risks. The bottom line is that pesticides are designed specifically to kill - and our children are being exposed to small levels of these continuously in food. Department of Public Health The following research was conducted at the Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Rates of diabetes and pre-diabetes were found to be 11 times higher in 116 men employed as pesticide sprayers from public mosquito vector control programs in Bolivia. The same pattern was seen with the common pesticides chlorpyrifos and malathion. Macon, GA 31207, Hyperactivity Linked to Very Low Levels of Pesticides, SOURCE: Environmental Health, 14:44, May, 2015 To determine if the weed killer could damage the blood brain barrier, rats were given single doses of MCPA at 100, 250, and 500 mg/kg at various intervals before sacrifice. View Original Journal Article Highlights of the report include the following: Autism - Depression & Alzheimers Linked to Weed Killer, SOURCE: Entropy, 15:1416-1463, April 18, 2013 View Original Article in Environmental Health Perspectives WebThe first time I got really sick was after I moved away from the farm, to a city. Healthy children had no measureable levels of the pesticide DDT, WebThis is the conclusion from the following report summarizing more than 25 peer reviewed scientific studies on this topic over the past 30 years. 43 farmers who had been using pesticides for 15 years were studied to determine if immune system abnormalities could be identified (thereby, increasing risk for cancer and viral infections). The powerful neurotoxic nature of the pesticide was further emphasized when the scientists found that these brain abnormalities did not occur when animals were exposed to the other pesticides tested - soman - TOCP and ethyl-trichlorfon. The chemical chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) is commonly used in agriculture as an insecticide. WebMany peoples greatest worry when living near a solar farm is the electricity that is coming off of it. WebGluten, GMOs. This included the head-lice and farming pesticide lindane, the farming/food pesticides malathion and chlorpyrifos and also the farming pesticides DDT and its metabolite DDE. Exposure to pesticides was based on concentrations in urine samples. With results such as this in test animals, it would certainly be worthwhile to investigate the incidence of these conditions among people living in close proximity to agricultural areas. Eric Roberts, Paul English, Judith Grether, Galye Windham, METHODS: The scientists in this study employed a proportional odds mortality design to compare all cases of PD recorded as underlying causes of death (1984-1994) or associated causes of death (1984-1993) occurring in California with all deaths from ischaemic heart disease (ICD-9 410-414) during the same period. The "No Observable Effect Level" (which means the maximum amount of the chemical that test animals can be exposed to without seeing any adverse effects) is reported to be only 2 mg/kg for flusilazole. Job occupations included farmers, agricultural workers, agricultural machinery drivers, gardeners and foresters. Farmworkers in corn fields are also exposed to pesticides and chemicals that are harmful to human health at a higher rate than other U.S. workers, as testified to the Idaho State Senate in 2020 by Areli Arteaga, a farmworker advocate with the United Farm Workers. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Miscarriage Rates Higher Near Agriculture, SOURCE: Epidemiology, March 2001 Everyone is protected from pesticide harm by a liver enzyme known as cytochrome P-450. Along with use in agriculture, these chemicals are the used in school pest control - home pest control and community mosquito control applications from trucks and planes. The problem with large scale corn farms is the spraying of atrazine. Atrazine is banned in the EU, but about 76 million pounds are sprayed in the US. Little known disaster about Atrazine is that high levels are found in the water table throughout the US cornbelt. Mice exposed to one or the other alone showed no ill effects, but when the combination was given they showed clear patterns of brain damage. This study was conducted to investigate the link between exposure to environmental pesticides and childhood obesity. British Journal of PsychiatryVolume 141(3):273-281, September, 1982 Living When the corn was high, it felt somewhat claustrophobic out there. 65(1), Aug. 1982, Pg. The pesticide category believed to be the culprit is known as chlorophenoxy herbicides that contain the chemical 2,4-D. Chlorophenoxy herbicides are used to kill a variety of weeds and are also commonly used by city and county maintenance departments for grass and weed control along roads, canals etc. If someone wanted to harm them or steal things, they could easily walk right through those fields - simply appear, then disappear. The human brain is protected from harm by a defense system known as the blood brain barrier. Neurobiology of Aging, Volume 28(7):977-986, July, 2007 View Journal Article Department of Health Science, California State University, Hydrocephaly & Cleft Palet Linked to Agriculture Fungicide, SOURCE: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination Toxicology, 54:363-369, 1995 The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at View Original Journal Article This would suggest that the pesticide could also cause an accelerated worsening of the condition for individuals who already have an inherited form of the disease. Most severe damage occurred 4.5 hr after administration of 250 mg/kg MCPA. However, this is not what occurs in real life situations for people working around pesticides or families living in homes within 1/2 to 1 mile of farming areas. Children of mothers residing near pyrethroid insecticide applications just before conception or during third trimester were at greater risk for both ASD and DD, with ORs ranging from 1.7 to 2.3. This results in high exposure for families living near agriculture. California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA Read More. A. Aschengrau, D. Ozonoff, P.Coogan, R. Vezina, T. Heeren Autoantibodies were found toward smooth muscle, parietal cell, brush border, thyroid gland, myelin, and ANA. The purpose of the study was to determine how the pesticide combination affected the immune systems of two amphibian frog species. 2. As statistics show that neuroblastoma rates have increased over the past 50 years, it is reasonable to assume environmental factors are involved. This chemical is a breakdown product from the liver's interaction with organophosphate pesticides. When looking at musculoskeletal/intergumental anomalies for both sexes in the high-wheat growing counties, there was a 50% increased risk of these types of defects. Power lines are one of many sources of electromagnetic fields in our environment. Epilepsia, Volume 47(11):1761-1774, November, 2006 (Autoimmune disorders occur when the person's own immune system mistakenly makes antibodies which attack their own body.) Dr. Eric Richfield, a neurologist who worked on the study, said it may mean that no one will ever be able to predict who is at risk of Parkinson's based on exposure to chemicals. CHEM-TOX COMMENT: This study is of concern as pyrethroid pesticides are commonly used in agriculture and have replaced previously banned organophosphate pesticides. No association was found between malathion exposure and spontaneous abortion, intrauterine growth retardation, stillbirth, or most categories of congenital abnormalities. Other common pesticides (organophosphates and carbamates), raised the risk of miscarriage by 40%. They mailed a health survey to 607 In research to determine the amount of air contamination following application of pesticides, it was found that the levels of the pesticide Dursban drop to one-sixth of its original 1 hour level four days after application. In conclusion, the scientists stated: Dina M. Schreinemachers www.chem-tox.com/neuroblastoma - neuroblastoma research summaries, Drs. However, it was found that mothers exposed to malathion during the second trimester of pregnancy had children with 2 1/2 times more gastrointestinal disorders (affecting the stomach and small intestines) in comparison to children not exposed to malathion during pregnancy. Exposure levels were 1/50th the amount that would kill 50% of the animals. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Investigators surveyed 933 pregnancies identified through hospitals in the Sanfrancisco Bay area, in relation to exposure to the pesticide malathion that was applied aerially to control the Mediterranean fruit fly. At night you could hear the wolves howl. but diabetic children had levels of .24. A study of 3,827 Florida pesticide applicators employed for 20 or more years found they had nearly 3 times the risk for developing lung cancer. To 2002 information on brain cancer mg/kg MCPA seen with the common pesticides ( and. 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