The victims of the testing of Agent Orange on the military bases at Gagetwon PEI are going to get money for their suffering.
They deserve it:
-they were lied to: "this stuff kills insects, how could it harm you?"
-they got sick and died early
Nuff said?
Consumers who paid for products like 2-4D and used them as directed on their gardens for the decades of the 50s 60s 70 s and 80s were likewise affected.
Should they also recieve compensation?
They deserve it:
- they were lied to
- they got sick and died early.
Then came the denials, much of which is still in vogue... people still believe it is safe to use.
Not safe: Parkinsons disease has become a rampant epidemic, with virutally everyone in danger of develping it if they live to be old enough, as well as people in their 20s now getting PD symptoms. This was simply not the case before 1950.
PD is now linked to pesticide exposure:
http://tinyurl.com/howjd
PD is just one symptom of pesticide exposure. There are neurological diseases, there are cancers, there are organs affected and brain damages too.
Like with Vioxx, the manufacturers KNEW of the dangers before they sold the products or pills. Its a matter of re-couping investments, and even if the fines are paid, they will be less than losses from disclosing what they knew about the harms of their products. This has been going on in many products, not just pesticides and pharmaceuticals. It is the corporate way anymore.
So I say that all Canadians who have the symptoms of toxin sicknesses should be compensated, and that should be paind for by corporations, a special tax that depends on the toxicity of their product lines. That is, if any corporations can exist long enough to make payments without producing harmfull products, as they must all be banned immediately. The corporations may disapear and leave the victims without anything, but thats better than just continuing this parade of toxic victims.
Karlin.
They deserve it:
-they were lied to: "this stuff kills insects, how could it harm you?"
-they got sick and died early
Nuff said?
Consumers who paid for products like 2-4D and used them as directed on their gardens for the decades of the 50s 60s 70 s and 80s were likewise affected.
Should they also recieve compensation?
They deserve it:
- they were lied to
- they got sick and died early.
Then came the denials, much of which is still in vogue... people still believe it is safe to use.
Not safe: Parkinsons disease has become a rampant epidemic, with virutally everyone in danger of develping it if they live to be old enough, as well as people in their 20s now getting PD symptoms. This was simply not the case before 1950.
PD is now linked to pesticide exposure:
SUSPICIONS that pesticides could cause Parkinson's disease have been strengthened. The more pesticide you are exposed to, the higher your risk of developing the disease, say investigators who have studied almost 3000 people in five European countries. The results reinforce the need for amateur gardeners and farmers alike to wear protective equipment when spraying pesticides, the team concludes.
"It considerably strengthens the case for pesticides being relevant to occupational risk of Parkinson's disease,"
http://tinyurl.com/howjd
PD is just one symptom of pesticide exposure. There are neurological diseases, there are cancers, there are organs affected and brain damages too.
Like with Vioxx, the manufacturers KNEW of the dangers before they sold the products or pills. Its a matter of re-couping investments, and even if the fines are paid, they will be less than losses from disclosing what they knew about the harms of their products. This has been going on in many products, not just pesticides and pharmaceuticals. It is the corporate way anymore.
So I say that all Canadians who have the symptoms of toxin sicknesses should be compensated, and that should be paind for by corporations, a special tax that depends on the toxicity of their product lines. That is, if any corporations can exist long enough to make payments without producing harmfull products, as they must all be banned immediately. The corporations may disapear and leave the victims without anything, but thats better than just continuing this parade of toxic victims.
Karlin.