The Pet Report

Although people are aware of the health dangers of pesticides, there is almost 1 billion pounds of these dangerous pesticides used in the United States each and every year. The worst part is these numbers are not lowering.

Even though our food is washed before getting to the grocery store and many people will still rinse the vegetables when they get them home, there are still trace pesticides that people consume, and this is causing some rather large health issues.

It is also causing huge health issues with farmers and farm workers. With over 20,000 pesticide related illnesses reported every year,according to the Environmental Protection Agency, this is really becoming a problem.

While farmers and farm workers having there problems, the American Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals reports there there are over 30,000 cases of pet poisonings reported each year and yes these are due to pesticides. These numbers are not made up, they are calculated by the animal poison control center.

While commercial grade pesticides cause there share of the trouble, individual people share in the poisoning. By using all those chemical based weed killers or bug sprays you are contributing to the issue. Many people don’t even wait until there is an issue and use these chemicals as a preventive product.

Pesticides has been linked to many diseases and health issues like, Parkinson’s disease, many different types of cancer and even birth defects. It truly amazes me that people still use chemical type pesticides.

The worst thing is that there are no laws that require pesticide producers to test home pesticides with the same standards as commercial grade pesticides. If you ever look at the ingredients not only will you find different poisons but also “inert ingredients” that don’t have to be tested???

And these chemicals not only harm people, but they also contaminate the air, water and soil. This means that honeybees, butterflies and ladybugs along with fish are threatened with pesticides. One other small fact is that the pesticides you use around your house can and do seep into the water table.

Of course we do need to get rid of pest in and around our home but there are organic options that work just as well and in some cases even better. Join that with the fact that you will be helping keep your family and pets healthy, it really is a simple choice. Organic pest removal is the way to go.

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