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Pesticides and farm kids
"swroot" wrote in message ... Oz wrote: Sirius writes I know a lady who had a son in 1997. He was born blind and disabled and has since died. She said this was caused by the spraying of Benzomate on brussel sprouts in a nearby field, while she was pregnant, IIRC. (What is Benzomate? Is it still used?) [-] More likely is Benlate, (benomyl) a fungicide (MBC). Very widely used, approved, very low toxicity, non-mutagenic. If the above symptoms were caused by this product it's widespread use on pretty well all crops would have produced an unmissable epidemic by about 1980. You might be interested in http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/actives/benomyl.htm Well I was interested in this bit: "In 1996 a Miami jury awarded US$4 million to a child whose mother was exposed in pregnancy to Benlate. The child was born without eyes. The mother in this case was subject to an unusually high dose of Benlate. The case is on appeal by the manufacturers. An important issue in the case is whether the timing of exposure - during the formation of the optic nerve in the foetus - is critical as well as the magnitude of exposure. A Benlate compensation case involving an English boy from Essex born without eyes is also due to be heard shortly in the US(21)." |
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