We must get rid of pesticides in the food supply: exposure to these deadly chemicals can cause cancer, birth defects, and neurological damage. (effect of parathion and other pesticides)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: November 1, 1993| Author: Meyerhoff, Al | Copyright information

Pesticides, such as parathion, are dangerous because of the ill-effects they have on human health. The Food and Drug Administration estimates that 38% of the US food supply contains pesticides. While they help crops, their long-term effects are not worth the price of toxicity.

JOSE CAMPOS MARTINEZ never really had a chance. He had been wearing a "space suit"--goggles, gloves, boots, and a breathing apparatus. Yet, when working in the fields of California in 1991, exposure to a mi...

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