http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=9749 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=9749#comment-172122 Katrina Reid Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:06:30 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=9749#comment-172122 It is so important that we all get involved in some way in each and every state. Where I live it California, it’s horric how much pesticide spraying goes on-in gardens and for termites especially. I have to leave my home each and every month for 4-5 days due to a neighbor’s persistent use of a comemrcial pest control applicator. I tried air filters and masks to no avail. The air is still intolerable to me for the first several days after an application. I tried talking politley with my neighbor and the pest control company and was told that it’s his individual right to spray on his property and that these products are safe per the EPA. Hah ha. What about my individual right to protect my health from voaltizing chemicals and pesticide drift (I am extremely chemically sensitive and even suffered organ damage as a result of past pesticide overexposures). Second, the EPA registration process is a cost-benefit analysis riddled with conflict of interest, not a safety guarantee.

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