Comments on: Toxic elements found in infants’ cord blood http://www.theexperiment.org/?p=58 The Freenews Experiment Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sarah http://www.theexperiment.org/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-29875 Sarah Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:32:25 +0000 #comment-29875 I for one read Ben's comments and though likely Ben is a pseudonym, I agree with the points he/she made. These agencies are the ones that always "Finally admit" the danger to elements that they initially claim as safe. I googled and read a ton of articles. These agencies allow (and promote) the toxic pesticides in almost every case. Anyone who challenges the CDFA will never get work or funding in the agriculture community. It is not the scientists that make policy at CDFA or any of these agencies, it is the political appointees / directors. It is well known that during at least the last eight years, scientists who complained that policy did not follow science were fired for fabricated reasons. Bt is already known NOT to work as so many examples have demonstrated on the East Coast. To require Ben to have the perfect alternate solution to spraying Bt is a propaganda strategy taught in basic 101 courses. That would be the same as requiring anyone who is against the war in Iraq to offer the perfect alternate solution to war, when in fact any other action would be superior to war. Assuming Bt or war is the best solution is unacceptable to me. Forcing pesticides on people on their own property is hardly a neutral action. Read about the people in New Zealand who had Bt sprayed on their property (The People's Inquiry). Their government and equivalent agencies said it was safe and those people went through hell from Bt. Did anyone else actually google 'cdfa fraud' like Ben suggested. It seems that cdfa lying for money is pretty standard for the cdfa organization that forced their way onto our property. Also, the director of DPR worked for PG&E, not in science, but in government relations. PG&E is the company busted in the movie Erin Brokovitch. PG&E is one of the most flagrant polluters and inflictors of toxic poisoning to people that exist. Ben encouraged me to do some reading, all of which helped me. What is important is that the information supplied was accurate and to the point and not on tangents as others have tried to take it. I for one appreciate the warnings from Ben and I would not be surprised if he/she is a scientist working within one of the agencies and speaking out anonymously. "In a benchmark study released today, researchers found an average of 200 industrial compounds, pollutants and other chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of newborns, including seven dangerous pesticides some banned in the United States more than 30 years ago." To me, this is not acceptable performance of these government agencies tasked with protecting our health. Do any of you still want to trust them? I for one read Ben’s comments and though likely Ben is a pseudonym, I agree with the points he/she made. These agencies are the ones that always “Finally admit” the danger to elements that they initially claim as safe. I googled and read a ton of articles. These agencies allow (and promote) the toxic pesticides in almost every case. Anyone who challenges the CDFA will never get work or funding in the agriculture community. It is not the scientists that make policy at CDFA or any of these agencies, it is the political appointees / directors. It is well known that during at least the last eight years, scientists who complained that policy did not follow science were fired for fabricated reasons.

Bt is already known NOT to work as so many examples have demonstrated on the East Coast. To require Ben to have the perfect alternate solution to spraying Bt is a propaganda strategy taught in basic 101 courses. That would be the same as requiring anyone who is against the war in Iraq to offer the perfect alternate solution to war, when in fact any other action would be superior to war. Assuming Bt or war is the best solution is unacceptable to me. Forcing pesticides on people on their own property is hardly a neutral action. Read about the people in New Zealand who had Bt sprayed on their property (The People’s Inquiry). Their government and equivalent agencies said it was safe and those people went through hell from Bt.

Did anyone else actually google ‘cdfa fraud’ like Ben suggested. It seems that cdfa lying for money is pretty standard for the cdfa organization that forced their way onto our property. Also, the director of DPR worked for PG&E, not in science, but in government relations. PG&E is the company busted in the movie Erin Brokovitch. PG&E is one of the most flagrant polluters and inflictors of toxic poisoning to people that exist.

Ben encouraged me to do some reading, all of which helped me. What is important is that the information supplied was accurate and to the point and not on tangents as others have tried to take it. I for one appreciate the warnings from Ben and I would not be surprised if he/she is a scientist working within one of the agencies and speaking out anonymously.

“In a benchmark study released today, researchers found an average of 200 industrial compounds, pollutants and other chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of newborns, including seven dangerous pesticides some banned in the United States more than 30 years ago.” To me, this is not acceptable performance of these government agencies tasked with protecting our health. Do any of you still want to trust them?

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