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- LIE #1: THE ONLY SIDE-EFFECTS OF 'ANVIL' EXPOSURE
ARE COUGHING, STUFFY NOSE, ITCHING AND WATERY EYES
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- Exactly like an allergic reaction to pollen, these
responses to the toxic ingredients of Anvil are an attempt by a
person's immune system to flush the substances from the body. Mucus
nasal secretions, tears and coughing to expel the irritant from the
lungs are not the harmful effects of exposure but are simply proof
that the body recognizes Anvil as something it wants to get rid of
immediately. The symptoms of a disease are not the effects of a
disease. If you have emphysema from cigarette smoking you may feel
tired and have difficulty breathing. In response, you might use an
inhaler and temporarily breath better, but that would hardly mean you
had recovered from the disease or from permanent damage to your lung
tissue.
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- The suspected and in many cases already proven long
term effects of exposure to Pyrethrins like Anvil include immune
system and liver damage, endocrine disruption, proliferation of breast
cancer cells, lowered sperm count and cognitive difficulties. The
latest science concerning this finds that at even the most minimal
exposure serious health effects and endocrine disruption have been
observed. The real damage from exposure to these chemicals won't be
manifested until long after the itching, runny nose or coughing have
stopped. By then, few people will remember or be able to prove the
connection between exposure and their illness. Chemical companies,
just like cigarette manufacturers, depend on this time lag between
exposure and illness to prevent them from being found liable.
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- LIE #2: WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV) IS A DEADLY
DISEASE
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- The Mayor and the media keep referring to WNV as a
deadly disease transmitted by killer mosquitoes. Yet, they qualify
these claims by saying that WNV is very hard to become infected by and
that most people who do get infected recover without any treatment and
without experiencing any symptoms. So which is it, a deadly infectious
disease, or very mild and hard to become infected by? It can't be
both.
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- According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
the largest known WNV epidemic in history occurred in Romania in 1996.
Approximately 100,000 people allegedly became infected. About 400 of
those people became ill with symptoms of encephalitis. Only 15 of
those people, all of whom were over 65, died. Considering the level of
health care in that country and the poor nutritional status and immune
health of its senior citizens, these statistics indicate that the
virus is much less dangerous than the common cold. See:
(www.naba.org/wnvirus.html). In NYC according to the Department of
Health's own study, of the four NYC residents who they claim died last
year from WNV, three were taking immunosuppresant cancer drugs and the
fourth was HIV-positive...meaning that only people with severely
compromised immune systems die from WNV and that even in those cases
death is rare. [See: New York City Department of Health, West Nile
Virus: A Briefing, City Health Information Vol. 19, No. 1 (May 2000)
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/chi/chi.html]
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- LIE #3: SEVEN PEOPLE DIED LAST YEAR FROM WNV
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- Every Giuliani press release and every news report
prominently mentions that seven people died in the general NYC area
last year from WNV. Like the Mayor's crime statistics or the Federal
government's claims that the economy has never been better these
statements are unverifiable. No name, blood sample or tissue sample of
any person who allegedly died from WNV has been made available to
independent scientists for confirmation and testing. Every claim of an
infected bird, mosquito or human is based on reports by the NYC
Department of Health or scientists that work for the CDC or receive
funding from them. These are also the same exact source of the spray
policy, creating a perfect loop of "proof" justifying their own
decision to spray. In science an outside independent source verifying
the conclusions and reproducing experimental results is always
necessary before any statement can be taken as a fact. The same is
generally true in law, in journalism and in business. See the end of
this report for an analysis of the reliability of the CDC in this
matter.
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- LIE #4: THE PESTICIDE BEING USED, 'ANVIL,' IS
NATURAL
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- Anvil is a synthetic imitation of a naturally
occurring substance found in Chrysanthemums. The natural version,
which is considered much safer than the synthetic, is far more
expensive and is not being used anywhere in NYC. This information is
plainly stated in the Mayor's press releases yet he stands up at press
conferences directly contradicting it-a good indication of his
truthfulness on the entire WNV issue. Most of the numerous other
ingredients in Anvil are synthetic derivatives of petroleum-based
chemicals such as Benzene and Piperonyl Butoxide. Many of these
ingredients are on the EPA's list of dangerous, toxic and cancer
causing substances. They are about as far from natural as you can
get.
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- LIE #5: 'ANVIL' IS SAFE AND NON-TOXIC
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- It is illegal in NY State to describe any pesticide
as safe. If you examine the actual texts of the Mayor's safety claims
within his press releases you will find that each one is qualified by
terms like "relatively safe", "less toxic than" and "safe when used
according to directions". The EPA studies on which pesticide safety
claims are based are done solely by the pesticide manufacturers
themselves, who have an obvious conflict of interest in this regard.
