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"While the chemistry of cigarette smoke and of cosmetics and personal care products is very different, several of the same carcinogens have been identified in both, including formaldehyde, mtrosodiethanolamine, arsenic, ddt, and Endrin. The strong epidemiological evidence on the risks of smoking is based on comparisons of cancer rates in large population groups that smoke different amounts of cigarettes daily, over different periods of time, with those in groups that have never smoked." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"By 1960, the insecticide ddt had eradicated malaria from the United States, along with yellow fever. Dysentery, typhus, and tetanus were now preventable with vaccines; pneumonia and meningitis could be cured with antibiotics. Newsmagazines ran weekly reports on medicine under hopeful headlines: 1 U T l_ l\ I I \ 1— #~» I 1— "Machine of Life," a story about dialysis, and "Hunt for Cancer Vaccine Closes In." Newsweek quoted U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry, who predicted that by 198 c nine out of ten diseases would be eradicated and "spare parts for the human body . . ." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"For twenty-three years, from 1947 to 1970, the Olin Corporation ran a ddt manufacturing plant at the Redstone arsenal, releasing more than four hundred tons of contaminants into Huntsville Spring Branch. Regular discharges from the plant left a swath of contamination that extended downstream to Alabama's Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, the largest and oldest refuge in the state. At the time of our report, all we could say for sure was that those folks who lived near the river had more ddt in their bodies than had ever been found before." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"Dicofol, listed as a potential carcinogen, is similar to ddt in its structure, and both are suspected endocrine disruptors. Acutely toxic, endosulfan is up for inclusion in the Rotterdam Convention, an international treaty requiring special import notifications for a list of problematic chemicals, and was recently nominated for global phaseout under the international Stockholm Convention. Similar stories abound: ?In the fall of 2006, two high school students designed their science fair project around monitoring the air for pesticides by an elementary school." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Like ddt and PCBs, when dioxins are released into the atmosphere (as they are in manufacturing, as well as through the burning of trash, hospital debris, and trees), they become attached to particles and fall back down to earth, where they are consumed by fish and other animals and concentrated and stored in their fat—before eventually ending up on our dinner plates. All nine people tested by Mount Sinai researchers tested positive for blood levels of dioxin, and every infant's cord blood carried dioxin. Dioxin is a recognized immune suppressor." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, these countries use large amounts of insecticides and pesticides in the growing of their herbs. ddt is still commonly used in Asia and Mexico, whereas organo-phosphate nerve-gas based insecticides are commonly used throughout Eastern Europe. It's also worth noting that most of the areas in which these herbs are grown in these countries are heavily polluted. The herbs are inundated by polluted rain and irrigated by polluted rivers. In Eastern Europe, for example, there have been no environmental laws for decades. Rivers have been used as open sewers." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"But with all the focus on how powerful and effective ddt was on insects, no one focused on its health consequences to not only human life but other animal life. Sadly, with no safety testing done prior to its widespread use, it affected and harmed millions of unsuspecting humans and wildlife, especially birds." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"PCBs, along with dioxin, ddt, and dieldrin, are among the most toxic chemicals on the planet. According to John Culhane, in his 1980 article "PCBs: The Poisons That Won't Go Away," only a few parts per billion of these substances can cause cancer and birth defects in lab animals.19 The tenth annual Council on Environmental Quality, sponsored by the U.S. government, reported PCBs in 100 percent of all human sperm samples." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"We may have banned ddt, but there are numerous other pesticides in use today that may pose the same risks. In California alone, where nearly one of every four pounds of pesticides is applied in agriculture, forty pesticides are listed as known to cause cancer in animals. But pesticide exposure is not confined to agricultural areas. In urban locations pesticides are used in homes, yards, public buildings, stores, schools, parks, and other settings, resulting in per-acre pesticide intensity in some urban areas that exceeds agricultural use." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"It is important to note that ddt and other chlorine-related chemicals activate protein tyrosine kinases, including HER2/neu-related ones in human cancer cells. Although ddt was banned decades ago, it and its relatives are still being manufactured, and Americans are still being exposed to them. Genistein and other isoflavones block the activation of PTK by ddt and related estrogen-mimicking chemicals, but tamoxifen does not (Enan et al. 1998; Verma et al. 1998). Genistein was the most effective of the isoflavones tested in the Verma study." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Population Average High Consumers" Pesticide Residues DDD, DDE, and ddt 1954 (DDE and ddt)" 4 1965 (DDT)" 0.57 Ethylene thiourea1' 0.2; 0.6 Unsymmetrical dimethyl-hydrazine (UDMH) - 19891' 0.05 Packaging Migrants Diethylhexylphthalate 1982 report' 83 1991 reportd 4 Environmental Contaminants TCDD equivalents from PCDDs and PCDFs' 1 - 3 x 10* Polychlorinated biphenylsf 0.2 y-Hexachlorocyclohexane8 1964-1969 0.05 1980 0.003 1988 0.001 28 0.4 (average non-nursing infant) 29 7 x 10'5 (average nursing infant, to age 6 months) 4.2 (average nursing infant, to age 6 months) U.S." - Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens, Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances (Get the book.)

