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As I watched an airplane at a distance circle around and spray toxic chemicals on agriculture farm land.  I started to worry which way the wind was blowing.  I little bit of that in my sysytem means liver dysfunction .  I wish I could love spring, but spring to me means way to many chemicals being applied to the land of the United States.  It means conventional farms spraying tons of chemicals.   It means cities spraying around playgrounds, schools spraying and counties spraying.  People spraying chemicals all around their houses.  Moss chemicals, lawn fertilizers, weed and feed, herbicides, 2-4-D etc.. The list of chemicals that will be used this spring across the US is a Sad and Depressing list.   Here are my thoughts today and every spring.  My name is Sue, I am the canary of this world.  I am the bee, the frog the butterfly and the bat.  I am here to represent them and myself.  I am here  to ask you to think about your purchases that you make.  When you buy something that is not organic, that means you have been a part of a sysytem that poisons the land, the animals, the insects, the water and the air.  It means you are supporting something that poisons humans.  Humans like me are affected immediately.  I speak the language that you understand. The rest of the nature world speaks to you but you do not listen.  They speak to you in deaths, die offs and sickness.  But you still do not listen.  I have the voice, to express to you  we are at a critical point.  I am a canary, and I get sick from the toxins in the environment and there are others like me. A canary in the  coal mine represents life or death.  Every year I speak of this.  I can only hope that our eyes we keep reading and your ears will  listen.  You can't say you are interested in being sustainable if you do not eat all organic.  You can not say you care about the bees dying off if you support toxic conventional agriculture, dye your hair, paint your nails, use any products that have petroleum and synthetics in them.  I think you are getting my point.  I might even be offending you.  But if you are offended it is because I have hit a sore spot. And you know that you contribute to poisoning this world.  Concerned for China and it's people?  I would hope we are all concerned for them.  After all, we are the consumers who purchase the many things that are not needed that are made in China.  Therefore we are a part of the toxic air pollution that is going on over there.  We are a part of the deaths in China that are happening  due to the extreme pollution.  Again you can change the world by what you purchase.  As spring approaches, I can't help but notice all the chemicals that are being applied to the land on a daily basis.  With topics like sustainability, bee deaths, water pollution and cancer rates at a all time high you would think we would make laws to stop these insane practices of spraying toxic chemicals on our food, in the water ways and on the food that is grown for animals.   When you see yellow and orange around the trees, the waterways on highways, in the farm fields, around the hazelnut orchards, fruit orchards, nut orchards you know they have applied toxic cancer causing chemicals.   I have also learned in my county the Yamhill County Soil and Water Conservation District will use and does use toxic chemicals (Herbicides).  WT.....????   Folks Herbicides are toxic...   Here I am again, in the 8th year in a row, standing on my soapbox, yelling PLEASE CHANGE, THINK ABOUT YOUR PURCHASES, YES YOU ARE APART OF THIS PROBLEM AND PLEASE CHANGE BEFORE WE HAVE A SILENT SPRING.......

UNSUSTAINABLE - TOXIC TO US ALL 

UNSUSTAINABLE - TOXIC TO US ALL 

PAY THE ORGANIC FARMER............... 

CONVENTIONAL FARMING IS UNSUSTAINABLE - TOXIC TO US ALL 

AND

HERBICIDES ARE TOXIC TO ALL OF US 
THIS COMPANY YOU SHOULD BOYCOTT.

 SAY NO TO DELMONTE

FOOD THAT GROWS SICKNESS 

This morning, while my daughter and I were working on our projects, we decided to  listen to Paul Chek.  He has a video series on coffee and espresso.  I strongly recommend you listen to this.  

Click on link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCHeQs6nUFo

Before I was hit with my illness, I was extremely athletic and pushing my body beyond its limits.  I was a coffee junkie.  At the time of my coffee addiction, (which most  Americans have) I had a high level of stress going on from a divorce, I was cleaning peoples houses with toxic chemicals, moving pipe in a non-organic corn field, teaching spinning classes right after I cleaned a gym bathroom with bleach, comet and a plethora of other toxic chemicals, I did not eat organic, I lived off of so called nutritional bars (non-organic) during the day for snacks (soy, peanut) and non-organic high protein meat diet.  My veggie intake was the typical American diet, SAD.  The usual, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes and celery.   Most of these foods create inflammation, inflammation in the body will create cancer, fungus issues, low immunity, weak bones, lack of energy, etc.  

