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Persistent Organic PollutantsThis is a new phrase for me and think it will be worthwhile looking into. To see how many of these are freely available in South Africa. Will get there, learning names then looking them up is not my forte. But here is my list for future reference.The 12 initial persistent organic pollutants (POPs), often called the “dirty dozen,” are a group of toxic, man-made chemicals targeted for global elimination under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. 

They are divided into three main categories:

Pesticides

Aldrin: Used on soils to kill termites, corn rootworms, and grasshoppers.

Chlordane: Used widely to control termites and agricultural pests.

DDT: Used extensively to fight insect-borne diseases like malaria and as an agricultural insecticide.

Dieldrin: Used primarily against termites and textile pests.

Endrin: Sprayed as an insecticide on crop leaves.

Heptachlor: Used to kill soil insects and termites.

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB): Used as both a pesticide and an industrial chemical.

Mirex: Used mainly to combat fire ants and termites.

Toxaphene: Used as an insecticide on cotton, cereal grains, and livestock. 

Core Characteristics

Persistence: They remain intact in the environment for years or decades because they resist chemical, biological, and photolytic breakdown.

Bioaccumulation: They build up in the fatty tissues of living organisms, meaning their concentration increases as they move up the food chain in a process called biomagnification.

Long-Range Transport: Wind and water currents carry them across global boundaries, contaminating remote regions like the Arctic and Antarctica where they were never used.

Toxicity: Exposure to even low levels is linked to serious health threats, including cancer, birth defects, and immune or endocrine system disruption.

Those lists take 5 seconds to find………..

That the chemicals are in stuff passed by our safety boards is still been used is much harder to prove. One can see the incidents, even deaths of some children a while back… ALL gets blamed on the Informal Markets and… of course the foreigners….

I don’t believe that for a nano second. I am sure as I learn to research in cyber I will be able to prove this in time.

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The “Quiet” Chemical Killers – ChlorineStarted with the Doom Fogger , just one of the 100s of chemicals used extensively in the Game Lodges.To write on every type of Doom like spray to prove it should not be allowed in ANY Reserves would be a mission on its own there are so many. Later I will just attack , ja attack, we not playing Painball here, every single shop in the Parks that sell any poisons.  The “Quiet” ones will have to point out. Although should NOT have to point it out to ANY Lodge owner. The ALL say they support Nature Conservation, claim huge knowledge of the subject for the most part….

Every 5 Star Lodge has at least one , crystal clear pool, and every one I have seen, the runoff just goes into the ground. This is what the Greenpeace site told me.

Pool chlorine runoff damages the environment by altering soil chemistry, killing local vegetation, and introducing toxic chemical residue into natural water sources. In Bushveld and game-lodge settings, this contaminated backwash or overflow endangers localized wildlife, amphibians, and sensitive aquatic ecosystems.

Climate Change? Have a theory just recently about this. We all know it is a money making thing, but too many people believe the Trust the Science “facts”, still!! After looking at poisons for one month only, the Climate Change is Mickey Mouse, even if all we read is true.  Recently the Bees got a bit of attention, they die , we die. This is biologically sound reasoning. BUT. Few things, first it is NOT only if the Bees go, we are at a point that the loss of even one tiny species of insect more and we take another big step towards …well, Armageddon. Then, I have just checked on all the insecticides/pesticides. I was sure they ALL kill bees, then I researched and found out this is 100% true. We have not even looked at herbicides yet!! That is another big issue I shall get to, as Agri Chems are just as bad. