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no one cares if adults eat strawberries.... April 21, 2011 |
Seriously, this was in my email box just now. I'd signed up for anti-monsanto info.
Tell the EPA it's time to stop the toxic methyl iodide!
Dear Anti-offspring,
It’s springtime again and soon it will be summer and children across the country will be enjoying one of their favorite fruits — strawberries. (Nevermind I had strawberries on my dessert tonight at a swank Italian place) Unfortunately, due to a poor decision last year by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, America’s children will continue to be exposed to the toxic pesticide methyl iodide. [1] (is this like alcohol? Except only children, no adults may consume?)
Known as “one of the most toxic chemicals on earthâ€, methyl iodide is a proven cancer causing agent as well as an endocrine disruptor and powerful neurotoxin. Allowing it to be sprayed on one of America’s favorite fruits will endanger our children who eat them, farm workers and local residents in California. (wait, are farm workers and local res's ALLOWED? to eat these precious fruit?)
Already banned in New York and Washington because of its toxic properties, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now reviewing the 2007 Bush era decision to approve methyl iodide for agricultural usage. The EPA is asking for comments from the American public in helping them make the decision on whether or not to ban this toxic chemical for agricultural use.
More than 50 scientists criticized the 2007 approval stating that the review process was hidden from the public and the focus of the research was too limited. There is little left to debate on the safety and necessity for this chemical use. [2]
Let the EPA hear our voices loud and clear: NO Methyl Iodide - now or ever.
Please take a moment to register your comments today. It's easy. We have suggested text for you, but encourage you to use your own words to make it more impactful. Click on here to send your message to Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/360?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=8
Just today Time magazine revealed 3 different studies that demonstrate that pregnant mothers exposed to agricultural pesticides give birth to children with lower IQ's. [3]
It’s time to let the chemical pesticide industry and our government know that we’ll no longer stand idly by as they continue to put corporate profits over the health and safety of our families, farm workers and the American public. (Oh, now they mention the public which might include non-children...)
Tell EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to ban the toxic methyl iodide from being used on our food and our fields.
Click here to add your voice to the public comment to make sure the EPA bans methyl iodide for agricultural usage.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/360?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=10
Thoughts?
Thanks for taking action — your support is greatly appreciated! We need your help to keep the pressure on! If you can, please consider chipping in as little as $10 to help us continue this fight.
http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/donate/133?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=13
We rely on folks like you to keep us going. Thanks again for your support.
Thank you for participating in food democracy,
Dave, Lisa and the Food Democracy Now! Team
Sources:
1. "The Terminator: Schwarzenegger's Killer Pesticide", The Atlantic Monthly, January 19, 2011.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/362?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=15
2."Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 50 Top U.S. Scientists Asking EPA to Ban Methyl Iodide", September 24, 2007.
www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/iodomethane_letter.pdf
3. "Exposure to pesticides in pregnancy can lover children's IQ", Time Magazine, April 21, 2010.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/361?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=18
Tell the EPA it's time to stop the toxic methyl iodide!
Dear Anti-offspring,
It’s springtime again and soon it will be summer and children across the country will be enjoying one of their favorite fruits — strawberries. (Nevermind I had strawberries on my dessert tonight at a swank Italian place) Unfortunately, due to a poor decision last year by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, America’s children will continue to be exposed to the toxic pesticide methyl iodide. [1] (is this like alcohol? Except only children, no adults may consume?)
Known as “one of the most toxic chemicals on earthâ€, methyl iodide is a proven cancer causing agent as well as an endocrine disruptor and powerful neurotoxin. Allowing it to be sprayed on one of America’s favorite fruits will endanger our children who eat them, farm workers and local residents in California. (wait, are farm workers and local res's ALLOWED? to eat these precious fruit?)
Already banned in New York and Washington because of its toxic properties, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now reviewing the 2007 Bush era decision to approve methyl iodide for agricultural usage. The EPA is asking for comments from the American public in helping them make the decision on whether or not to ban this toxic chemical for agricultural use.
