Week 9: Response- Chemicals and Pesticides

The video was an interesting way of showing how synthetic and possibly harmful a lot of things we consume and use are.  Between the pesticides, artificial sweeteners, and other chemicals pumped into all of our processed food, it's no wonder we have so many varied health problems.  The growth of health problems is troubling, especially because a linkage toward the chemicals has fallen to the wayside.  As genetics can almost be ruled out, the cause must be environmental and there's only one thing that we have changed in our environment.  The discussion on cheap, natural pesticides was also interesting, because I had used the natural remedies to kill some roaches in my garage.  I was glad that I had gone down a path that was the least harmful to the environment and my home.  See this relevant article that suggests that such chemical use may be transgenerational:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/12/02/pass-it-on-lasting-danger-toxic-chemicals/
You may be harming your grandchildren as well as yourself by chemical exposure.