"Chemical Crisis- Introduction to pesticides"
HMB No. 2, 1996

"Less than 1% of pesticides actually land on their target - pests…for centuries man used natural substances to kill pests….Designed to destroy the central nervous system, organophosphates and …we don't think of that when we spray our garden or wash our children's hair with anti-mit solution…Synthetic pyrethroids are also designed to kill insects by disrupting neural transmission…All international flights into Australia are routinely sprayed …"
HMB No. 2, 1996

Living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (Australia)
"When we bought our own farm we thought that we had purchased a stake in Paradise…Like most people we had no qualms about such routine spraying …Even mood swings and depression proved to be a reaction to the physical rather than the emotional environment..the children also proved to be similarly affected…"
HMB No. 2, 1996