KATHY WROTE:
Mrs. Greg, you stated that you knew an individual who may be suffering from chemical poisoning due to open cab spraying,
I have heard of a gentleman, who is from East Central AB who has been striken by "West Nile Virus" supposedly, and this man is now in a wheel chair, so I am told. When I spoke with, and attended meetings, for the Special Areas Advisory Council, back in the grasshopper infestation years, this same now wheelchair bound man openly commented on how he had sprayed his crop with pesticides (for the grasshopper infestation) multiple times in one year.
I would hope that this pesticide toxicity would not go unresearched, as a potential cause of his debilitation. Organophosphates and other chemicals (which farmers rely far too heavily on), are damaging our immune systems and central nervous systems. I want nothing more than for all possible hypotheses to be examined
MRS.GREG Wrote:
Kathy,I don't know the guy your talking about but if your talking Special Areas hes prob in our county.
Most of these brain type illnesses can't be diagnosed until autopsy,I know that to be true of the ones in our county that the final outcome was the spray chemical in open tractors,I wasn't one of the nurses that worked these cases ,I just remember the staff meeting this was identified at.
As for our very close friend...the Dr's have exhausted all the possible tests,last I heard he has a pet scan set up but that really only shows where the damage is,really not the result.The guys that the final results were spray,were first diagnosed with Alzhiemers but then they were showing signs of a differnt kind of brain damage,the regression wasn't the same.
Chemical damage can show up in different ways...phsically or with brain damage. I really wish people would think before they use ANY type of chemical.And if they do,use the proper protection.
Mrs. Greg, you stated that you knew an individual who may be suffering from chemical poisoning due to open cab spraying,
I have heard of a gentleman, who is from East Central AB who has been striken by "West Nile Virus" supposedly, and this man is now in a wheel chair, so I am told. When I spoke with, and attended meetings, for the Special Areas Advisory Council, back in the grasshopper infestation years, this same now wheelchair bound man openly commented on how he had sprayed his crop with pesticides (for the grasshopper infestation) multiple times in one year.
I would hope that this pesticide toxicity would not go unresearched, as a potential cause of his debilitation. Organophosphates and other chemicals (which farmers rely far too heavily on), are damaging our immune systems and central nervous systems. I want nothing more than for all possible hypotheses to be examined
MRS.GREG Wrote:
Kathy,I don't know the guy your talking about but if your talking Special Areas hes prob in our county.
Most of these brain type illnesses can't be diagnosed until autopsy,I know that to be true of the ones in our county that the final outcome was the spray chemical in open tractors,I wasn't one of the nurses that worked these cases ,I just remember the staff meeting this was identified at.
As for our very close friend...the Dr's have exhausted all the possible tests,last I heard he has a pet scan set up but that really only shows where the damage is,really not the result.The guys that the final results were spray,were first diagnosed with Alzhiemers but then they were showing signs of a differnt kind of brain damage,the regression wasn't the same.
Chemical damage can show up in different ways...phsically or with brain damage. I really wish people would think before they use ANY type of chemical.And if they do,use the proper protection.