Story originally printed in the Holmen Courier or online at www.holmencourier.com
Published - Friday, May 04, 2007
LETTER: Pesticide use is harmful to people
I recently researched housing for my parents, both 88 years old, and discovered pesticides are used inside apartment buildings. They spray the halls, and elsewhere, with pesticides!
I know pesticides are used inside nursing homes and other senior citizen facilities, which is why I am trying very hard to avoid my parents living in these types of places.
Our family discovered the hard way that pesticides are poisonous to people — we used them and were poisoned by them. We then discovered being poisoned by pesticides made us sensitive or allergic to cleaning compounds, disinfectants and other everyday products; the EPA classifies disinfectants and sanitizers as pesticides, which makes them very toxic.
Pesticides hurt people, and they should absolutely not be allowed around our most vulnerable — the elderly, children, and people with health problems.
Actually, healthy people should not be exposed to them either. I was healthy once until we used pesticides.
Please, I pray you will understand and take action in whatever way you can to stop this practice. Thank you so much.
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