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Pesticide/Herbicide exposure as an infant and in
school causes chemical sensitivity Diana Buckland
My young sons' health was damaged
by chemicals - in particular pesticides and herbicides - he was affected both
mentally and physically - (he did also have a violent reaction to his infant vaccinations (4 months of age)
but we know they have neurotoxic chemicals such as formaldehyde, aluminium,
thiomersal (a mercury compound) phenol etc. etc. as stabilizers and
preservatives.
James had a major exposure to
pesticide as an infant, also in grade 2 when we had a flea plague here and it
was downhill from there yet again - he continued to have exposures at school -
I had no idea they were pesticiding fogging the trees and around the class
rooms and even the bag and hat racks - rooms treated for termites - probably
chlorpyrifos I would think - he was getting sicker and sicker and his behaviour
continued to deteriorate - he was violent and psychotic - and the medications
(there were a lot ) made him more toxic - there is so much I want to tell you
but it is too involved - he has been out of school for 4 years, we live in
isolation from the community and family as there are chemicals and chemical
perfumed products everywhere - we live virtually couped up in our house - I am
hoping one day we will be able to buy some acreage so James can start having
some life - and be able to go outside without fear of smelling some chemical or
fragrance which makes him ill.
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More on James' story:
I guess I should point out that it was not just
chlorpyrifos - also unidentified pesticides - the one used in our home for the
flea plague was Crackdown - but I expect with the Local Authorities in charge
of fogging the trees and bag racks for the school - it could have been any
pesticide - I do know the local authorities certainly used Malathion.
Also the schools use herbicides as unfortunately my neighbours
- as well as them having their houses pesticided - James was trialled on about 10 different medications from as an
infant tofranil, anafranil, catapress, ritalin(which made him develop
hallucinations and toxic psychosis and involuntary ticks - I can remember he
was sitting on his bed in the middle and spitting all around his bed and in the
bathroom screaming he had spiders all over him - it was horrific and this was
only a fraction of his suffering - his ocd was worsening - I had to wash clothing
20 or more times before he would wear it - and even then some he wouldn't wear
- his sock seams and shoe laces had to be perfect and his hand washing was out
of control - his hands were cracked and bleeding -James was very autistic in
his behavior - hiding under furniture - covering his ears and shutting his eyes
- he was sound and light sensitive - he would vomit a lot - gastic - sick all
the time and the damage meurologically was pathetic - his behaviour was
appalling - violent - abusive - destructive - and suicidal because he hated the
way he was - no-one accepted him - no-one liked him - the entire family could
not accept him - thank God my husband
and I loved him because nobody else on God's earth did - I think that destroyed
me more than anything - I was completely heartbroken and I still am today - I
am so angry because these deadly neurotoxic pesticides are everywhere and the
vast amount of populations are kept in sheer ignorance as to their human
destruction . He was also trialled on
dexamphetamine - as a very young child
also melerril and the last one trialled was the resperidone (anti-psychotic) -
I was noticing his chemical sensitivities getting worse and he was getting
sicker and sicker - after 14 months on this last drug - I said enough and against
the doctor's wishes - I took him off it over 2 weeks - he had major psychotic
episode
- so doctor said put him back on it - I was not happy -
I rang the drug manufacturer ( I might add that this drug should not have been
prescribed for a child under 15 - James was 10 at this time ) and they had no
guidelines for withdrawal of the drug - so I had to think and decided to take 2
or more months - slowly reducing the dose and I successfully got him off it -
James was on these cocktail of drugs for about 8.5 years
all up trying to control the dreadful behaviour of my son caused by chemicals -
as an infant he was also a chronic asthmatic - sick a lot and of course the
pesticides was the last straw - he was on large quantities of asthma medication
(prescribed by a Chest Physician) as he was always sick - he was on ventolin
and becotide and sometimes beclofort
inhalers - ventolin and atrovent in nebuliser and sometimes oral steroids when
he was extra bad - I did exactly as the doctor told me - when I kept James away
from chemicals and chemical perfumed products and of course all the food and
drink chemicals - guess what - no more asthma.
James is now 13 - he is still a sad and lonely young boy
- still horrendously underweight - still pale - because we are in a densely
populated area our air quality is awful and he still looks dreadful and has the
big black rings under his eyes - and in winter we have the added nightmare of
the wood heaters from neighbours smoking out house out - that knocks James
around too -James has got to the stage where he doesn't go out the front of our
house much at all - because the last time he did a girl walked past our house
with perfume on and he copped it and the next day when the television crew came
to film us - his behavior was awful (he was swearing too - which he used to do
horribly) and he didn't feel better until late afternnoon - he has been away
from chemicals as much as I can for 4 years now - and I believe his total body
load is down – I also pray that the damage done also to his liver is repairing
itself - these bloody chemical companies have a great deal to answer for - I'm
not just fuming and heartbroken for my
James - but also for all the other people who have themselves been damaged or
their children - it just isn't right
I am the Brisbane representative
of the Australian Chemical Trauma Alliance - one of the numerous volunteer
groups trying to support all the people who have been made ill from chemicals.
If you would like to contact me please do so and also if you would like to make
contact with the President of the Australian Chemical Trauma Alliance - please
do so, his name is Rex Warren (you may have already contacted him) his email is
rexglor@bigpond.com
My kindest regards to you, Diana Buckland of Kallangur,
Brisbane, Australia Brisbane, Queensland Australia -
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