Not only did Trump just sign the Frankenfood Executive Order, his administration halted this
Scientists say there is no acceptable dose to avoid brain damage.
Its use is banned in several European countries. Yet its residues are found in fruit baskets, on dinner plates, and in human urine samples from all over Europe. Now producers are pushing for a renewed EU approval – perhaps in vain.
The name is chlorpyrifos. Here is why the chemical and its risks are almost unknown to the public.
https://euobserver.com/health/145146
The EPA had moved to ban chlorpyrifos under Obama, but the Trump administration reversed that effort. Court decides in July 2019.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/08/california-pesticide-ban-chlorpyrifos-agriculture
A recent study in California connect autism and early brain damage in children with prenatal and infant exposure of chlorpyrifos.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/08/chlorpyrifos-insecticides-pesticides-epa-organophosphates/
Studies starting shortly after the insecticide was introduced indicated that close proximity to it was dangerous for people. Home use of chlorpyrifos was banned in the U.S. in 2000, when Dow withdrew it from the market voluntarily, though it is still found in insect baits. Golf courses still combat pests with it, and it’s still used by farmers on nearly 50 crops—many of which we consume, like oranges—and in cattle ear tags.
Chlorpyrifos is pretty nasty: It belongs to the same class of chemicals as sarin gas, a class called organophosphates. Chlorpyrifos is essentially a nerve agent, attacking chemical pathways and causing a breakdown in the ability of nerves to communicate. You can be exposed to it by inhaling it, eating it, or getting it on your skin.
The effects of the insecticide on animals and humans has been widely studied since the 1970s. According to the studies, chlorpyrifos affects living things to various degrees: It's very toxic to birds and insects, including bees, quite toxic to fish, and moderately toxic to humans. However, more recent studies of small children have found a link between chlorpyrifos and lower IQ and developmental problems, according to the Pesticide Action Network.
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A child's risk of brain damage increases if its mother had been exposed to the pesticide by living nearby sprayed fields, the study found.
The Californian study published in March 2019 has triggered a ban of chlorpyrifos in the US's largest agricultural state. Five other US states; Hawaii, Oregon, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey have announced or decided similar bans.
On a federal level a ban on chlorpyrifos has been blocked by the Trump administration since 2017.
In April 2019, a court ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency to decide by mid-July if it will permanently ban the chemical.
It belongs to the same class of chemicals as sarin gas, a class called organophosphates. Chlorpyrifos is essentially a nerve agent, attacking chemical pathways and causing a breakdown in the ability of nerves to communicate.
YAY SPRAY. Thanks Trump…
OH, and Israel has over 300 UNINSPECTED nuclear weapons. They are the only nuclear state that denies having them AND refuses any inspections. Their station has been leaking radiation for years (YAY leak more, leak faster KILL that parasite state)…
AND it is ILLEGAL for the US to give FOREIGN AID to nuclear powers that do not sign the non-proliferation treaty, yet the US gives Israel 3 billion every year and Israel gets to have all the nukes they want uninspected and unregulated.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lawsuit-claims-us-aid-to-israel-violates-atomic-pact/
Why is it that ^^^^THIS shit never makes notables? WHY can't Iran have nukes? If they had them as well as everyone else the entire area would stabilize overnight. If it didn't they would all kaboom and who literally gives a fuck? I am sitting in my home watching this entire country and the world get fucked up even further—because of Israel.
Speaking of foreign aid, Trump says no to aid to South American countries, the State Department says "hold my beer" and gives it to them anyway. Trump is a fucking lame duck.