As one of the administrators of KangenWater Report, I understand environmental issues and support all efforts to improve the our planet and our environment. But the newest proposition coming out of California has me very concerned. It seems apparent to me that this proposition puts our health and our families health at risk and placed secondary to the environment. The pesticide methyl bromide is being phased out due to its damage to the ozone. That’s a good thing right? I thought so too, until I learned more about what methyl bromide is being replaced with and why. It is being replace with one of the most controversial pesticides in existence. This pesticide is Methyl iodide and it is so carcinogenic that scientists use it to induce cancer in test animals. Sounds like seriously bad stuff if scientist use it because they know for sure it will produce cancer
The pesticide is to be sprayed on the strawberry fields before they are planted. Meaning that it will be absorbed through the roots and will be in the plant and in the fruit. Soaking your strawberries in Kangen water 11.5 pH may not help make these strawberry delights less carcinogenic or palatable.It seems that the advantage is that the chemical stays in the soil so reapplication of Methyl iodide will not be needed. Apparently we can count on the deadly pesticide to be in the soil and in everything that is grown in that same soil for years to come. It seems to me if you are not buying organic that now is a good time to start buying organic or better yet growing your own organic produce.
This is coming from proposition 65 which has forced a lot of dangerous chemicals to be identified on labels. I sure hope that the California grown strawberries will have the proposition 65 warning on the label.
There will be no way to avoid consuming such pesticides (except purchasing organic). This will be a major step backwards for a State that has previously been the best in protecting people from carcinogenic substances. Proposition 65 forced a large range of dangerous chemicals to be identified on labels. Methyl iodide itself is listed in the proposition 65 list, with a note of its carcinogenic capacity. So, we must wonder if California-grown strawberries will bear the prop. 65 warning.
Many researchers have concluded that methyl iodide is furthermore neurotoxic, causing irreversible brain damage. In 2007, dozens of scientists and chemists joined together to write to the E.P.A., requesting that they prevent the use of methyl iodide:
“As chemists and physicians familiar with the effects of this chemical, we are concerned that pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, farm workers, and other people living near application sites would be at serious risk if methyl iodide is permitted for use in agriculture.”
Ironically, this pesticide is also known to do environmental damage through water contamination. The fact that it is being introduced to reduce harm to the environment makes this situation even more puzzling. Regardless, the effects on human health are indisputable.
“Alkylating agents like methyl iodide are extraordinarily well-known cancer hazards in the chemical community because of their ability to modify the chemist’s own DNA… In addition to the potential for increased cancer incidence, U.S. EPA’s own evaluation of the chemical also indicates that methyl iodide causes thyroid toxicity, permanent neurological damage, and fetal losses in experimental animals.”
Earlier this year, a scientific panel warned that the introduction of methyl iodide would bring increased occurrences of late-term miscarriages, increased cases of thyroid disease, and cancer. However, all of this hard evidence seems to be getting ignored, in favor of Japanese manufacturer, Arysta LifeScience Corporation. State regulators are expected to make a decision on this pesticide at any time. Unfortunately, they seem to be unresponsive to the massive amount of public pressure that they have received. While this chemical has already been approved by the E.P.A., it is not widely used. Approval in California will change that, particularly when we consider that the majority of strawberries come from The Golden State. Hopefully, more farmers will consider going organic if sites like ours keep people informed about what they are doing.
When this pesticide becomes widely used, which is possible in a matter of weeks, then the otherwise healthy sweetener Xylitol will be tainted as well. It is made from strawberries.
Source: www.Healthwyze.org
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