Today it would be almost impossible to find a human being on earth (including newborn babies) who have not been exposed to toxic chemicals. In fact, way back in 1963 Rachel Carson wrote in her book Silent Spring, “A Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power.”
While we have known for at least the last 50 years that there can be terrible side effects to our chemical usage, we continue to use them for pesticides, insecticides, cleaners and more, without knowing (or not caring about) their effects on our bodies and the environment.
Does it really make sense to spray our foods with things that we know can cause cancer and other illnesses? Should we be using toxic chemicals as cleaners? If you think about it, there really is no sense to this. How can we spray our foods with poison so that they are safe to eat and "clean" with toxic chemicals?
Many schools continue to spray Roundup and other chemicals around the schools like they are inert chemicals, exposing thousands of children to these toxic chemicals. Is it really worth the risk to our kids?
What are your thoughts?
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