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I had a client years ago who had Parkinson's
disease. He was a TTU prof in fisheries who was known as "The Rotenone
King" (his last name was King) because he advocated and used so much rotenone to
kill off "trash" fish before introducing improved fish. Turns out rotenone
use is associated with Parkinson's. This family has other members who also
have Parkinson's, but they are all still living, their disease did not progress
as fast. Considering that it's in my family too, I'm glad that I never
used the stuff.
It's important to remember that
arsenic is "natural". Stinging caterpillars, poison ivy and deadly amanita
mushrooms are all natural. What is unnatural is to sit in a nice
clean living room in air conditioning while outside the mosquitoes and
chiggers await their next meal. Picking nice big fruit is unnatural.
Mother Nature prefers little bitty fruit to maximize seed
production while providing just enough of a meal for the birds
to volunteer to transport the seeds. So what we want,
fruitwise, is something that is unnatural, while not using too many
resources, toxins, or hard work to get it. Donna
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