I truly feel that the coffee,  I was drinking, was a big part of pushing my body deep into the illness I still carry today.  It was the last straw.    There was obviously more to what gave my body disease, but the coffee sped up what was happening to me.

We live in a toxic world, if you do not eat good, and you drink coffee, this is a combination to create disease in your body.  You health starts in the kitchen.  You body has a tank, that needs proper fuel to function at an optimal level.  

There is not one person I know that is functioning at optimal health level.  This includes the children. I can think of  only a few, counting on one hand that are close to good health.    

The generations that are growing up are going to be even more unhealthy, if we do not start teaching them NOW!

Many teens/children do not exercise or play enough.  All teens and young children should be playing hard and should be  exercising off and on throughout the day at lease 5 days a week.  

So, besides the lack of movement, most teens are drinking  too much caffeine.  They should not drink it at all.  As a person who studies the  health of humans, big and small and the environment.  I can see right know the increase of diseases that we will face in the future. The numbers of cancer are going to be record high, obesity, diabetes, bone issues, nerve issues and women's health problems will increase ten fold.  

 I am sharing this video series, in the hope that you will pass it along, make changes in your life, your children and maybe even encourage your friends.

 I would love the virus of great health to plague America.   

In my opinion, Paul Chek is the  best in the  field of health.  You want to be healthy, live longer and be in top shape, Paul is the one to listen to.  

Part Two:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxdNh8ETo_4&feature=c4-overview&...

Part Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6MPCFPZMSQ&feature=c4-overview&...

Our food is becoming more toxic, our food traditions that are passed down are  toxic.  These food traditions that are passed down, are toxic choices that need to stop.  It is NOT ok to eat a candy cane with red 40 in it, it is NOT ok to eat a valentines day cup cake with Red 40 in it, it is NOT ok to eat marshmallow throughout the summer on your camping trips, they are full of GMO ingredients and toxic food coloring, it is NOT ok to eat at the sports snack shack, it is NOT ok to eat the candy thrown to you at the parades, it is not OK to eat the Little Debbie Snacks with a Capri Sun after soccer practice, it is not ok to eat at Izzy's pizza, it is not OK to eat elephant ears, it is not OK to eat the Halloween candy, It is not ok to eat the Thanksgiving Turkey that is injected with toxic substances, it is NOT ok to eat colorful Christmas candy, It is Not ok to eat the yellow and pink marshmallows for Easter or the Easter candy that is full of dyes and GMO's, it is NOT ok to eat that fourth of July red and blue food coloring.  As you can see this is a big list and I could keep going.  

I made this partial list because I wanted to show you how we go from one fat food fest to the next.

This list is 12 months of many once in a whiles, now add the birthdays in there.  As you can see by this list. that telling a child or teen that it is OK to have a toxic food once in a while, is far from being once in a while.  

American lives are fast and split up  and because of this once in a while becomes almost all the time. 

Mom says it is OK to eat that once in a while, since we have a high divorce rate we have Dad says it is OK to eat that once in a while, grandma said it is OK to eat it once in a while, Auntie said it is OK to eat that once in a while, at my sleep over little Suzie's mom said it was OK to have that once in a while, my coach said it was OK to have that once in a while, my baby-sitter said it is OK to have it once in a while, my teacher said is is OK to eat that once in a while and so on and on and on.  Guess what eating something that is not so healthy has become a (almost) 7 day a week theme.   If you look around like I do you can see it.  The obesity rates are skyrocketing and you see a lot of children that are just not strong like they used to be.  

I just love the voice of "It is only once in a while" or that person who tells you, you can eat a bad food once in a while.  Now days we are so busy and so split up in our lives that  just once in a while is becoming toxic and has become a sorry excuse that we use more than once in a while.  

This toxic saying is allowing us to justify in our minds to do unhealthy things weekly and  now daily that we should not be doing at all.  

Here is my first example that I hear a lot parents, grandparents and most adults who talk to children do.  The child hears that their fruity pebbles, red licorice,  snow cones with red syrup, red frosted cupcakes, valentines day candies are unhealthy.  They share this information with the adult about what they learned.  What happens after that, is that 98% of the adults that are talking to those children tell them, "It is OK to eat it once in a while".  

First, I want you to think about this, how is it OK to let child eat something that has toxic ingredients in it?  Just because they are not being rushed to the emergency room does not mean that the food ended up being safe.  Let me remind you that the cancer rates are at their all time highest.  Diabetes is at an all time high and America is getting more obese by the minute.  

Little Suzie is at a community event and someone is selling snow cones and she wants one.  The adult in charge say's OK, it is only once in a while.   That adult just told her that it is OK to eat unhealthy food.  The once in  a while does not matter in her mind and there was no consequence on the parent or child for eating that toxic food.  Little Suzie feels pretty good, so it can't be bad.  But, here is where all parents,grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult friends, adult cousins went wrong.  That food did affect her.  It is toxic because it has carcinogens  in it.  The worse part about it is that Little Suzy will keep eating those types of foods over and over again into adult hood.  She has been educated wrong by the Adults who could not stay away from toxic food themselves.  These same adults are struggling as adults with their health.  Little Suzie grows up and some day gets cancer from all the once in a whiles that were to many in her life time.  

We have to start thinking about what we are really teaching our children about health. You can't use the parenting style of consequences and making choices when it comes to food.   If you tell the child that a snow cone with red flavored syrup is bad for them and you give them a choice to have it or not, they will eat it and there is no consequence for eating it.  They feel fine. But it is affecting them deep down in their bodies.     As of right now  the children and teens of America are being taught that it is OK to cheat and eat bad food and that they are supposedly to busy to exercise.   It deeply saddens me to hear that most high school kids have no PE and the rest only have it twice a week if they are lucky.  

If you as the adult do not change your habits, and you keep the cheating going on, with "It is OK eat that once in a while",  on the toxic food then you are doing a dis-service to your family, yourself and this world.

42% of us will be obese by 2030 (actually, I think we are already at that percentage), our children are expected to have a shorter life span than us and 41% of us are going to inevitably get cancer. .

We are becoming a Wall-E World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU).  I do not want this and I am pretty sure you do not either.  But, we all need to change.  It is time to get rid of this thought process that was introduced to us many years ago, (I bet by a corporate commercial) because it has caught up to us.  To many kids with adhd, add, autism, obesity are everywhere and at an all time high, cancer is at an all time high, diabetes is at an all time high.  We can alter this trajectory if we spread as much information about the chemicals in food as possible – specifically the chemicals that can be directly linked to obesity and cancer and that are slowly poisoning us and making us suffer as a society. 

The most widely used dyes, Red 40, Blue 1,  Yellow 5 are contaminated with known carcinogens, linked to cancer and known to cause hyperactivity in children.   “Carmel coloring”  sounds natural,  and is anything but! Caramel color is often manufactured by heating ammonia and sulfites under high pressure, which creates carcinogenic compounds that are also linked to cancer.

More information on Food Coloring: 

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/24/are-you-or-your-family-eating-toxic-food-dyes.aspx

Just Have To Stop, No More Once In A While: 

McDonalds, Burger King, Arby's,Taco Bell, KFC, Soda, hot dogs, non organic candies, deserts with artificial colors and artificial flavorings, frozen food, foods with artificial coloring and artificial flavors, the snack shacks at sports events and packaged process foods.  This list is just a small list of foods to say NO to.  

Remember,nothing is going to change until we realize, that healthy food, food without toxins with absolutely no fudging is what we need to be eating. This world is either going to become a Wall-E world or a healthy world.  We are at the tipping point for this.

Wall-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU

Parents be parents, protect your children.  There should be no choices when it comes to eating a food with toxins or not eating it.  It is your job to protect their health and safety, so this decisions is yours,  Be strong and say NO

Americans 'Just Have To Stop"  this is what is going to change their health, their families health, the future generations of America and it will help our oceans, land and air become toxin free to. 

We are approaching one of our biggest consuming periods we have each year.   Black evil Friday and Christmas, I am asking you  to please watch this, and change how you purchase, eat and live.  

I have changed a lot in my life, and I still have not changed enough.  I will work hard for the animals and people of this world.  I will set goals to consume less plastic in my life.  

Just how bad do we have to let it get before we change.  I am fearful, that if we did not start now, it will to late.  

A Silent Spring is approaching fast, in a run away train.  I do not know about you, but I want to stop this train. 

Put a stop to purchasing water bottles, energy drinks, plastic cheap toys, plastic, 5 hour drinks, coffee lids, pop, plastic bags, plastic, plastic, plastic.... butter tubs,  plastic, plastic, 

I think you got the point.  If we could all decrease our plastic consuming by half this could help

Knowledge Is Power, but you have to apply it. 

Don't be like so many people on Facebook that watch these films and then put their comments down on how terrible this is, how said it is, and then do nothing.

The link below provides a short clip of a documentary that is coming out soon.  It combines the love that these animals show and the death that they are going through due to our plastic problem that we dump everywhere.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN8JYhByVYg

http://www.getipm.com/articles/leukemia.htm

Roundup is the world`s most popular herbicide used to control weeds all over the planet and is omnipresent in the food chain of animals and humans. Roundup is claimed to have an active ingredient known as glyphosate (G) and said to be safe for humans even though plants are readily killed. In a first of its kind published study, French researchers recently sought to examine the toxicity of four popular G-based herbicide formulations on human placental cells, kidney cells, embryonic cells and neonate umbilical cord cells and surprisingly found total cell death of each of these cells within 24 hours.

Glyphosate (G) and several unknown adjuvants. The exact ingredients in herbicides are not disclosed to the general public and are kept confidential as they are labeled, "trade secrets". Chemical company's  assure the public these ingredients are inert and are therefore non-toxic. 

http://www.naturalnews.com/025534_Roundup_research_toxic.html

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had conducted a test of lawn herbicides and found that after outdoor spraying the level of contamination found INSIDE homes was TEN to ONE HUNDRED times stronger than what was found outside. Brought in on shoes and by pets, the floor and carpet concentrations were readily picked up by children from direct dermal contact as well as orally. In fact the video portion of the story showed four babies crawling on the floor and thoroughly mouthing every toy.

The company's that created this toxic death to our environment say that herbicides are safe.  This theory comes from well paid scientist that they hire.  

This information below comes from Bayer.  If this is so safe why the caution?  If something is safe there would be no warnings that if certain thing happens while using the product seek medical attention.  

Handling Keep out of reach of children. Product will irritate the eyes and skin. Avoid contact with eyes
and skin. When preparing product for use, wear elbow-length PVC gloves and face shield or
goggles. When using controlled droplet applicator wear protective waterproof clothing and
impervious footwear After use and before eating, drinking or smoking wash hands, arms and
face thoroughly with soap and water. After each day’s use, wash gloves, face shield or goggles
and contaminated clothing.
Do NOT mix or apply the product or spray solution in unlined steel or galvanised containers as a
highly flammable gas may form. Use stainless steel, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic or plastic
lined, fibreglass containers or spray tanks. 

It is safe to use but you better do this: 

Personal Protective Eyes: Wear a face shield or goggles.

Equipment Clothing: When using controlled droplet application wear protective waterproof clothing and impervious footwear.

It is so safe you better wear this type of glove:

Gloves:   Wear elbow - length PVC gloves. 

Hazardous reactions Do NOT store, mix or apply the product or spray solution in unlined steel or galvanised containers as a highly flammable gas may form.

Since when, is something safe if it is a Marine Pollutant?   

Marine Pollutant Yes   

Here is some more information from ProKoz herbicide:

Again, there is no way this is safe to use.  As long as a product has such hazards listed, it is not safe  PERIOD!

I could not copy and paste the hazards.  The company has made it so I can't so here is the link and read it yourself. 

http://www.cdms.net/ldat/mp7RD001.pdf

Where did we go wrong that people think that something is safe to use even when there are warning signs on it?   Are there really people out there that read the back of these labels and think it is safe to use????  Especially when it says if ingested contact your physician, call poison control??  Do people really think it is safe when you should wear a certain type of glove up to your elbows?  The list goes on.

 It is time for people to wake up, it is not safe to spray something that kills something.

In the long run you have either given yourself a certain type of cancer or disease,  You have given someone you love cancer or disease.  You have given cancer or disease to some other human,life form,frog, bee, bird, marine life etc...........  

Special note:  On the back of these toxic herbicides it says this or something similar:

Buyer assumes all liability.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, buyer and all users are responsible for all loss
or damage from use or handling which results from conditions beyond the control of
this Company to the extent consistent with applicable law, including, but not limited to,

 If I had a neighboor spraying this I would start a law suit.   

PEACE AND HAVE A CHEMICAL FREE DAY :)

Keep out of reach of children.
CAUTION!
CAUSES MODERATE EYE IRRITATION.
Avoid contact with eyes or clothing. Avoid breathing vapor or spray mist.