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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > Bev, and any other chemists on the list, what is your reaction to this?
>
> Not a chemist.
>
> 'James was a chemist
>  But now he is no more
>  For what he thought was H20
>  Was really H2SO4'


Oh Sh$%%^&&***!!!!!


> Not a chemist, but the premise of that article is pure BS and the writer must 
> surely be on the take from chemical companies or else permanently brain 
> damaged by their products.

I agree.
> The human chemistry rids itself of toxins by means of 'chemical channels'.  
> There is a specific chemical reaction, for example, to heavy metals. The body 
> knows perfectly well how to rid itself of arsenic, lead, mercury, etc. and 
> those elements in their toxic form are present in food and water and always have 
> been.  Nor are the effects cumulative.  If you are exposed to levels of arsenic 
> below what the chemical channel can handle, it is exactly the same as if you 
> were not exposed at all.

Sorry James, you will have to prove this to me..


> Gardens raised for food (as opposed to 'for sale') need only address 
> substantial damage and needn't worry about cosmetic damage.  Most industrial 
> agribusiness toxins dispensed are to prevent cosmetic damage and don't improve the 
> quality of the food a bit.  

That, we can agree on, 100%.

James already mentioned the big 'natural' groups of pesticides, the 
nightshades, the nicotines, the pyrethrins, rotenone, BT etc.  But one 
thing I have found that he did not mention is that natural 'cides tend 
to have 'evolved' to be species specific, where commercial 'cides take a 
shotgun approach.

Bev
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