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Dangers of Pesticides:

In addition to the case histories and laboratory tests listed
earlier in this study, the following is also noted.

In a fact sheet (Attachment V) distributed by Thelma MacAdan,
it states:

"*Cancer in the last quarter of a century can be considered
@ social disease, a disease whose cause and control are
rooted in the technology and economy of our society.’

Dr. U. Saffiol, U.S. National Cancer Institute

According to the World Health Organization and the

B. C. Cancer Foundation, between 80% and 90% of all cancers
are environmentally caused ~ in other words, by things

we touch, eat or breathe....

Did you know that cancer is the leading cause of death
for children under 15? Babies are now born with a heavy
burden of residues that will continue to accumulate
until the body breads down....

Pesticides and herbicides are insidious killers. We are
often exposed without knowing and they do not leave Tingerprints....

A weed is not as important as a healthy child...."

Dr. John Blatherwick, Medical Director of the Simon Fraser
Health Unit, School District # 43, has said, "All herbicides
are dangerous, by their very nature and effectiveness.

It's a weighed risk."

Mr. Bram Hoogendoorn, Parks Superintendent, Port Coquitlam,
stated at the Committee's Public Committee meeting on this topic
that these (listed) chemicals are "all dangerous if inhaled,"

i) Young Children:

Dr. Ruth Shearer notes that children are “much more susceptible"
since they have "fewer enzymes to detoxiify with." She

further states that young test animals react to carcinogens

at much lower doses than adult animals.

In daily life, she believes this can be reflected in the fact
that adults often take 20 years to show cancer, but that
Children can have tumours in their first year.

li) Illegality of "Safe When Used as Directed" Labels:

In addition, Dr. Shearer points out that in the U.S. at least,
it is illegal and considered false "“misbranding" under the

Code of Federal Regulations on Labelling of Pesticides for
manufacturers to state on any labels that any pesticide is safe
or non-toxic with or without the clause "if used as directed.”