02-16-2014, 03:31 AM
There is a statewide pesticide exposure study being done by the USGS with the state Department of Health and Department of Agriculture.
Some preliminary results are interesting, especially since the anti-GMO hysteria somehow became emotionally tied to pesticide exposure.
In the state, 90% of human pesticide exposure reports came from residences, not farms. Farm workers are regularly tested for heavy metal and pesticide exposure and DOH is showing no poisoning of workers even when they have direct exposure. All those bottles of Roundup in Home Depot are mostly for residential use, not agricultural use.
This is a blog post about the study with links to the ongoing studies. Interesting little bit at the end about an "activist" that found evidence of chromium and arsenic "poisoning" in the ocean sediment. When informed it came from natural erosion of the volcanic soil, his response was that this should not be allowed to happen.
http://kauaieclectic.blogspot.com/2014/0...g.html?m=1
Musings: Statewide Pesticide Sampling
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
Some preliminary results are interesting, especially since the anti-GMO hysteria somehow became emotionally tied to pesticide exposure.
In the state, 90% of human pesticide exposure reports came from residences, not farms. Farm workers are regularly tested for heavy metal and pesticide exposure and DOH is showing no poisoning of workers even when they have direct exposure. All those bottles of Roundup in Home Depot are mostly for residential use, not agricultural use.
This is a blog post about the study with links to the ongoing studies. Interesting little bit at the end about an "activist" that found evidence of chromium and arsenic "poisoning" in the ocean sediment. When informed it came from natural erosion of the volcanic soil, his response was that this should not be allowed to happen.
http://kauaieclectic.blogspot.com/2014/0...g.html?m=1
Musings: Statewide Pesticide Sampling
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*