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142. My allergy doctor made the diagnosis & I was given disability at the time & settled a lawsuit

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:31 PM

May 2016

extreme salivation, mouth would not stop moving from side to side like I was chewing gum but I wasn't; loss of balance, trembling esp at night while lying in bed; could not lie down without the room spinning; trouble swallowing food - lost 25 lbs in one month, definite cognitive problems but the absolute worse was bronchospasm because it's really scary when you can't breathe. I would say I am 90 per cent better as I moved to the middle of nowhere. Actually, our grocery store closed and I now officially live in a "FOOD DESERT" - 90 miles round trip to the nearest grocery store but it's 180 miles for me as I only eat organic. However, we do have a farmers market in the summer and I have chickens.

Anyway, when I was well enough to leave my house, my daughter and I went down to the Environmental Dept to check their pesticide spraying records and everytime they sprayed corresponded with me going to the emergency room. My street dead ended up against the ditch and river which is why the mosquito spraying was so heavy.

I got myself a toxic tort lawyer and the City of Albuquerque settled with me. First case of it's kind in Albuquerque.

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93% of Americans have glyphosate in their bodies - UC Cal [View all] womanofthehills May 2016 OP

Increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder associated with exposure to pesticide womanofthehills May 2016 #1

That pubmed link does not work. momto3 May 2016 #18

Link: hunter May 2016 #23

Thank you. momto3 May 2016 #32

Here is a good link, showing Trump's obvious willingness to support ANY anti-environmental issue: Jeffersons Ghost Jun 2016 #176

Sorry - here is correct link & another link from Journal of American Med Ass. womanofthehills May 2016 #24

Back in the 70's they used something called the Feingold Diet Marrah_G May 2016 #48

I guess the fact that glyphosate isn't an organophosphate pesticide is completely irrelevant to you Major Nikon May 2016 #59

Glyphosate is a member of the organophosphate family womanofthehills May 2016 #69

Even your own source disagrees with you Major Nikon May 2016 #70

However, many of the "inert" ingredients make pesticides behave in different ways womanofthehills May 2016 #74

Does this mean you are acknowledging that glyphosate isn't an organophosphate pesticide? Major Nikon May 2016 #77

It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate. Loudestlib May 2016 #82

It is NOT a organophosphate ester, which is what was being alleged Major Nikon May 2016 #83

But in many ways it acts like an organophosphate pesticide womanofthehills May 2016 #84

You could say the same about DNA Major Nikon May 2016 #86

Can you link the paper showing that esterification doesn't happen in vivo or the environment? Loudestlib May 2016 #115

You seriously expect me to disprove something that was never proven to begin with? Major Nikon May 2016 #134

it's your claim so......Yes. Loudestlib May 2016 #139

No, that wasn't my claim Major Nikon May 2016 #145

Do you know Roundup is only 40% glyphosate womanofthehills May 2016 #138

Did you know vaccines in Kenya have been laced with sterility compounds by the WHO and UNICEF? Major Nikon May 2016 #141

OK. WHO DO I SUE??? Gomez163 May 2016 #151

K&R... spanone May 2016 #2

Next thing you know, Monsanto will be suing 93% of Americans Scientific May 2016 #3

Don't give them any ideas. Enthusiast May 2016 #7

Seriously PatSeg May 2016 #15

They will in a way. Via more massive tax breaks. nt valerief May 2016 #22

Your user name is rather ironic, since you believe in ludicrous fictions. HuckleB May 2016 #143

Are you attacking the results of the study cited in the OP? Scientific May 2016 #147

It's not a study. There is no peer review. HuckleB May 2016 #149

No one ever said it was a study - individuals paid to get their urine tested for glyphosate womanofthehills May 2016 #158

Your friend did above. HuckleB May 2016 #160

K & F'ing ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #4

OMG! Your Prince gif is amazing! MelissaB May 2016 #5

I love it too but I can't take credit for it, that goes to Unknown. You're welcome to save/use it :) ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #6

Been admiring it for a while too. Great image of Prince, what a creative artist and appalachiablue May 2016 #11

Too young, indeed. Prince was part of the soundtrack of my life and it's not very often I go beyond ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #21

Last year I followed Prince's Peace Concert in Balto. that he set up to honor appalachiablue Jun 2016 #166

yet so many scientists and farmers swear that it is safe.... or have no problem with this Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #8

World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers’ Breast Milk womanofthehills May 2016 #9

Woo Major Nikon Jun 2016 #173

No wonder TRump is doing so well in polls nt LiberalEsto May 2016 #10

K & R. Monsatan. When will this end. appalachiablue May 2016 #12

Their lobby is like the NRA and perhaps just as deadly in the long run EndElectoral May 2016 #13

And they have paid trolls PatSeg May 2016 #16

+ 1 Scientific May 2016 #28

Yep PatSeg May 2016 #30

I paid for the test and never sent it in. I'm in kidney failure and this crap can cause that. bkkyosemite May 2016 #14

