October 15, 2014
by Patty Donovan
(Health Secrets) Want to keep your home pest free naturally? Nobody wants bugs running around their home but preventing or getting rid of them with conventional methods comes at a very high cost. Nearly every day new information is released about the toxicity of insecticides commonly used around the home. Highlights from these releases include children having lower IQ’s, behavioral problems, and the development of cancer.
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The insecticides you buy at the store for do-it-yourself pest extermination are the same or very similar chemicals as those applied by professional exterminators. These products claim that if you read the label and follow directions scrupulously, there is no danger, but can you really believe them? There’s a reason that exterminators wear protective clothing and respirators!
Chemical insecticides kill bugs by:
Attacking their nervous system
Disrupting their endocrine system (hormonal).
Attacking their heart and lungs
Interfering with some stage of their life cycle
In the US, GMO foods, drugs and chemicals are being dumped on an unsuspecting public with little or no safety testing, and are only recalled after unquestionable damage and death have occurred. Until 2000, the most common insecticides for household use were a group of organophosphate compounds, closely related to nerve gas. The EPA began phasing these out in 2000 because of an indisputable risk of damage to child brain development, but they are still used in the home in certain circumstances and extensively used in agriculture. These insecticides persist in the environment even years after the last use. Recent studies have shown a strong link between exposure to organophosphates and ADHD. In the home, these compounds have largely been replaced with pyrethroid compounds, derived from the pyrethrin found in the seed cases of the chrysanthemum plant. Pyrethroids are also neurotoxins, but they break down quickly when exposed to light and oxygen. At lower doses, they exert a repellant effect.
Insecticide companies have taken the somewhat safe pyrethroids and added a chemical called piperonyl butoxide (PBO) to it to increase efficacy. Studies have shown that prenatal exposure to PBO leads to delayed neurological development in children, similar to the effects of lead exposure on a child’s brain.
Other commonly used pesticides such as bendiocarb, propoxurand permethrin have been found in 51 to 73% of cord blood samples from newborn babies tested. This was 3 to 4 years after its manufacturer took bendiocarb off the market rather than perform the safety studies demanded by the EPA!
How to keep pests away naturally
The safest methods of controlling insects and pests are mechanical.
