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John Klar's avatar

Eerily, Rachel Carson specifically warned of endocrine disruptors in her book. A chemist, she cautioned about the highly sensitive hormonal balance controlled by the liver, and easily disrupted by toxins.

Add to the list vaccine adjutants -- ethylmercury in thimerosal crosses the blood-brain barrier, too.

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Kathleen's avatar

This is such a timely article. Just yesterday I noticed a landscaping truck with the big tank on the back parked outside our neighborhood school. I pulled up to the guy and asked him where and what he was spraying. Looking a little guilty, he said, around the yard and Roundup Pro. My heart sank. I don't have kids but I know plenty of kids in that school, and I walk my dog there. I just said. I hope he's in good health. I was just so shaken. I couldn't think of anything more constructive to say. It has been on my mind ever since.

I appreciate this article so much and came away with a few constructive ideas of how to approach my local authorities.

Thank you so much...Kathleen

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Denise's avatar

Thank you for a clear and compelling article on this terrible problem. We need to let our legislators know about the hazard of immunity from liability that pesticide manufacturers are going after!

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Aliss Terpstra's avatar

OMG - Dan Doyle, Mosquito and Turf Management, cannot even spell glyphosate correctly.

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Center Field's avatar

Very nicely written, Kelly. Keep writing, keep spreading the word. Sooo many more people are on board than there were two years ago. We are making progress!

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inge jarl clausen's avatar

Disturbed Regions in the Organism – Activate Self-regulation

Contradicted regions- reservoirs of new growth in the organism – Biological Vitality

The organism carries its “disturbances” and protections silently. Beneath our voluntary gestures and conscious choices, there exists another dimension of life—vegetative, self regulated -autonomic, cosmic, involuntary—where disruptions in balance linger as “disturbed – contradicted regions- reservoirs of new growth” in the organism. These regions hold the residues of stress, suppression, and unresolved adaptation (protective self regulation patterns -/stereotypes). They surface not as thoughts but as reactions: a sudden tremor, a tick, an unexpected blush/tiredness, or the uncontrollable surge of tears, fears and rage.

Vegetative training, as a method, seeks to activate these “disturbed” regions through what is called the human basic position. This position is neither contrived nor artificial; it is the neutral, evolutionarily optimal regulative “stance” of a human organism—akin to the baby lying on its back, open, unguarded, suspended between gravity and breath. By entering this basic position, the organism is placed in conditions where unconscious vegetative reactions can arise spontaneously.

This process reflects a deeper logic of self-regulation.

The organism, when given the appropriate conditions, does not merely compensate for disturbance and contradiction but re-enters it in order to transform it – rejuvenate it. (Functional, species-specific, task-specific adaptations that contain contextual information about how and in what order genetic replication can be optimised.)

For example, increased swallowing may indicate the long-held suppression of emotion, a kind of muscular encryption in the throat and chest that begins to dissolve. Trembling and tics are signs of the nervous system recalibrating itself, restoring disrupted rhythms of homeostasis. Blushing might mark not only circulatory shifts but the surfacing of affect tied to forgotten moments. Crying or rage may emerge not as expressions of will but as vegetative discharges—evidence that the system is daring to reorganize itself.

Anti-inflammatory processes

From a biological perspective, these “unconscious” vegetative reactions suggest a profound activation of the parasympathetic system. This activation trigger anti-inflammatory processes, recalibrating homeostasis at the central level. Over time, such recalibration ripple outward into biochemical, somatic, emotional, and even cognitive dimensions, supported in part by epigenetic mechanisms that embed the transformation more deeply in the organism’s dynamic.

Good vibes from Bavaria

https://vegetativetraining.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/disturbed-regions-in-the-organism-activate/

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Dingo Roberts's avatar

I'm sure most people here, if not everyone but me, will focus on the pesticides and not pick up on these two lines:

"...each new fragrance from Bath and Body Works..."

"...whether a synthetic pumpkin spice scented candle is permitted to burn in the house."

People have been growing very aware of the poisons in their medicines and their foods. I pass by them as they stock up on organic foods, yet they smell like an EPA superfund site! Change their foods, yes, but they'll be damned if they're going to give up their fragranced air fresheners, dryer sheets, personal care products, etc.

What's worse? The occasional ingestion of poison via food or the toxic inhalation of poison 24/7? These chemicals have been shown to cause the same sorts of problems.

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Ess S....'s avatar

Thank you, Kelly Ryerson, for telling it like it is (unfortunately), from a parent's perspective-- where poisons are playing a HUGE & DAMAGING part on children growing up healthy-- or not! It is STILL obvious by now that hese poisons in particular/particulate under the 'Pesticide' category are dangerous to human life too. There effects -- Cancerous Lymphoma, sexually irregular anatomical development in young girls (a new horror just learned!), asthmatic conditions, and direct poisoning by ingestion, and who/W.H.O. knows what else, are more than enough evidence-- common sense or real science, to put a FULL STOP to their use‼️ Poisoning for Profits by CorPirates like Monster Monsanto (poster child in the Pesticide industry for child killing!!), MUST BE PUT TO AN COMPLETE END. This IS silently genocidal-- and none too silent at that....

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Evelyn Green's avatar

Some question is ,barring moving to the country,how do we protect our children?

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Ginger Pinson's avatar

It seems to grow worse each year. How do you propose that we stop this?

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Cindy K.'s avatar

I get the feeling that the heads of the EPA and USDA aren’t on the MAHA train!

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Letsrock's avatar

NO!

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Cindy K.'s avatar

I saved this from August how the MAHA commission succumbed to pesticide industry pressure! https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20587

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