Thread by @DrLizaMD

@CDCEnvironment @PEHSUnational Imagine a life without #pesticides!

Are you claiming it is better for kids to be exposed to lice, fleas, ticks & the diseases they transmit from rats to children?

Typhus is a vector-borne disease of the Middle Ages and is showing up in California!

google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…

@CDCEnvironment @PEHSUnational Or how about toxic weeds like Datura contaminating your green beans?

Datura residues can make kids hallucinate & have a heat stroke-like syndrome!

#herbicides control toxic weeds so you don’t have to worry about them in your veggies!

foodsafetynews.com/2019/03/greeny…

@CDCEnvironment @PEHSUnational Or how about ergotism from fungal infections in crops?

Did you know that ergot is where LSD comes from?

Would you want your kids to be exposed to LSD residues in cereal?

#fungicides

google.com/amp/s/www.vice…

@CDCEnvironment @PEHSUnational Or how about carcinogenic mycotoxin residues in your cereal?

geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/09/14/vie…

@CDCEnvironment @PEHSUnational #Pesticides are critical for #publichealth & #foodsafety.

They’re heavily regulated & well studied using validated & reproducible tests.

We’ve made our testing results publicly available & welcome an open discussion about the benefits & safety of #pesticides.

@CDCEnvironment @PEHSUnational Tagging @TheLancet @CUGHnews @NEJM @JAMAPediatrics @emma_ducros