More than 50 scientists criticized the 2007 approval stating that the review process was hidden from the public and the focus of the research was too limited. There is little left to debate on the safety and necessity for this chemical use. [2]
Let the EPA hear our voices loud and clear: NO Methyl Iodide - now or ever.
Please take a moment to register your comments today. It's easy. We have suggested text for you, but encourage you to use your own words to make it more impactful. Click on here to send your message to Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/360?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=8
Just today Time magazine revealed 3 different studies that demonstrate that pregnant mothers exposed to agricultural pesticides give birth to children with lower IQ's. [3]
It’s time to let the chemical pesticide industry and our government know that we’ll no longer stand idly by as they continue to put corporate profits over the health and safety of our families, farm workers and the American public. (Oh, now they mention the public which might include non-children...)
Tell EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to ban the toxic methyl iodide from being used on our food and our fields.
Click here to add your voice to the public comment to make sure the EPA bans methyl iodide for agricultural usage.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/360?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=10
Thoughts?
Thanks for taking action — your support is greatly appreciated! We need your help to keep the pressure on! If you can, please consider chipping in as little as $10 to help us continue this fight.
http://fdn.actionkit.com/go/donate/133?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=13
We rely on folks like you to keep us going. Thanks again for your support.
Thank you for participating in food democracy,
Dave, Lisa and the Food Democracy Now! Team
Sources:
1. "The Terminator: Schwarzenegger's Killer Pesticide", The Atlantic Monthly, January 19, 2011.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/362?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=15
2."Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 50 Top U.S. Scientists Asking EPA to Ban Methyl Iodide", September 24, 2007.
www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/iodomethane_letter.pdf
3. "Exposure to pesticides in pregnancy can lover children's IQ", Time Magazine, April 21, 2010.
http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/go/361?akid=307.257790.GWRep7&t=18
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Re: no one cares if adults eat strawberries.... April 21, 2011 |
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Re: no one cares if adults eat strawberries.... April 21, 2011 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 8,402 |
to me, the epa is a totally unnecessary and totally unconstitutional government entity. so my trusting them to do anything is pretty much not gonna happen. if anything, i'm going to petition my government representatives to chop this and the batfe and other such abusive government bureaus. i doubt the epa will do anything unless it somehow impairs commerce and business anyway. if a bunch of businesses are illegally confiscated because of a pesticide ruling, the epa will be there with bells on and the edict in hand.
1.4 Regulations and guidelines
The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) (1997)
has recommended 12 mg/m3 as the 8-h time-weighted average threshold limit value for
occupational exposures to methyl iodide in workplace air. Values of 1–28 mg/m3 have
been used as standards or guidelines in other countries (International Labour Office,
1991). Methyl iodide is considered to be a human carcinogen in Germany (Deutsches
Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1998).
2. Studies of Cancer in Humans
No data were available to the Working Group.
3. Studies of Cancer in Experimental Animals
Methyl iodide was tested for carcinogenicity in one experiment in rats by subcutaneous
administration and in a screening test for lung adenomas in strain A mice by
intraperitoneal injection. It induced local sarcomas in rats after single or repeated subcutaneous
injections; a marginally increased incidence of lung tumours was observed in
mice (IARC, 1986).
4.1.1 Humans
The inhalation of trace amounts of [132I]methyl iodide was followed by a decrease in
plasma radioactivity, a thyroid uptake pattern and urinary excretion that were similar to
those observed after oral administration of inorganic iodide (IARC, 1986).
Methyl iodide incubated with human erythrocytes conjugates nonenzymatically with
glutathione. In addition, an enzymatic conjugation was apparent with erythrocytes from
10/17 donors, but even among these people, the nonenzymatic process was dominant
(Hallier et al., 1990).
