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Heather Davis <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:54:00 -0500
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Ok, just a short line from someone who is L. Her A. Off over the statement that formula is free from containments.
When I saw someone's post about this, and how the pesticides are deliberately avoided by formula companies (why? because they care? right....) it made me laugh out loud! Vegetable oils are SAFE???? That is a joke. (sorry)

I grew up on a large Indiana corn and soybean farm. My dad STILL farms corn and soybeans (something like 1500 acres). He uses SO MUCH pesticides and the likes that it is unbelievable! He explains its just something the commercial farmer "has to do to make any money at all" unless you are a small organic farmer. My stepmom suffered 6 miscarriages years ago, coincidence? No other fertility issues were ever found. Once, chemicals were being sprayed and I happened to be washing dishes, the window was open, there was a strong breeze and I almost passed out from the chemical spray into my face! Dizzy, headache, light-headed, eyes burning.....this was from about a 1/2 mile away. I am sure there  plenty of people who grew up on farms that didn't have so much chemicals being sprayed year round, but I can attest to my dad, all his farmer friends, and they are all large commercial farmers who sell on the market.


Just my personal experience on how 'safe' corn and soybeans are grown!

Heather Davis, RN (FNP grad student)
now in beautiful South Carolina and off the farm :)

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