One womens fight against Glyphosate in Argentina - baby died kidney failure womanofthehills May 2016 #25

A guide to detecting bogus scientific journals Major Nikon May 2016 #136

Capitalism Trumps Life libodem May 2016 #17

I read the studies. Much more data is needed before anyone should be worried. In particular... stevenleser May 2016 #19

+1 n/t PasadenaTrudy May 2016 #20

Not all pesticide is excreted - it's also in bone and fat and can be for yrs womanofthehills May 2016 #26

An important point - lots of corporate poisons stay embedded in human tissue Scientific May 2016 #31

No question. But it's still incumbent on those raising the alarm to state what acceptable stevenleser May 2016 #46

No. It is NOT incumbent on the citizens to prove that Monsanto products are safe. bvar22 May 2016 #47

Glyphosphate is water soluble, not fat soluble. LeftyMom May 2016 #53

you are so so so wrong about Malathion - look up side effects of organophosphate pesticides womanofthehills May 2016 #60

"Journal of Pesticide Reform" Major Nikon May 2016 #65

Actually our neighborhood was sprayed 4 days in a row with 4 yr old Malathion womanofthehills May 2016 #140

No doubt "toxic tort lawyers" have killed thousands Major Nikon May 2016 #144

What did your readings tell you about ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION? Octafish May 2016 #27

Thank you PatSeg May 2016 #29

Amazing alacrity when it comes to defending the indefensible. Octafish May 2016 #37

Glyphosate is also linked with protecting your body from cancer Major Nikon May 2016 #89

Glyphosate has been linked with BREAST CANCER Octafish May 2016 #93

Reposting something again makes it just that much better Major Nikon May 2016 #96

You sound like an authority, a major! Octafish May 2016 #98

You forgot to post yours the first time around also, no? Major Nikon May 2016 #100

That's why the links, time waster. Octafish May 2016 #102

Nah, just consistently against nutty bullshit Major Nikon May 2016 #104

What a douche! Octafish May 2016 #106

Not ever defending Bush is the opposite of defending Bush, namecaller. Major Nikon May 2016 #109

When do I promote the douche? Octafish May 2016 #114

No problem Major Nikon May 2016 #118

Like you said, you haven't proven that I parrot anybody. Octafish May 2016 #119

... Major Nikon May 2016 #131

China - cancer rates exploding womanofthehills May 2016 #125

The decline in the pirate population is linked to global warming Major Nikon May 2016 #130

endrocrine disruptor pesticides womanofthehills May 2016 #33

Europe is spending $126 billion per year in healthcare costs due to endocrine disruptors? Octafish May 2016 #39

Exposure to Pesticides Increases Risk of Endometriosis womanofthehills May 2016 #35

Most Americans have no clue. Octafish May 2016 #40

Seralini Major Nikon May 2016 #66

Character Assassin? Octafish May 2016 #94

You'd think you'd be used to being so easily debunked by now Major Nikon May 2016 #97

Not by you. And why do you care, Major Nikon? Octafish May 2016 #101

You protect Lyndon Larouche Major Nikon May 2016 #103

Nice smear. Octafish May 2016 #107

So pointing out you parrot out LaRouche is a smear, but pretending I defend Bush isn't Major Nikon May 2016 #110

Smear artist. Octafish May 2016 #120

... Major Nikon May 2016 #132

Good luck educating this anti-science crowd. alarimer May 2016 #34

Especially with all the apologists and shills protecting Industry online. Octafish May 2016 #36

You want a news blackout on toxins in our food and bodies? Scientific May 2016 #49

No, that is a straw man. That person wants responsible reporting. stevenleser May 2016 #50

Exactly...the dose is the poison...period skepticscott May 2016 #95

“There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever” Major Nikon May 2016 #99

Toxic Sludge Is Good For You Octafish May 2016 #108

QED in spades skepticscott May 2016 #112

Toxic Sludge Is Good For You is about PR Octafish May 2016 #113

QED nt skepticscott May 2016 #111

When you have nothing ,you always put down the Food Babe womanofthehills May 2016 #124

Food Babe is a fucking idiot. Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #137

However, the levels of glyphosate on soy are now "extreme" & I would worry womanofthehills May 2016 #45

Shit source referencing shit researchers like Seralini and pretending it's not shit evidence Major Nikon May 2016 #85

"Extreme" what? "Extreme" is not a medical or scientific measurement. stevenleser May 2016 #152

Extreme means way over the US allowable limits for glyphosate in food womanofthehills May 2016 #159

Complete nonsense Major Nikon Jun 2016 #165

I'm not talking about measuring before application - here is the EPA chart womanofthehills Jun 2016 #167

You just repeated the exact same thing I gave you Major Nikon Jun 2016 #170

Link to that pronouncement by any government agency please. nt stevenleser Jun 2016 #175

