Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Endangers Essential Farm Workers | NowThis
This pesticide wreaks havoc on the human nervous system - so why is it still legal in most states?
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In US news and current events today, a dangerous pesticide called Chlorpyrifos, which is known for attacking the nervous system, is still legal in the U.S. and is still being used in most states. Farm workers have been deemed 'essential' by the federal government to maintain food supplies during the coronavirus pandemic (the COVID-19 pandemic). In addition to heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 many of these workers are at continued risk of exposure to toxic pesticides. Learn more about these pesticides and why they are still in use, in this video.
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It's called greed, money comes first over health, unfortunately.
@Mx-veganworldby2050
4 жыл бұрын
Same for Tyson and Smithfield > greed over health.
@petefl1818
4 жыл бұрын
Always has in the US.
@coolbluereview
4 жыл бұрын
Goahead yup it’s everywhere. Crazy how fox isn’t reporting on it. The quality of water in the USA actually has gone down on average
@makisxatzimixas2372
3 жыл бұрын
It's called consumer choice, it's up to you to not buy the cheapest food and opt for the non-sprayed ones.
@niwreyentihw1496
3 жыл бұрын
And it should be illegal to be that way, due to the health and well being of others.
Go to farmworkerjustice and sign the petition to ban this pesticide.
Farmers should be utilizing regional Biological organisms to fight Pests. Its more expensive atm, but only because it hasn't been commercialized yet. There are soil organisms as well as predatory insects that can fight pest organisms without detrament to crops and the environment, they just need to be deployed intelligently and crops need to be monitored properly. With the age of technology machines in combination with workers could be used to search for and identify infestations. Farmers need to be forced, chemical means should be used as a last resource and should be extremely limited to how much they can use, to encourage use of biological means. Large pesticide companies have been lobbying to keep harmful chemicals legal for decades, it's time to STOP poisoning ourselves and the environment.
We all know profits are important and people are replaceable, somehow we are going the wrong way...
And remember...It rains all the time and that infected dirt goes down and eventually into the ocean
That why you should always buy organic
It's a world were rich will survive by any means and poor will suffer, For example movie 2012 why only rich and politicial leader boarded the ship and rest of the world died.
Let the soil food web and no till Organic living soil with natural remedies do the job!
You ask an orange or an apple farmer, they'll tell you, they would never feed their own family their own produce.
@AnkitSingh-gf1zb
4 жыл бұрын
Yes... correct...
Also it’s what killing the bees 🐝 🐝 without bees nature will collapse.
Because our whole society is totally corrupted and nobody is doing anything about it.
Will I ever be able to stop looking at things that I know will make me angry?
@Eric-tj3tg
2 жыл бұрын
I was experiencing the exact same thing. If I can and will do something about it, fine, but most of this is appalling- fear and anger-inducing, which causes Sympathetic Nervous System fight/flight, which suppresses rest/digest and immune system functioning. Be well and tks for the reminder...this ain't my bliss. Might choose to be mindful of this.
It will take many solutions to reduce pesticides that are destroying more than bugs. Remember if it is good for the birds and the bees it is good for you and me. Trees have been removed from the ends of farm fields. More trees will result in more birds and the birds eat many of the insects. More trees please.
So what do u use to replace that? Video didn't say.
That explains a lot
Strange, NY still spraying pesticide right inside the city at the major transportation hub!
yeh it's awesome on green ants i wish i read the msds though within an hr i was hospitalized
Good to see that it's illegal from where I live.
@Eric-tj3tg
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, which sane country do you live in? I'm crazy in crazyland U.S.A. There's no evidence often means nobody's looked(ing).
This should be a no brainer then. Amazing it’s allowed to be used. It’s almost like intentional for sinister results.
I have been very concerned. I suggested a solar hoisting a two mast woven sail that could zap the locust. Also, using game birds and domesticated birds teach them to eat various bugs thru their life cycle like larva that don't dig up crops...move them in wagons some just live there too. Thanks
@probablynotabigtoe9407
4 жыл бұрын
You don't need to train birds to eat insects LOL. But poisoning insects also poisons birds who eat them. Its time we stop relying on chemicals as a main source for pest control.
We have to change this. We can change it if we refuse to buy this produce. We can change it by voting blue and advocating to protect workers.
Money. Someone has enough of it to pay the corrupt law makers
Why is KZread blocking your recent video?? It was flagged
Profit is more o=important than your life.
Have the lobbyists be FORCED to write advertisements for the COMPANY they represent, viewable by the public, indicated the REAL notion/mission behind these "oh we're not corporate just 1000acres farm, but definitely not corporate" so called small farmers. Lets hear HOW PROUD they are to "feed the world" while their crop is solely from a demand of quantity, and let the farmer tell the public how he does NOT feed his family conventional crops...
Jesus isn't going to like this. May God bless all these hard workers who have no choice but to submit themselves to these inhumane work conditions
Not all insecticides (pesticides) are bad, as a matter of fact Most are safe if used within the perimeters set forth on the label. and commercial applicators do follow the label.
where is the group fighting this? We all should join so this is stopped.
Profit.
Why is Salt still legal? Salt is toxic too.
soooo were just not going to do anything about this? nice
Thank god for this lady reminding us to throw up and become sick, cause that's what persticides supposedly do.
It's literally proof that the people in control care nothing for us.
All insecticides are highly toxic, that's the job kill insects. It would seem to me that banning one organophosphate may not achieve anything and could cause more harm if another organophosphate is used in higher concentrations as a replacement which is a likely outcome. The highest risk for this product group is children getting leukemia in agricultural areas with crop dusting. This has been known about for 30 years and practices have improved. So it's fine to identify a problem but without providing an alternative it's not going to change. If there is alternatives for mass production at similar costs then ok. I personally favour organically grown produce but only at a certain price point.
You know why its still legal? Because it all has to do with the economy. Just as you dont provide free schools for everyone to educate (want poor people so prisons system and legal system grants big money) you also need people to be sick. Therefor you still have toxins like this used. In EU we have banned substance that color food (bad english sorry, dont know the correct word) but in USA this colorising substance is still being used in american food. Its been banned since 90's in EU. You need them in order to make your insane healthsystem thrive. Im scared by watching videos like this, how do americans not react to this? But i guess americans always has to do it their own way, no matter the cost.
...because people will NEVER get in the way of financial profits!! The ONLY time a human is important in this country...... is when it's a Zygote!!
This is ridiculous ban this now
Thank your local GMO’s
Vegans see this they will be in denial