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Mom who finds out about pesticides testing or lack

I was searching for a do it yourself home test for pesticides when google sent me to your article.  I am like you with all your discoveries except mine grew from my then 10 yeart old's question of exactly how does the mosquitoe spray work as we watched the truck coming down our street spraying permethren and 90% undisclosed ingredients into our air.  Any way I worked very hard for a year on the topic with mixed results.  I wanted to get it stopped in my small city which didn't happen.  However I got an incredible amount of TV and newspaper coverage and started other groups onto the topic.  Our St. Louis County Copuincil as well as my city and 2 other cities all passed new legislation addressing the issue of pesticdes in a positive way.  2 of those larger cities thanks to other citizens, which were directly inspired by me, actually stopped spraying.  So I got burne0d out, and stopped for the last 2 years.  But right now I want a home testing kit that's easy and inexpensive.  You can buy lead testing kits for under 5 bucks at home depot, there needs to be something similar for pesticides.  I'll let you know if I find it or make it.  Please do the same.  
I'm glad your out there.  Oh and I've got issues with my kids too due to environmental polutants.  My then 6 year old and I breathed in burning styrofoam on a college campus, some kids were doing a sculpting project with styrofoam and torches.  Campus approved!  We breathed it for 5 minutes and now have serious breathing troubles.  My doctor said, "perhaps this was a trigger for a pre-existing condition,"  I said you mean like apunch in the eye is a trigger for the pre-existing condition of a black eye?  Boy these coroprations have the medical field curriculum pretty well layed out in their favor don't they?
My other son got seizures after his second set of immunizations and now has asperger's.  We didn't immunize our next 2 kids after we learned about the reality of immunizations which are really immune system killers at the very least.  We are doing OK on Raw foods which has been a Godsend for us.  We are making a difference for ourselves and those around us and it goes on but we can't always see it.  Many good wishes and Love, SalOn A worried mother discovers the secrets of pesticide testing posted 2 years, 10 months ago 2 Responses