Malignant Spread of Agricultural Toxins into Groundwater and Waterways Revealed
#62 2023 The Rowen Report
Dear Subscriber,
This is a recent published report on the metastases of pesticides and agricultural chemicals into the environment. It is frightening. Terri and I are on a well. And, “well” aware of this risk. Terri, before we married, installed a water softener in her home (to get out iron) and a charcoal filter for the entire house. Reverse osmosis is added for drinking purposes.
I do take issue with the article’s estimate of 0.1% of the toxins reaching waterways. But the authors did admit they had a conservative estimate. I saw my elderly neighbor spraying Roundup within yards of our well casing which is near the property line. He just doesn’t know.
The fact that the poisons enter aquifers and travel far from site of application should make front page news just as much as transsexual matters. Specifically, the report acknowledges that the chemicals, in extremely tiny amounts, have deleterious effects on the aquatic biome. We know that vertebrates, like fish and amphibians, get physical gender “dysphoria” with mixed physical genital characteristics.
Please know that the great corporations (legal fictions) have an almost free pass in wanton environmental devastation as they own the government and ensure that the government takes no action to protect living people and creatures. And these great corporations are at the head of the politically crazed sexual identity movement. Do you think for even a moment that they really care about the rights or sanctity of those afflicted with gender dysphoria, or are perversely using a serious problem to hide their horrors, divide and conquer us, or otherwise create mayhem for their agenda? If they cared a hoot about the problem, and the unfortunate humans adversely affected, it would not be out of the realm of thought to connect their products with the creation of the problem, which problem they are politicizing, rather than solving.
Phenotypic (physical) sexual identity of lower creatures is adversely affected by some of these monstrous chemicals at parts per trillions! Years ago, I published a paper showing a link between autism and fluoridated water. More autism in cities/communities that fluoridate. (https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/1041). If out alleged “government” cared at all about the affliction, rather than wanting to use it for division, we could expect to see a risk analysis of “trans” based on location. From there we might be able to further establish a link between the malevolent corporations’ chemicals and the malady. Rather than seeing corporations and governments “celebrating” “Pride”, they would peer into causes of the explosion of the problem. Personally, I think Hell will freeze over before that happens, unfortunately.
However, even if it were studied, it would be damn near impossible to draw conclusions. Agricultural products are shipped far and wide. Most people do not eat organic. And even if you do eat organic, I assure you that you are still getting a nice “load” of Roundup. I am nearly 100% organic yet have measurable levels in my body. I am a full-grown adult. I shudder to think what my levels of these chemicals are doing to a fetus, infant or child whose brain is yet to be gender programed, yet, which newborn has a toxic soup of over 200 chemicals measurable in cord blood!
I was asked why I have spent time addressing gender dysphoria. It is because our most important charge is to our young. What kind of world are we permitting to be left to them. What kind of joy or happiness will be left for them if they cannot identify with what sex they are, or cannot have children of their own. Or are rejoiced upon by those in control happy that perhaps 20% of the young will not have or be able to have children because of chemical intoxication. (Remember, up nearly 40% of Brown University students identify with LBGTQ+).
It is so bad that a Supreme Court nominee could not define a “woman”. We are condemning our children to a lifetime of debt to finance a foreign proxy war that threatened us in no way, but our Rulers cannot see fit to investigate the destruction of our descendants at the hands of corporate interests that threaten our survival on the planet. It appears that at least one candidate is open to fielding these issues – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I hope we will hear more from him on this, and that he can make it a pivotal issue in his campaign.
I hope I will have a chance to talk with or interview major political candidates on these issues during the upcoming election season. You can help by sharing this Substack with others. More subscribers mean greater chance to get to “important” people. Thank you in advance.
To Your Excellent Health,
Robert Jay Rowen, MD
https://sustainablepulse.com/2023/07/14/first-global-analysis-shows-how-pesticides-leach-into-the-environment-university-of-sydney/
First Global Analysis Shows How Pesticides Leach into The Environment – University of Sydney
Posted on Jul 14 2023 - 4:59pm by Sustainable Pulse
Childhood Exposure to Glyphosate Linked to Liver Inflammation and Metabolic Disorder
About three million tonnes of agricultural pesticides are used across the globe each year, yet little is known about where or in which environments these chemicals end up after their initial application.
