*The Danger of Household Insecticides Confirmed in Recent Study:

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*The

Danger of Household Insecticides Confirmed in Recent Study:

What

You Can Do Instead

by

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A study

by French researchers has found that using insecticides --

either

in the home or garden -- increases the risk of childhood leukemia.

 

Your

child's risk of harm from pesticide exposure is highest while

you're

pregnant and in the early years of his or her life.

 

The

study, published in /Occupational and Environmental Medicine/,

included

280 children who had been newly diagnosed with acute leukemia

and

another 288 children without the disease. After interviewing each

child's

mother it was found that:

 

Children exposed to home insecticides

while in the womb or after

birth had almost twice the risk of acute

leukemia as those who

were not.

 

Children exposed to garden insecticides

and fungicides had double

the risk of acute childhood leukemia.

 

Children who had been exposed to

insecticidal shampoos to treat

head lice had almost double the risk.

 

A 2002

study published in /Environmental Health Perspectives/ found

similar

findings. Along with noting that children exposed to

professional

pest control from one year before birth to three years

after

birth had a significantly increased risk of leukemia, the study

found

that:

 

Insecticide exposure early in life

appears to be worse for the

child than exposure later in life.

 

The highest risk came from exposure

during pregnancy.

 

The more frequent the exposure, the

higher the risk.

 

*Pesticides

Increase Risk of Non-Hodkin Lymphoma*

 

Yet

another study, published in the journal Cancer, found that children

exposed

(either in utero or after birth) to household insecticides or

professional

extermination chemicals within the home were three to seven

times

more likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma than children not

exposed.

 

The

risk of one type of lymphome, lymphoblastic lymphoma, increased by

12.5

times after exposure to household pesticides.

 

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" A

limited number of these compounds may be capable of inducing

lymphoma,

particularly when used around the home, " said chief researcher

Jonathan

D. Buckley, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., from the Department of

Preventative

Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los

Angeles.

 

*Children

Especially at Risk from Insecticides*

Exposure

to pesticides, says Dr. Donald Mattison, of the March of Dimes,

can

cause many short- and long-term problems, including:

 

* Nervous system disturbances

* Agitation

* Insomnia

* Muscle weakness

* Respiratory agitation

* Nervousness

* Irritability

* Forgetfulness

* Confusion

* Depression

 

" Children

are more vulnerable to the effects of pesticide exposure

because

their internal organs are still developing and maturing, " said

Dr.

Mattison.

 

Further,

because they play on the floor or lawn and put objects into

their

mouths, they may be exposed to increased amounts.

 

*And

the List Goes On*

 

Avoid

using dangerous pesticides for aesthetic purposes like dandelions

in your

lawn -- the health risks are not worth it!

 

The

potential health effects of pesticide exposure do not end yet.

Studies

by the National Academy of Sciences and the Environmental

Working

Group have found that children exposed to carcinogenic

pesticides

are at a high risk of future cancer. And animal and human

studies

of individual pesticides have also uncovered the following risks:

 

Fertility problems

 

Brain tumors

 

Birth defects

 

Irritation to skin and eyes

 

Hormone or endocrine system problems

 

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While

it would be difficult to reduce your child's pesticide exposure to

an

absolute zero, you can significantly reduce it. One of the most

important

things to be aware of is to avoid using conventional lice

treatments

on your child.

 

" Preparations

like Rid and Kwell ... are definitely toxic to people, "

says

Dr. Andrew Weil, MD. That's because they contain pediculicides,

which

are potent pesticides and insecticides designed to poison lice,

but

that can be absorbed directly into your child's scalp.

 

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emitting a continuous toxic cloud into the air, not only for

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Along

with avoiding conventional lice treatments, we also recommend

using

the following strategies:

 

Buy certified organic fruits, vegetables

and meats (be sure to

wash produce, particularly commercially

grown produce, thoroughly

before eating using a diluted soap

solution).

 

Avoid the use of toxic pesticides in

your home and yard (opt for

natural pesticides that you can find in

your local health food

store instead).

 

If you are pregnant, nursing or have

children in your home, never

use pesticides in your home or garden.

 

Avoid using conventional flea and tick

collars and sprays on your

pets. Instead, we recommend the 100 percent non-toxic and

pesticide-free Flea 'n Tick B Gone

 

Don't use pesticides for aesthetic

purposes like dandelions in

your lawn.

 

Don't use chemical bug repellants or

lice shampoos.

 

*Recommended

Reading*

 

Organophosphates:

What You Don't Know Can Indeed Hurt You

<http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/06/15/organophosphates.htm>

 

Warning:

Phthalates in Cosmetics, Toys & More Can Pose Health Dangers

<https://shop.sixwise.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom & ID=218>

 

*Sources*

 

EurekAlert

January 16, 2006

<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/bsj-hia011606.php>

 

Environmental

Health Perspectives. 2002 Sep;110(9):955-60

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=12204832 & dopt=Abstract

>

 

Child's

Exposure to Pesticides Hikes Lymphoma Risk

<http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Child-Exposure-Lymphoma.htm>

 

CBS

News: Protect Your Kids Against Pesticides

<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/08/10/earlyshow/saturday/main223684.shtml>

 

 

 

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