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The slow death of our agriculture and our natural environment. May 11th, 2020

Let us 'spray'?

Sprayed on our crops. Sprayed in our gardens. Sprayed on the roadside. There is no end to the policy of 'kill, kill, kill'.

The 'Stepford Mentality' still exists. I take this term from the story of the 'Stepford Wives': "The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who suspects the frighteningly submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands."

Essentially, these robot wives are programmed to be obedient to their husbands. They look human, and behave in many aspects like humans, but are conditioned for total obedience.

The outbreak of Covid-19 (also see my 'Future' section) has shown how obedient humans in general can be. Easily brainwashed into behaving the way establishments around the world wish them to behave. Stay at home, work from home if possible, stand in straight lines, stand six feet (or two metres) apart, where masks, get vaccinated, etc.

Those people who are totally obedient do not have wills of their own. They think they do, and are allowed certain freedoms to express themselves, but they live in a controlled environment where they fear to challenge authority. Big Brother rules, and if Big Brother says jump, they jump. Such obedient mind slaves are no more than sheep. This is why some refer to them as 'sheeple'.

Mind programming states that everything must be orderly. Everything that does not conform to pre-set values must be controlled. These are the values embedded into humans at an early age. You must have a nice garden. No wildflowers (some are called weeds), well-mown grass, uncontrolled use of pesticides to keep everything looking nice and ordered. Plant flowers, do not grow vegetables as the presence of flowers shows how you put more stock by appearance rather than practicality. We are conditioned to have Stepford houses with Stepford gardens. And if we do not, we are considered to be rebellious and uncivilised. People who live under these Stepford rules of social acceptance are just programmed robots - or sheeples.

The bottom line is we are prepared to do anything to keep our environment clear of anything we find unacceptable. Only God knows how many billions of gallons of chemicals we must have sprayed upon Mother Earth since their invention. The chemical abuse of our planet is akin to chemotherapy. To destroy the condition, you also have to partly destroy the body. It's a sledgehammer approach to cracking a nut. Got to spray pesticides on our crops, got to spray them in our gardens, got to spray them everywhere we see something we deem as a threat to our ordered mentality.

As a species we have survived for many millennia. We didn't have pesticides for most of our history, but with an expanding population, an increasing need for food, we are now prepared to commit war against the organism that supports us. Mother earth is raped, abused and poisoned every day. You would not do this to your own mother, but you seem happy to let it happen to the greatest and most valuable asset of all. How far do you think you can go before the land is so poisoned that there is no going back? And what of all the creatures you poison? You may think prairie-style farms can grow all the food we need - but at what cost? The bigger the field, the greater the use of poisonous chemicals.

But as I say, we are conditioned to accept such abuses. Food producers use words and terms such as 'pure', 'natural', 'no artificial additives', etc. But these mean nothing if the product you purchase has already been blitzed with toxic chemicals. So we have so-called regulations that tell us food cannot be taken to market until it shows no discernable amount of toxic residue. But it has already penetrated the food you eat. The only true natural and pure food is grown organically and as nature intended - not as man intended.

The rogue's gallery of chemicals

Main UK link on pesticide regulations: Food Standards Agency

Currently approved pesticides here: UK Pesticide List

Pesticide residue in food: EU Regulations for Pesticide Residue in Food

In the US? Start here: US EPA

US A-Z Index for Pesticide Topics: US EPA A-Z Guide

US Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage : US Sales & Usage

Chlorpyrifos

One of the pesticides that caught my eye back in February, 2020, was chlorpyrifos. This is one of the big 'dirty' ones that can be so dangerous and harmful.

