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Brazil Suspends Monsanto Linked Pesticide in Zika Battle After It’s Exposed
as Cause of Birth Defects | The Free Thought Project
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/brazil-suspends-pesticide-fight-zika-virus-exposed-dangerous-virus/

On Sunday, the Free Thought Project reported on the recent information
released by the Physicians in the Crop-Sprayed Towns
<http://www.reduas.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/02/Informe-Zika-de-Reduas_TRAD.pdf>
(PCST), who revealed that the Brazilian government’s assertion that
microcephaly was caused by the Zika virus was not substantial. PCST exposed
a popular larvacide pyriproxyfen to be the actual suspect.

The chemical, pyriproxyfen, was added to the state of Pernambuco’s
drinking-water reservoirs in 2014
<http://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/brasil/2016/02/12/interna_brasil,626798/pyriproxyfen-e-apontado-por-cientistas-argentinos-como-causa-da-microc.shtml>,
by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, in an effort to stop the proliferation
of the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito.

The report by PCST revealed that the pesticide, sold under the commercial
name SumiLarv, is manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical, a Japanese subsidiary
of Monsanto.
<http://news.monsanto.com/press-release/corporate/joint-press-release-monsanto-sumitomo-chemical-and-valent-extend-crop-protec>

“Pyriproxyfen is a growth inhibitor of mosquito larvae, which alters the
development process from larva to pupa to adult, thus generating
malformations in developing mosquitoes and killing or disabling them. It
acts as an insect juvenile hormone or juvenoid, and has the effect of
inhibiting the development of adult insect characteristics (for example,
wings and mature external genitalia) and reproductive development. It is an
endocrine disruptor and is teratogenic (causes birth defects).

“Malformations detected in thousands of children from pregnant women living
in areas where the Brazilian state added pyriproxyfen to drinking water is
not a coincidence, even though the Ministry of Health places a direct blame
on Zika virus for this damage, while trying to ignore its responsibility
and ruling out the hypothesis of direct and cumulative chemical damage
caused by years of endocrine and immunological disruption of the affected
population,” according to the report by Physicians in the Crop-Sprayed
Towns.

In a move that would never happen in America, the Brazilian government
actually listened to the group of doctors and suspended the use of
pyriproxyfen, pending further study.

In a communique, the state government said that
<http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/02/14/brazilian-state-suspends-larvicide-used-to-combat-zika-virus/>
“the suspension was communicated to the 19 Regional Health Coordinating
Authorities, which in turn will inform the respective Municipal Monitoring
services” in all cities in the state, according to Fox News Latino.

Up until now, Brazilian scientists have been attributing the increase in
microcephaly to the Zika virus. However, on Sunday, Rio Grande do Sul
Health Secretary Joao Gabbardo said that,
<http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/02/14/brazilian-state-suspends-larvicide-used-to-combat-zika-virus/>despite
the fact that a relationship between the larvicide and microcephaly has not
been proven, the “suspicion” that there may be a linkage had led the
organizations to decide to “suspend” the use of the chemical.

Read more at
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/brazil-suspends-pesticide-fight-zika-virus-exposed-dangerous-virus/#CYt5u8TxgWUZeUDu.99