4.1.2 Experimental animals
Data from several experiments with rats suggest that absorbed methyl iodide is
excreted mainly in bile. Approximately 25% of an oral dose of 50 mg/kg bw was excreted
in bile as S-methylglutathione, while 2% of the same subcutaneous dose was recovered
from urine and 1% of a 76 mg/kg bw oral dose was present, unchanged, in expired air
within 30 min. The urinary metabolites detected in rats after subcutaneous injection,
presumed to originate from S-methylglutathione, were S-methylcysteine, N-acetyl-Smethylcysteine,
S-methylthioacetic acid and N-(methylthioacetyl)glycine (IARC, 1986).
4.2 Toxic effects
4.2.1 Humans
Workers affected by non-fatal poisoning showed many neurological symptoms such
as visual and psychological disturbances, vertigo and weakness (IARC, 1986).
4.2.2 Experimental animals
Toxic effects observed in rodents after exposure to methyl iodide included narcosis,
lung congestion and liver and kidney damage. Oral administration to rats reduced nonprotein
thiol concentrations in liver and kidney (IARC, 1986).
5. Evaluation
No epidemiological data relevant to the carcinogenicity of methyl iodide were
available.
There is limited evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of methyl
iodide.
Overall evaluation
Methyl iodide is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans (Group 3).
http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol71/mono71-106.pdf
1.4 Regulations and guidelines
The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) (1997)
has recommended 12 mg/m3 as the 8-h time-weighted average threshold limit value for
occupational exposures to methyl iodide in workplace air. Values of 1–28 mg/m3 have
been used as standards or guidelines in other countries (International Labour Office,
1991). Methyl iodide is considered to be a human carcinogen in Germany (Deutsches
Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1998).
2. Studies of Cancer in Humans
No data were available to the Working Group.
3. Studies of Cancer in Experimental Animals
Methyl iodide was tested for carcinogenicity in one experiment in rats by subcutaneous
administration and in a screening test for lung adenomas in strain A mice by
intraperitoneal injection. It induced local sarcomas in rats after single or repeated subcutaneous
injections; a marginally increased incidence of lung tumours was observed in
mice (IARC, 1986).
4.1.1 Humans
The inhalation of trace amounts of [132I]methyl iodide was followed by a decrease in
plasma radioactivity, a thyroid uptake pattern and urinary excretion that were similar to
those observed after oral administration of inorganic iodide (IARC, 1986).
Methyl iodide incubated with human erythrocytes conjugates nonenzymatically with
glutathione. In addition, an enzymatic conjugation was apparent with erythrocytes from
10/17 donors, but even among these people, the nonenzymatic process was dominant
(Hallier et al., 1990).
4.1.2 Experimental animals
Data from several experiments with rats suggest that absorbed methyl iodide is
excreted mainly in bile. Approximately 25% of an oral dose of 50 mg/kg bw was excreted
in bile as S-methylglutathione, while 2% of the same subcutaneous dose was recovered
from urine and 1% of a 76 mg/kg bw oral dose was present, unchanged, in expired air
within 30 min. The urinary metabolites detected in rats after subcutaneous injection,
presumed to originate from S-methylglutathione, were S-methylcysteine, N-acetyl-Smethylcysteine,
S-methylthioacetic acid and N-(methylthioacetyl)glycine (IARC, 1986).
4.2 Toxic effects
4.2.1 Humans
Workers affected by non-fatal poisoning showed many neurological symptoms such
as visual and psychological disturbances, vertigo and weakness (IARC, 1986).
4.2.2 Experimental animals
Toxic effects observed in rodents after exposure to methyl iodide included narcosis,
lung congestion and liver and kidney damage. Oral administration to rats reduced nonprotein
thiol concentrations in liver and kidney (IARC, 1986).
5. Evaluation
No epidemiological data relevant to the carcinogenicity of methyl iodide were
available.
There is limited evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of methyl
iodide.
Overall evaluation
Methyl iodide is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans (Group 3).
http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol71/mono71-106.pdf
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