Pesticides are often sprayed on lawns and forgotten about. But when the water in pesticides evaporates, most pesticides remain and continue to release odorless and invisible toxins. In areas where spraying is common, they accumulate in a toxic smog that looms for the entire year.
Some pesticides remain active for years after application.
Fat-soluble pesticides, which are pesticides that are stored in fat cells in the body, accumulate over time in our bodies. When that fat reserve is used, such as when we are stressed or ill, potentially toxic levels of pesticides are released into our bodies. What scares me the most is women being exposed to pesticides. As a woman is exposed, her body accumulates amounts of toxins, and a large portion of these toxins is released in her breast milk to her newborn child. These pesticides need to be controlled because your health is precious and shouldn't be wasted.