Local Residents to State: 'If you won't stop the pesticides, we will!'

No mention here of the fact that 95% of all Americans have 2,4-D in their urine, at levels deemed to be safe. The residents of Triangle Lake have levels no different than any other American. And, no mention of the fact that only 4% of all registered pesticides are applied to the Oregon forests, making it statistically the least likely place to be exposed. No mention here of the fact that urine samples that contained atrazine were self collected by the protesters (not Oregon Health Authority) in February and no applications of atrazine are usually applied that early in the year. 2,4-D is available at every hardware store for any homeowner to purchase. No wonders OHA refuses to acknowledge a source of exposure.

STOP is a little club that is composed of non-expert activists with a cutesy title of Standing Together To Outlaw Pesticides. They use civil disobedience as a weapon of coercion against the governor for the purpose of declaring prohibition against the use of pest control products in forestry. Many anti-pesticide activists are so scientifically illiterate that they can only rely upon frequently practicing civil disobedience and harassment and coercion against government officials and professional applicators. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has the essential expertise on pest control products, and not STOP. Nonetheless, anti-pesticide environmental terrorism will never end. http://wp.me/P1jq40-2TD Moreover, STOP has clear vested interests in promoting prohibition against pest control products. Here are some real facts about 2,4-D herbicide. 2,4-D has been used for the control of broad-leaved weeds in the urban landscape since 1946. 2,4-D has a 65-year unblemished safety record regarding long-term risk to health.  2,4-D does not cause cancer. Both United States Environmental Protection Agency and Health Canada conducted reviews of the scientific literature and concluded there was no evidence of a link between cancer and 2,4-D. The World Health Organization lists 2,4-D in the same cancer-risk category as pickled vegetables and cell-phones. In other words, 2,4-D is less toxic than pickles.  In fact ... 2,4-D is rated as practically non-toxic. It is less toxic than table salt, baking soda, Tylenol, and aspirin. 2,4-D is probably the most studied and best understood of any chemical ... not just pesticide ... in existence.  It has been the subject of over 40,000 studies. 2,4-D has been re-evaluated 17 times, and each time passing tougher scrutiny.  2,4-D herbicide does not contain harmful dioxins. 2,4-D is not Herbicide Orange ( aka Agent Orange ). 2,4-D is scientifically safe and causes no harm.   http://wp.me/P1jq40-1J8   http://wp.me/p1jq40-6iR     WILLIAM H. GATHERCOLE AND NORAH G http://pesticidetruths.com/ http://wp.me/P1jq40-2rr

I started advocating against these types of things over a decade ago...Sorry, but no one listened and now its too late. (My life story). The "farmhand" in the other article who wrote about a conversation at a bar (lol), might want to hear this also. GMO wheat has been found in 16 states, (USDA admits)including Oregon and California. (GMO wheat is not legal in the U.S.) China has already banned GMO corn imports, along with many other countries, and now Japan is banning import of wheat that comes from the U.S. because of this new information. Other countries to follow. Many countries have banned GMO. U.S. exports of agriculture is one of the main exports that support the U.S. financial grid. The farmhand will be out of work soon thanks to the "liberal" attitude. And thanks to obama, monsanto can now do anything it wants with ZERO reprocusions including law suits or criminal charges. Clinton and Bush send all our jobs to China, now the majority of other countries will ban imports of U.S. agriculture foods. Seems to me both liberal and conservative leaders do nothing but destroy this country. Maybe because the leaders are all bought and paid for by corporations? ya think? maybe? BY the way, study after study show GMO food causes cancer tumors in mice. This is why the cancer epidemic is going thru the roof, watch it even get worse. Its called "eugenics"...and cancer does not care if you are liberal or conservative. more info: http://www.infowars.com/gmo-genetic-pollution-alert-genetically-engineered-wheat-escapes-experimental-fields-planted-across-16-states/