A global study published Thursday in Nature, which analysed the geographic distribution of 92 of the most commonly used agricultural pesticides, found that approximately 70,000 tonnes of potentially harmful chemicals leach into aquifers each year, impacting ecosystems and freshwater resources.
Associate Professor Federico Maggi, the study’s lead author from the University of Sydney’s School of Civil Engineering, said: “Our study has revealed that pesticides wander far from their original source. In many cases these chemicals end up a long way downstream and often, though in much smaller amounts, all the way to the ocean.”
The study showed that about 80 percent of applied pesticides degrade into daughter molecules – or byproducts – into soil surrounding crops.
“This degradation of pesticides often occurs as a ‘cascade’ of molecules into the surrounding environment, which can persist in the environment for a long time and can be just as harmful as the parent molecule or applied pesticide. One such example is glyphosate. Although it is highly degradable, it breaks down into a molecule known as AMPA that is both highly persistent and toxic,” said Associate Professor Maggi.
While the study found that only a fraction of pesticides enter river systems after field application, once in the water most of the active ingredients end up in the ocean, with potential negative impacts on marine wildlife and coral reefs. This puts at risk the very basis of marine and freshwater food chains.
“On paper, 0.1 percent leaching into fresh waterways might not sound like much,” said Associate Professor Maggi. “But it only takes a tiny amount of pesticides to have a negative impact on the environment.”
The study showed that 730 tonnes of pesticides enter rivers each year, with about 13,000 kilometres of rivers reaching chemical concentrations above safety limits for a number of aquatic plants and invertebrates, with poorly understood consequences on rivers’ ecosystems.
Dr Fiona Tang, a lecturer in water engineering at Monash University and paper co-author said: “Just because we don’t see pesticide residues in soil and water doesn’t mean they’re not there, impacting critical systems on land, rivers and oceans.”
Paper co-author, Dr Francesco Tubiello, Senior Environmental Statistician at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation said: “We must urgently adopt sustainable management strategies to promote reductions in field applications of harmful pesticides and set in place systems to effectively monitor their use under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.”
The research team used a large collection of publicly accessible geospatial data to conduct the study.
However, the authors say the paper is a conservative estimate because not all pesticides were included in the analysis. They did not analyse legacy pesticides and those used in aquaculture, private dwellings and public spaces, meaning the risk exposure of ecosystems and people to these chemicals could be higher.
Associate Professor Maggi last week co-authored a separate paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution that outlined recommendations to reduce pesticide use, including calling for a reliable set of indicators and improved monitoring.
He and the paper’s co-authors argue that targets for lowering pesticide pollution should be focused on decreasing risk, including reducing amounts and toxicity, because some organisms are at high risk from very toxic pesticides, even when used in low quantities.
“It is important that national authorities disclose statistics on the use of agricultural inputs, be they fertilisers or pesticides, given the effect they have on the environment and ecosystem service,” he said.
Associate Professor Maggi said a global reduction in pesticide use while maintaining food security was possible as long as such initiatives were designed and implemented in consultation with food producers.
“Globally, there is a lot of room to increase efficiencies and yield while still supporting an abundant food supply through new technology and modern crop management practices,” he said.
This is an early example of a chemical company polluting its surroundings and acting with impunity for a long time. The area is now a Superfund site that will take decades to clean up. I mention this particularly because I had visited the chemical plant and had been in an executive office at least once when I was a child, and it helped afford our family a very comfortable lifestyle, although my siblings and I were oblivious to the problems it was causing.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/toms-river-pollution-and-its-cancerous-wake
https://www.app.com/story/news/local/land-environment/2018/04/12/clean-up-toms-river-superfund-site-wont-finished-decades/506912002/
When I was taking a biochemistry course in nursing school in 2007, the professor discussed the rising levels of estrogen in the water supplies. He said it was worse near college campuses due to birth control used by female students and how it eventually ended up in water supplies. We know testosterone levels in men had been steadily dropping since WWII.