The Super Official Homeowners Thread

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I've elected not to pay to someone to give my kid autism.

Do you have at proof of this? My dad always put down fertilizer when we were growing up and I definitely do not have autism last time I checked.

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I used autism as a generic term for neural-developmental issues. For the record, I've vaccinated my kid with everything recommend and on time... so I'm not one of those paranoid anti-everything for my kid. That said, the shit they put on your yard is not good for development. There's a reason why they say don't let your kid on it until 24 hours after the next measurable rainfall. At a certain age, it probably doesn't matter much, but my kid is eight months old and puts grass in his mouth at every opportunity.

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My wife and I are with Chris on this. It's not just limited to pesticides, RoundUp has been banned in a few countries throughout the world and California legislators just won a lawsuit that says they can force Monsanto to label RoundUp as a cancer threat due to the health problems associated with glyphosate.

There's so much lobbying in the chemical industry that it's hard to believe a lot of the counter "science" that is being done to try to prove chemicals are safe (see: the funding the sugar industry did for years pushing scientists to label fat as more health-damaging than sugar). When I see companies like Johnson & Johnson settling hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits to people who developed ovarian cancer due to their baby powder, it just really makes you think more about the chemicals you keep around the house and use.

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A lot of people are starting to wonder if the rise in developmental disorders and health disorders later in life is linked in many cases to this stuff.