Keep Yourself and Your Child Away from FDA-approved Pesticide Linked to Parkinson's Disease

Yet another report is out suggesting pesticides are a leading cause of Parkinson's Disease, which attacks the nerve cells that controls muscle movement. But this one is particularly disturbing with the news of a direct link to FDA-approved pesticide Lindane.

According to the U.K.-based Daily Telegraph's review of the Archives of Neurology Journal study, "Parkinson's sufferers are more likely to have significant levels of a pesticide in their body than healthy people."

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The study found pesticide beta-HCH, a chemical component of Lindane, "in 76 percent of people with Parkinson's, compared with 40 percent of healthy controls and 30 percent of those with Alzheimer's."

Pesticides are a major reason to switch to organic food: Peppers, celery, and kale may seem like innocent healthy vegetables, but they clock in with some of the highest pesticide residues around. While Lindane was banned from all agricultural uses by the Environmental Protection Agency in August 2006, it is still found in shampoos and skin lotions marketed to control lice and scabies.

And August 2006? That was just three years ago. Who knows what other pesticide with disastrous health consequences is still being used on the food we eat and the products we use.

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Comments

[Kaviraj]

Mr Mankovitz,

You should try a good homoeopath. They have remedies to detoxify almost anything in the body and the remedies are relatively harmless, especially if you consider that orthodox science sees them as mere placebos. Relatively harmless, because when you take too much of it, it still makes you sick. Wonder if that is also considered placebo effect.
There are several studies done with this method and they have proven to work.
They can be found here:
ECH GENERAL ASSEMBLY – XVIII Symposium of GIRI 12 to 14th of November 2004. Scientific Report.

[RMankovitz]

Thanks for the link and the suggestion.

I am familiar with homeopathy, and have experimented with several detox and drainage protocols that produced some successes. Because homeopathic remedies require careful human preparation, I do not consider them natural, as I use the term.

I continue to prefer using those protocols found in nature and used by our ancestors (prehistorical) and other mammals, rather than those that require human preparation.

You might have an interest in the field of zoopharmacognosy (animal self-healing).

[RMankovitz]

I consider the subject matter of this article to be extremely important, and there is no question that pesticide avoidance is essential to one's health. However, it does beg the question of how to eliminate organic toxins that are already in the body.

I have spent several years researching the subject of detoxification, with the goal to uncover natural ways to get the bad stuff out of the body without causing collateral damage. While I would like to be able to point you to scientific studies in this area, I am not aware of any.

For those who have an interest in the subject of natural detoxification, a description of several experimental natural protocols and supporting research can be found in "The Wellness Project" or "Nature's Detox Plan." Ask your librarian for a copy.

Roy Mankovitz, Director
http://www.MontecitoWellness.com