The term safe as used in these studies is very misleading, as a
reading of the studies themselves makes clear. A determination of safe
is reached by feeding rats the chemical or exposing them to its
vapors. When only 50% of the rats die, the substance is classified as
safe. Every study that concludes that products like Anvil are safe
includes reports of tumors in rats, developmental problems in young
rats, miscarriages and deformities to name just a few health effects.
As long as less than 50% of the rats get these symptoms the product is
considered safe. Since human testing of this kind is illegal there is
no way to tell, short of massively spraying a population as is being
done in NYC, what the effects will be on humans.
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- See Cover Story: 'Kids At Risk' - US News and World
Report 6-19-00 http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000619/poison.htm
Also see: http://www.nih.gov/
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- LIE #6: 'ANVIL' DISSIPATES BY THE NEXT
MORNING
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- Mayor Giuliani claims, and the media dutifully
repeats, that these pesticides dissipate within two hours of being
sprayed. These claims are deliberately deceptive. As chemical
compounds are exposed to air and sunlight they undergo numerous
changes. Malathion for example become Maloxon a very different
substance which is more than 20 times as toxic. It is true to say the
Malathion is gone-but what remains in its place is far worse. The
claim of dissipation is based on ideal conditions-Anvil on a glass
slide in direct sunlight-that have little if anything to do with the
actual conditions in NYC. Much of the spraying was done on damp, even
rainy days-in direct violation of the manufacturer's instructions.
Much of the chemical is deposited in shady areas, on leaves, in cracks
and crevices, in A/C filters, in heating vents and in countless other
places where there is no direct sunlight. Much of it is tracked or
drifts into people's homes where it can persist for weeks, months or
years waiting to be inhaled, eaten or absorbed through the skin. The
idea that people can enter a public park, jog, picnic and lay on grass
that was massively sprayed just two hours before without receiving
direct exposure is absurd. Children playing in that grass and then
putting their hands in their mouths might just as well have been lined
up and given a sample of Anvil to drink.
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- LIE #7: ANVIL KILLS MOST OF THE MOSQUITOES
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- The most ironic aspect of the spray policy is that,
contrary to the Mayor's claims, it does not kill most of the
mosquitoes. If it did, the earth, which has endured billions of tons
of pesticide exposure, would already be mosquito-free. The opposite is
true. Pesticide spraying, according to the NY State Department of
Health and even the pesticide manufacturers, directly results in new
generations of pesticide-resistant mosquitoes.
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- For those like Mayor Giuliani who missed the past
hundred years of science, this process is called natural selection. In
insects, natural selection can occur in a period of days, weeks or
months because each generation only lives a short time. Reproduction
by even one genetically pesticide-resistant mosquito can result in
hundreds of resistant offspring who then mate and create an entire
population with that same genetic quality. Studies done in Florida
where there is a much more severe mosquito problem, found a 1500%
increase in mosquitoes after spraying, virtually all of whom were now
pesticide-resistant. Even worse, many mosquito experts believe the
immune suppression pesticides cause in all living things makes
mosquitoes, birds and humans far more vulnerable to encephalitis
infections. Apparently, only mosquitoes exposed to pesticides can get
and transmit the infection due to damage to their stomach lining.
Driving spray trucks past the fronts of rows of apartment houses to
kill mosquitoes breeding in the backyards is about as effective as
shooting a gun in the opposite direction of a target and hoping it
will circumvent the entire earth to strike the target from behind. It
is however, an excellent technique to guarantee an increase in
mosquitoes, dead birds and encephalitis infections thereby justifying
more and more spraying. See
http://www.chem-tox.com/brevard/index.htm
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- LIE #8: WE ARE SAVING LIVES BY SPRAYING - IF WE
DIDN'T, MANY MORE PEOPLE WOULD GET SICK
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- The CDC's own studies found that NYC's 1999
so-called WNV epidemic had peaked and was declining more than a month
before spraying began. See
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4841a3.htm
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- LIE #9: THE SPRAYING IS BEING DONE BY QUALIFIED
PROFESSIONALS
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- While the Clarke Mosquito Control Co. itself may
have some qualified pesticide applicators the spraying in NYC is being
done by temporary workers solicited through an ad in the NY Post.
These untrained and unqualified workers are being paid $10 an hour to
damage their own and everyone else's health-an excellent example of
what Giuliani means by creating jobs. In direct violation of OSHA
rules and the warnings on the product labels, none of the applicators
are wearing protective clothing, respirators or gloves. Because of the
heat, most drive the trucks with the windows wide open. The police
escorts ordered to precede and follow the spray trucks are likewise
totally unprotected and deliberately uninformed about the risks. This
is not an oversight or an accident. If the applicators and the police
escorts were wearing the type of protective gear required by law, no
one would believe the Mayor's claims that the spray is safe.
