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Post by computermandan on Jan 21, 2014 12:09:01 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OrganophosphateI randomly ended up looking on the WHO site this morning after a friend posted an interesting perspective on depression made by them onto Facebook. Anyway I searched for ADHD on their site and found some mega complicated whitepaper on research into "Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals". I can't claim to understand much of it but the general bits I can seem to err on the side of stating that "organophosphates" (pesticides i think?) can cause issues with development of unborn babies somehow. Development issues such as ADHD being a named example. the wikipedia article also mentions the ADHD link. I am a little shocked as this is new to me. I always rubbished the organic produce supporters as being scaremongers but I feel a bit silly now and will look to push on with my veggie garden asap, too late or not I feel I want to teach my kids to look after themselves and their future offspring somehow. was anyone else aware of these subtle links and the mention that even low levels of the chemicals can have such an effect? or am I just glamourizing (spelling sorry?) an otherwise speculative article? here's the link to the initial search for ADHD on the W.H.O website... search.who.int/search?q=Adult+ADHD&ie=utf8&site=who&client=_en_r&proxystylesheet=_en_r&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=utf8&getfields=doctype
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2014 12:18:50 GMT
The organophosphate debate has been rattling along for decades. Since the majority of ADHDers are 'genetic' it won't effect the incidence (much - would be interesting to poll sheepfarmers wives) but could be an environmental factor that exacerbates the symptoms. As could atmospheric lead, fluoridated water, e-numbers, chem trails and the Conservative party. Etcetera etcetera.
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Post by computermandan on Jan 21, 2014 12:24:50 GMT
lol we're doomed... this is all a little new to me.
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