In a 2019 article in 'The Scientist', it is said: "Chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate, hails from the same chemical family as nerve agents such as sarin, famous for its weaponized use in World War II. Studies led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) itself have found that families exposed to chlorpyrifos in agricultural communities or apartment buildings had children with lower birth weights and reduced IQs, among other developmental issues." You can read the full article here: EPA Will Not Ban Pesticide Linked to Neurological Issues

So is chlorpyrifos really that bad? Read more here: Chlorpyrifos: General Fact Sheet

Trump's EPA 'Stooges': Trump administration won't ban pesticide tied to childhood brain damage

In the EU: EU Observer: The most dangerous pesticide you've never heard of

It's even used INDOORS: Thailand deaths: Evidence Sarah Carter killed by insecticide

On Fruit: Top 10 fruits doused in toxic chemicals

Kauai, Hawaii: GMO companies are dousing Hawaiian island with toxic pesticides

Glyphosates

"Glyphosate residues are found to have potential to affect plant material composition. Furthermore, these residues are passed on to consumers."

- Environmental Sciences Europe: Review of GMO safety assessment studies: glyphosate residues in Roundup Ready crops is an ignored issue

Around the world ...

India: Glyphosate use increased 1500% since genetically modified crops were introduced

US: WHAT’S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GLYPHOSATE AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS?

Also on the same website: Detox Project Home Testing

In Ireland: "glyphosate’s residues have been found in the main foods of the Western diet, comprised primarily of sugar, corn, soy and wheat".

- Should we be concerned about glyphosate and GM foods?

These are just a few examples of the concern over glyphosate residues in food. It's not just about the US and the UK. Whatever their standards on chemical residue on food, research is showing that we just cannot trust what the State-sanitised industry bodies tell us. But that is no surprise, is it? The Devil looks after his own, as they say.

Glyphosate 'Science' & Repercussions

The principle of glyphosate is quite simple. It is to genetically modify a protein in a plant to make it resistant to the herbicide. The 'weed' that grows naturally next to it gets killed. So, and obviously, you cannot have the genetically modified plant without the glyphosate herbicide. They go hand-in-hand and is a convenient arrangement for the biotech company which is effectively controlling your crop growth. The farmer, from being a custodian of the land, is now just an accomplice in crime - a paid assassin. He no longer has any say in how his (or her) crops grow. He is contracted in a Mafia-style agreement to do the dirty work of his new masters.

Problem is that this 'monoculture mentality' is detrimental to the environment. For the sake of making a few pounds, dollars, rupees, or whatever, the farmer has sold his soul to the Devil. He seems to care not about what is happening, just as long as the payouts keep coming.

Science of this nature is not really science at all. The character Dr Frankenstein saw himself as a scientist, the observer saw him as a madman. Such is the science behind glyphosates. It is the invention of lunatics who think they are Gods. They have created a monster and the means to control it.

Anyway, the detailed science: Wikipedia: Glyphosate

Glyphosate use in the US

Herbicides

Google: Chemicals in Herbicides

Encyclopedia.com: Herbicides

In the following link, I would suggest scrolling to the bottom of the page where you will find a table of pesticides and their effects upon living organisms.

Open access peer-reviewed chapter: Toxicity of Herbicides: Impact on Aquatic and Soil Biota and Human Health

When you have sprayed - STAY AWAY! Herbicide Properties Handbook

Removing one problem and replacing it with another

"Species Shift: Because of herbicide selectivity, continued use of a particular herbicide may result in a shift within a plant community from susceptible to more herbicide-tolerant species. For example, repeated use of herbicides, such as clopyralid, that select for broadleaved species can result in an increase in grasses (Tyser et al. 1998). Removal of invasive plants from highly degraded sites can result in one undesirable species being replaced by an equally undesirable species. For example, using picloram to control spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) with high canopy cover (> 60%) resulted in a plant community dominated by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and Japanese brome (B. japonicus) (Kedzie-Webb et al. 2002). In these cases, revegetation with desirable and competitive plant species is often necessary (DiTomaso 2000)." - Species Shift

How much more information?

The internet is littered with information about pesticides and the dangers that they pose. I have given some useful links so that the reader can get a grasp of what we are dealing with.