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- LIE #10: THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE SPRAYING ARE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHO CARE MORE ABOUT BIRDS THAN PEOPLE AND ACTIVISTS
WHO OPPOSE ANYTHING GIULIANI DOES
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- While the loudest voices in opposition to the
spraying may include many activists and environmentalists, there are
thousands of medical professionals in the NYC area that oppose the
spraying. [Contact Rivka Lieber (LieberR@aol.com) for a copy of a
petition signed by numerous doctors and scientists opposed to the
spraying]. The media simply refuses to interview any of these people
preferring to use sound bites from uninformed NYC residents or
Giuliani supporters who believe anything the Mayor says no matter how
absurd. Many scientists and health professionals are understandably
fearful of losing their jobs, grants from chemical/pharmaceutical
companies and their professional reputation if they speak out too
loudly. Most medical professionals work for institutions that are
dependent on receiving money from the government, from private
institutions like Rockefeller University, from the CDC and from
corporations that are actually behind the spray policy and the entire
WNV panic. For them, publicly opposing this policy could destroy their
careers. The same goes for reporters that would like to expose the
facts but have been instructed not to.
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- THE CDC SAYS WE MUST SPRAY-THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
THE CDC, THE CIA AND THE WNV ISSUE
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- The CDC bases much of its information concerning
international health issues, epidemics and communicable diseases on
reports by the CIA-a US governmental agency whose official role
includes the dissemination of propaganda and disinformation throughout
the world. The CIA oversees CDC operations in areas classified as a
potential health threat to national security.
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- The CDC has been implicated in numerous health
disasters involving the distribution of vaccines both in the US and in
the third world. Many scientists and researchers believe they are the
source for a number of diseases that never previously existed. All of
these diseases just happen to be associated with bio-warfare research
labs working with or run by the CDC, the CIA and/or the U.S.
Army.
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- The CIA has a proven track record of misinforming
not only foreign governments but other US governmental agencies, the
Congress, the US military, the President of the United States and the
American people on issues as diverse as the real condition of the
Soviet Union during the Cold War, Sadamn Hussein's intentions in the
Gulf, the state of affairs in Iran and where U.S. tax dollars are
actually being spent on covert operations. Even some US Senators now
believe the CIA is largely responsible for the crack epidemic in the
U.S.
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- As GW Bush and his likely appointee to be Attorney
General-Rudy Giuliani-publicly admit, they get virtually all of their
policy "ideas" directly from the Manhattan Institute, a think tank
started by Ronald Reagan's CIA director William Casey. Immediately
after WWII Casey played a major role in bringing thousands of top Nazi
scientists and SS intelligence officials to the US. Many of them
became employees of the newly formed, CIA.
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- Most of the pesticides being used in NYC are derived
from nerve gasses developed by Nazi scientists. The company that
patented and manufactured them in Germany, IG Farben, was a full
partner with Rockefeller/Standard Oil before, during and since WWII.
After the war IG Farben was broken up into four companies that are now
the world leaders in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing and
research. Rockefeller/Chase Bank just happens to be the main funder of
the Manhattan Institute. No less a high-level source than former
Presidents Roosevelt and Truman considered the Rockefellers to be
traitors to the U.S. who were actively aiding the Nazis throughout
WWII [See The Secret War Against the Jews by Loftus and
Aarons].
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- Among the key issues promoted by the Manhattan
Institute, is a campaign to discredit 50 years of science
demonstrating that pesticides, petroleum-based chemical pollution and
pharmaceuticals manufactured by contemporary spin-offs of Standard
Oil/Exxon and IG Farben are dangerous to human health and the
environment. All a coincidence? See Peter Huber's books featured on
the Manhattan Institute's webpage http://www.manhattan-institute.org/
Also see http://www.fair.org/media-outlets/stossel.html for an
analysis of John Stossel and his link to the Manhattan
Institute.
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- Robert Lederman, President of ARTIST. (Artistsā*
Response To Illegal State Tactics)
<mailto:ARTISTpres@aol.comARTISTpres@aol.com (718) 743-3722
http://www.openair.org/alerts/artist/nyc.html SEE
http://Baltech.org/lederman/spray/ for a detailed exposition on the
West Nile issue and detailed references for many of the statements
made in this article.
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- Pay especial attention to those about Oravax, the
company that has been developing a WNV vaccine invented by the U.S.
Army.
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