"DDT remained in a plot of ground so easily that after seven years study, 80% of the ddt applied was still present. One of the replacements for ddt chlordane is four times more toxic. A recent study of the insecticide diazinon disclosed that in families with a dog, following lawn treatment the levels of air and carpet diazinon inside the home were 50 times higher than levels outside the home. The levels of pesticide on the dog paws were between 55 and 250 times higher than levels found in the yard. Insecticide chemicals contain carbamates, or organophosphates." - James A. Howenstine, MD, A Physician's Guide To Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"Man-made pollutants such as ddt and PCBs are chemicals that react with estrogen receptor cells in human breast tissue, are absorbed into the body, and are stored in human fat. ddt is the most notorious pesticide linked to breast cancer and is part of the class called organochlorides. Although ddt is banned in the United States, it is still produced in the third world, particularly in Latin America, China, and India. In a study involving Israeli women, the banning of organochloride pesticides resulted in a cancer decline of 20 percent." - Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra, Optimum Health - A Cardiologist's Prescription for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Population Average High Consumers" Pesticide Residues DDD, DDE, and ddt 1954 (DDE and ddt)" 4 1965 (DDT)" 0.57 Ethylene thiourea1' 0.2; 0.6 Unsymmetrical dimethyl-hydrazine (UDMH) - 19891' 0.05 Packaging Migrants Diethylhexylphthalate 1982 report' 83 1991 reportd 4 Environmental Contaminants TCDD equivalents from PCDDs and PCDFs' 1 - 3 x 10* Polychlorinated biphenylsf 0.2 y-Hexachlorocyclohexane8 1964-1969 0.05 1980 0.003 1988 0.001 28 0.4 (average non-nursing infant) 29 7 x 10'5 (average nursing infant, to age 6 months) 4.2 (average nursing infant, to age 6 months) U.S." - Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens, Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances (Get the book.)

"I have had my urine examined for chemicals, and the examiner has told me time and time again that traces of ddt and other deadly pesticide residues have appeared in my urine. On one occasion, I took a 21 day complete water fast. On the 19th day, I had terrible pains in my bladder. When I urinated it felt like red hot water passing through me. I had this urine examined and sure enough, it was filled with ddt and other poisons! A great feeling of energy flowed over my body when this poison had passed out of it. The whites of my eyes were as clear as new snow." - Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg, The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental & Spiritual Rejuvenation (Get the book.)

"Studies have determined that breast tissue from cancer patients had higher levels of the pesticide ddt and higher concentrations of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), which are petroleum by-products. Man-made pollutants such as ddt and PCBs are chemicals that react with estrogen receptor cells in human breast tissue, are absorbed into the body, and are stored in human fat. ddt is the most notorious pesticide linked to breast cancer and is part of the class called organochlorides." - Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra, Optimum Health - A Cardiologist's Prescription for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"It is poisonous to humans and animals when swallowed or absorbed through the skin. ddt is an abbreviation for tiichlorociiphenykrichloroethane. fa Although ddt, when it was first invented, was considered a great advance in protecting crops from insect damage and in combating diseases spread by insects, recent discoveries have led to its ban in many countries. Residue from ddt has been shown to remain in the ecosystem and the food chain long after its original use, causing harm and even death to animals considered harmless or useful to man." - E. D. Hirsch, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Get the book.)

