tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011562978111841073.post8807150675534581183..comments2023-03-18T10:00:35.194+02:00Comments on TATIB FOUNDATION: PAARL POST : TO SPRAY OR NOTTATIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02446847456811355072noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011562978111841073.post-40198244072929169842010-10-19T01:39:12.053+02:002010-10-19T01:39:12.053+02:00Dear Anonymous
From our experience and research, ...Dear Anonymous<br /><br />From our experience and research, very little testing is done in South Africa insofar the harmful side effects of exposure to pesticides are concerned.<br /><br />There is a blood test that measures ones cholinesterase levels. This is hormone whose balance gets affected following exposure to organophosphates (which are endocrine disruptors). The test has to be done within a few days of exposure and will indicate a low level of cholinesterase if one has been exposed. A base level will also have to be established and so a further few tests may be needed.<br /><br />Unfortunately there are not many pathology labs that can do other tests, and it could become an expensive process. One of our members was exposed to Lindane, which is a highly toxic organochlorine - its used in anti-lice shampoos and was used in Agriculture (its now been banned) and also in theb treatment of timber for domestic household use. He struggled to find a pathology lab in Cape Town able to do this and was referred to the State Pathology Labs in Pretoria .... and so its not an easy process. And then of course, if the tests do show that one has been exposed, what does none do next ? How does one get rid of the toxin ?<br /><br />One of our medical cluster doctors has a patient from Citrusdal. He is a farmer who farms oranges. He is also very over weight and when he goes on diet, becomes very ill and is often hospitalised in Paarl Medi Clinic, due to the fact that his diet causes his fatty tissue to become dislodged and with it the organophosphates that have been stored in it - making him ill when these toxins enter his blood stream.<br /><br />I suggest you perhaps contact Professor Leslie London : Occupational Health & Family Medicine UCT or Dr Helen Muir in Durbanville. ( I am assuming you are in the Western Cape?)TATIBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446847456811355072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011562978111841073.post-66388127855124905222010-10-18T21:46:24.266+02:002010-10-18T21:46:24.266+02:00Is it possible to test whether any of these pestec...Is it possible to test whether any of these pestecides/herbacides are present in the body - where does one go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011562978111841073.post-15514226452999227092010-10-09T07:49:39.393+02:002010-10-09T07:49:39.393+02:00Well done TATIB !!
Interesting link below , some ...Well done TATIB !!<br /><br />Interesting link below , some form of Open Letter in which Verdoorn seems to not be very popular.<br /><br />http://lists.ukzn.ac.za/pipermail/sabirdnet/2007-November/013871.html<br /><br />Working group as well as the support of Aldo Berruti of AGRED, they seem<br />> to<br />> have hit a stone wall when it comes to the "Verdoonater" the hunter. One<br />> wonders if this is his own reasoning or that of his members.<br />> His attempts at heading up a central body for hunting in SA, his great<br />> people "skills", and rumours of his frolicking with female staff are not<br />> helping his cause. Is his stance against falconry a personal agenda, or is<br />> he working in the best interests of BLSA? If I were a BLSA member I would<br />> sit up and take note!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com