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Your Children and Yourself
Childhood cancers which can be linked to pesticides include: leukemia, brain cancer, Wilm's tumor, soft-tissue sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and cancers of the colorectum & testes, as determined by case-control studies and case reports.
Non-Hodgkin's Type Lymphoma (at one time the second fastest-growing cancer in the U.S.) has repeatedly been associated with use of the weedkiller 2,4-D in studies in the U.S., Canada and Sweden.[1] For details, see Environmental Health Perspectives 106-3, p893-908, 1998. [2]
Your Pets
One study showed dogs whose owners used the common weedkiller, 2,4-D, on their lawn were twice as likely to die of cancer. (J Nat Cancer Inst., Vol. 83: 1226-31) [3]
Your Brain
Organophosphate insecticides (Malathion, Dursban, Diazinon, Orthene) act by damaging the nervous system. A 1997 EPA Review of Dursban Poisoning Information revealed 9 published studies documenting 1,432 organophosphate pesticide poisoning victims who still suffered nerve and brain damage one to ten years after exposure.
Your Environment
Excess fertilizer and pesticides run off into our rivers, lakes, ponds, groundwater and can enter our drinking water supplies.Pesticides include weedkillers, insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides. They are designed to kill living organisms. Some synthetic pesticides kill birds and beneficial insects as well as the pest, which invites opportunities for even larger infestations later on. Routine or unnecessary spraying can cause organisms to become resistant to pesticides, making future pest infestations more difficult to control.
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