Schedule At A Glance September 2008

News:

April 28, 2008, 2:00

Burning throat, toxic/strong/burning odor,

Permethrin Blog 2008

Thus I am having an EmergenC, lol

Painting up a storm and such.

All I can do is light up the dark.

Cover myself in aloe vera and hope I'll thrive.

And paint and dream until they all come true.

and be grateful for all that brings life, which is thriving beauty.

I awoke from severe pain that I could not relieve. I felt like my eyes had been sucked out of my head and I had a sneezing fit. I hadn't looked at the fog schedule because I needed to focus on the beauty of life.  They indeed fogged last night 24, and will for at least the next several. 25,26,27

Posted April 11, 2008:

Spring came early, this year. Winter was warm. We had 3 days of storms some rainfall and a very green South Mountain. Now almost dried up and brown. The fog has effected me in the minimalist ways, neurologically, irritable, hypersensitivity to noise, mouth sores and more than usual allergy symptoms, eyes nose and throat irritation as well as hormonal imbalance.

All of my organic nutritional remedies are failing me, they save me but I need so much more than what any sensible person could ever afford.

First there is the amylase, amylase is amylase. Then there are the Probiotics.  The  hormones, the minerals, vitamins, all of which I just can not seem to get enough of while being bombarded with pesticides, from every direction. Everywhere here sprays and fogs, and dusts, and baits, and advertises their license to kill to protect children and pets. Some even say their petrochemical compounds are made of synthetic flowers, and are all natural.

They are called synthetic pyrethroids, made from petrochemicals, not pyrethrum, which is made from chrysanthemum.

Organic Links:

www.organic.com - (415) 581-5300

7) ALLERGIES

In a study of Swedish children, the prevalence of atopic disorders [allergies] from two different groups of children was measured. The study compared 295 children aged 5 – 13 years from two anthroposophic schools [schools with an alternative approach to education] with 380 children from two neighbouring state schools. The anthroposophical school children ate a predominantly organic diet, used antibiotics restrictively, had few vaccinations and their diet usually contained live lactobacilli [a friendly bacteria found in the upper intestinal tract of humans and in some yoghurts and in unpasteurised milk]. It was found that the anthroposophic way of life is associated with a lowered prevalence of atopy in children. 4

The reduced incidence of atopic disorders is likely to be the result of a combination of lifestyle differences between the two groups of children so that the contribution of organic food consumption is unclear. However, consumption of organic food is the single most common factor unifying the anthroposophic children.

http://www.organic-planet.com
/organics/key_health_facts.html

Health Effects

Permethrin is a member of the pyrethroid class of pesticides. Similar to other pyrethroids, permethrin alters nerve function by modifying the normal biochemistry and physiology of nerve membrane sodium channels. However, EPA is not currently following a cumulative risk approach based on a common mechanism of toxicity for the pyrethroids. Although all pyrethroids interact with sodium channels, there are multiple types of sodium channels and it is currently unknown whether the pyrethroids have similar effects on all channels. Nor do we have a clear understanding of effects on key downstream neuronal function e.g., nerve excitability, nor do we understand how these key events interact to produce their compound specific patterns of neurotoxicity. There is ongoing research by the EPA’s Office of Research and Development and pyrethroid registrants to evaluate the differential biochemical and physiological actions of pyrethroids in mammals. This research is expected to be completed by 2007. When available, the Agency will consider this research and make a determination of common mechanism as a basis for assessing cumulative risk. Therefore, the human health risk assessment and RED document only considered the effects of permethrin.

Additionally, the Agency classified permethrin as “Likely to be Carcinogenic to Humans” by the oral route. This classification was based on two reproducible benign tumor types (lung and liver) in the mouse, equivocal evidence of carcinogenicity in Long- Evans rats, and supporting structural activity relationship information.

http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/permethrin_fs.htm

For more comprehensive information see the EPA page on Active Ingredients

http://www.maricopa.gov/EnvSvc/VectorControl/Resources/MapsLInks.aspx

http://www.maricopa.gov/wnv/fogging/EventsDetailPublishers.aspx