The dangers of pesiticides used on humans and plants were not realized in the past.
@lookatdesktop (27134)
Dallas, Texas
April 26, 2018 10:29pm CST
The people who used the pesticides like DDT and others to kill the polio epidemic we were warned a long time ago, but we all know that things have changed since then.
Imagine us using DDT and advertising cigarettes and so forth. Back then people were so ignorant, just look at this YouTube and realize how naive and ignorant people were back in the old days. You won't believe it.
This video is a dedication to Rachel Carson, a revolutionary woman who in the 1950's stood up to the United States Government and the Dow chemical company to...
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
27 Apr 18
The powers that be were possibly also ignorant.
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@ConVolines (1449)
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27 Apr 18
@lookatdesktop TPTB are incredibly ignorant... and arrogant.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
27 Apr 18
It depends on if we grow our veggies and fruit without using pesticides that hurt us. Diazinon, Malathion, and others to name the ones that are actually harmful.
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@rheicel (7065)
• Philippines
28 Apr 18
@lookatdesktop Definitely no to pesticides we can all use organic fertilizer.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
27 Apr 18
They do not have the same technology back then. They were made to believe that everything is safe and people would not doubt a thing.
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