"The chemical industry viciously attacked Carson, but her book held up to scientific scrutiny and led to the eventual ban of ddt in the US. A decade later, the human consequences of the chemical problem were broadcast to the world from the town of Love Canal, New York. Lois Gibbs was living the typical American dream, except that her kids were sick. Since moving to Love Canal, her son had developed asthma and a urinary tract problem and her daughter was diagnosed with a rare blood disease." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Shocking Fact: Some studies estimate 99% of the breastmilk in women residing in the United States contains measurable levels of ddt. One commonly used POP, organochlorine, may also be responsible for contaminating the worlds seafood supply, since pesticides can run off from the land into bodies of water. Organochlorines collect in fatty tissue Essential Fatty Acids: Often referred to as Omega-3 and Omega-6 acids, these essential chemicals must be obtained through the diet as the human body cannot manufacture or replicate them. and remain in an organism for a long time." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"While levels gradually receded in the United States, ddt still is used in other countries, and its wide distribution in the environment and slow disintegration means that ddt and its breakdown products will be around for decades to come. "PCB and ddt contamination is as much a problem today as it was in 1992 because there has been no significant cleanup of the waters where fish swim," says Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. Some fish, however, contain more than others." - Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., Food & Mood: The Complete Guide to Eating Well and Feeling Your Best, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Pesticides, insecticides, hormones, steroids, euthanasia drugs, and a host of other toxic compounds] enter the rendering process via poisoned livestock, and fish oil laced with bootleg ddt and other organophosphates that have accumulated in the bodies of West Coast mackerel and tuna ... Skyrocketing labor costs are one of the economic factors forcing the corporate flesh-peddlers to cheat. It is far too costly for plant personnel to cut off flea collars or unwrap, spoiled T-bone steaks." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Splenda is synthetic and, having a chlorinated base like ddt, it can cause autoimmune disease (the body's natural reaction to attack and neutralize such poisons). Sucralose or Splenda is not safe. In the original research Splenda was shown to cause many health problems. Sucralose as used in Splenda is not yet approved for use in most European countries, where it is still under review. Few human studies of safety have been published on sucralose." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"In his view, people in general looked upon mercury toxicity as being as serious as asbestos and ddt poisoning, more serious than lead paint and auto emissions, and slightly less serious than PCBs and uranium mining. Dr Vimy also reported the results of his studies with sheep to the Washington State Dental Disciplinary Board Public Hearing. He placed mercury amalgams in sheep and studied what happened to the mercury. Within 30 days, substantial amounts of mercury were taken into their tissues. The same occurred with monkeys." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Other dietary mutagens include anatoxin (a natural substance produced by a mold that forms on improperly stored peanuts); heavy metals, such as lead; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and pesticides, such as malathion and ddt. Alcohol does not initiate cancer, but it promotes the growth of a pre-existing abnormal cell. Examples of other suspected dietary promoters are saccharin, excess dietary fat, and excessive use of coffee or caffeine." - Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews, The Green Tea Book (Get the book.)

"It also occurs in nature, but studies vary as to the half-life (ty) of ddt in nature. Previously, the tA of ddt was thought to be 2 years, but recent findings in Yakima, Washington, indicate that it may be decades in certain circumstances. Upon degradation the ddt becomes DDE or DDD. levels of chemicals in the "personal" air space over a 24-hour period than in outdoor air samples. These elevated personal levels and elevated breath levels were more directly attributable to indoor air pollution." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Get the book.)

"Also of concern are organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals, the most famous of which is ddt. Not only do organochlorines mimic estrogen, they also cause genetic mutations that lead to cancer and suppress the body's immune strength to fight cancer.13 Although ddt is now banned, it persists in the environment and is still found in the fatty tissues of livestock. Humans store ddt in their body fat, too, where it remains for the rest of their lives. Researchers at Mt." - Neal Barnard, M.D., Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body (Get the book.)

"High levels of ddt are still being found in some fish caught in waters off Los Angeles County where ddt used to be manufactured. In a 1989 study, heavy fish eaters who ate locally caught sport-fish at least three times a week for three years had ddt levels in their blood five times higher, on average, than people who consumed little or no locally caught fish.8 Toxic metals. Lead, cadmium, chromium, and arsenic frequently turn up in shellfish. Excessive exposure to toxic metals can cause health problems ranging from kidney damage and impaired mental development to cancer." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"Pesticides and Herbicides The most commonly used pesticides are organophosphates, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and carbamates, and include products like Malathion, Diazinon, Sevin, and ddt. All of these pesticides employ a neurotoxic mechanism to kill insects. Furthermore, most pesticides and herbicides are easily absorbed through the skin and lungs. This is why you see warnings on the label to wash all spills off your skin with copious amounts of soap and water— IMMEDIATELY! The EPA estimates that sixty-nine million families in the U.S. alone store and use these readily available pesticides." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) "REPPED: The environmental left would have us believe the world is a swirling mass of pollution, and that the earth's problems are all the result of capitalism, while American conservatives would have us believe that ddt is so safe you can drink it without harm. So what is the truth? Unfortunately, the truth has become a victim of political haggling." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

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