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Personal Stories of Pesticide Exposures and Pesticide Related Issues
Beyond Pesticides encourages many people who reach out to us about a pesticide exposure, or other type of pesticide issue, to fill out our Pesticide Incident Report. We keep these stories on file to inform our work, including our staff's daily news writings, as well as to keep us apprised on what people are currently dealing with with pesticides and our lack of proper laws or enforcement in protecting us from their harm. Callers who fill out these reports can always choose to stay anonymous, or they can select that they are OK with having their names and location disclosed.
Beyond Pesticides cannot verify that all the information and details given in these reports are fully accurate. We are within the understanding of good faith with the senders that they are giving the information as true and accurate to the best of their recollection and documentation. We believe it is for the greater good that we have record of these sides of the incidents, to share with our interested readers and to further our mission in educating the public about the potential harms and hazards of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
Selected Stories - Click into the links of the names to get the fuller story
Katherine H of Rootstown OH – A neighbor intentionally sprays their next door neighbors organic garden after they requested for them to not spray across their property line, leading to the writer getting sick when eating from her own garden.
Timothy Ireland of Greensboro NC, A father fights to protect his two sons living on the edge of a golf course, exposed to pesticide drift and suffering health effects
Tami of Alexandria, VA A homeowner who’s always kept her property pesticide free tries to convince her next-door neighbors to stop the mosquito spraying that shows to now be affecting her plants, killing the pollinator insects, toads and frogs on her property and which then began making her dog sick.
Jeff Bragg of Idaho and New Mexico - A lifelong Idaho potato Farmer and agronomist who worked for years in the conventional potato farming industry before succumbing to skin and health problems now works in only organic and give his experience on health issues and on the hazards and corruption he has seen in the potato industry.
Danielle Del Nodal of Las Vegas, NV – A resident of a homeowner's association works with her neighbors and the press to convince the HOA to change their practices after many dogs were getting sick when walking and regularly playing in in the common landscaping areas where conventional landscaping spraying was being used. Danielle and her neighbors effectively convince the HOA to stop their pesticide spraying practices.
Share Your Pesticide-Related Topic or Story!
If you have a story on an experience you have had with exposure to pesticides, or with your pushing decision makers in your community to eliminate their pesticide use practices, please fill out our Pesticide Incident Report. Or send us an email with the details. Beyond Pesticides collects these as valuable examples of the real issues that people are dealing with, and we refer to the information shared in them in our writings and articles. We always keep it anonymous unless you check the box that says you are ok with us not doing so.