+1, n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #51

size doesn't always matter, unless you're trump maybe lakeguy May 2016 #90

Quantity of a toxin always matters. Disregarding that paints you as not serious. stevenleser May 2016 #92

Even more scary than the glyphosate - the inert secret ingredients womanofthehills May 2016 #38

Seralini Major Nikon May 2016 #88

ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO COMMENT TO EPA - on Monsanto's Dicamba womanofthehills May 2016 #41

Warning to farmers - you may have nowhere to sell Dicamba tolerant soybeans womanofthehills May 2016 #42

National Geographic - photos - living near GMO soybean fields womanofthehills May 2016 #43

I am sure that's 93% of the 99%. nt thereismore May 2016 #44

There is no "UC Cal" LeftyMom May 2016 #52

Sorry - it's UC San Francisco - I was shortening it in my mind womanofthehills May 2016 #54

The public sent in their urine samples and you can too!! womanofthehills May 2016 #56

Thanks for the info Person 2713 May 2016 #162

Taiwan recalls Quaker Oats imported from US - glyphosate levels too high womanofthehills May 2016 #55

Food brands to avoid womanofthehills May 2016 #80

Very telling when someone has to cite anti-vax sources Major Nikon May 2016 #87

German Medical Assembly says glyphosate should not be re-authorized JohnyCanuck May 2016 #57

As a scientist, I find this "alarming" post to border on absurd. NNadir May 2016 #58

There you go injecting facts and reality into the conversation Major Nikon May 2016 #62

As a women poisoned by pesticides, I find your post alarming womanofthehills May 2016 #63

Your evidence that you were "poisoned by pesticides" is what? NNadir May 2016 #127

My allergy doctor made the diagnosis & I was given disability at the time & settled a lawsuit womanofthehills May 2016 #142

Oh, I see. Your lawyer gave you your scientific training. NNadir May 2016 #146

I promise you, you were not poisoned by pesticides. cleanhippie May 2016 #129

You're discounting the effect of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and gov sponsored mind control Major Nikon May 2016 #154

Oh, right! I always forget that! cleanhippie May 2016 #156

38 countries do not feel the same as you - i guess they despise science! womanofthehills May 2016 #64

Political organizations often respond to ignorance. This is well known in history and often... NNadir May 2016 #116

Average level was 3 parts per BILLION Major Nikon May 2016 #61

Glyphosate degrades soil microbial life JohnyCanuck May 2016 #67

Seralini Rule Major Nikon May 2016 #68

Actually, the WHO and many scientists are taking a new look at the Seralini study womanofthehills May 2016 #71

According to Seralini himself! Major Nikon May 2016 #72

Not www.sciencedirect.com again! womanofthehills May 2016 #75

Let me see if I have this straight Major Nikon May 2016 #78

See video of interview with John Kempf JohnyCanuck May 2016 #79

See 25:22 in the video you posted, produced by Putin's mouthpiece, RT Major Nikon May 2016 #81

I have been following your posts on building up the soil womanofthehills May 2016 #76

Not banned for the same reason ALL other countries banned Lead and US did not. Silver_Witch May 2016 #73

And the chemical industry wins another round mdbl May 2016 #91

EPA USED MONSANTO’S RESEARCH TO GIVE ROUNDUP A PASS Octafish May 2016 #105

They are spraying our wheat with roundup J_J_ May 2016 #117

No more sandwiches - Organic is getting contamined with glyphosate womanofthehills May 2016 #150

This is the 3rd anti-vax nutbag site you've sourced in this thread alone Major Nikon May 2016 #155

Actually, the post was for people who are interested in glyphosate free organic wheat womanofthehills May 2016 #161

Actually, the post was for those who prefer to get their information from this side of crazyland Major Nikon May 2016 #164

My organic bread comes from Wisc . I will have to check the source now. Hopefully Person 2713 May 2016 #163

Alarmist, pseudoscientific woo bullshit. Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #121

Thanks for the scientific information. jomin41 May 2016 #123

I'm certainly not antiscience FlaGranny May 2016 #128

"Why expose our bodies to toxins at any level if it can be avoided?" Major Nikon May 2016 #135

Yes, I agree, FlaGranny Jun 2016 #169

There's all sorts of very good reasons why we should purposely add more of them Major Nikon Jun 2016 #171

Food should be food - FlaGranny Jun 2016 #174

The OP is anti-science Bonx May 2016 #148

If all Democrats shared the passion that some here do in arguing about NoMoreRepugs May 2016 #122

Monsanto is not the only company that makes glyphosate now Botany May 2016 #126

Every company that makes glyphosate has a different formula womanofthehills Jun 2016 #168

Why Cliven Bundy Isn’t WRONG Major Nikon Jun 2016 #172

Wonder why the regional difference ...guess I will have to read the link later ..... Person 2713 May 2016 #133

Give Monsanto the corporate death penalty before they kill you! Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #153

Do you still think that air pollution causes AIDS? Belief in nonsense leads to belief in more... Humanist_Activist May 2016 #157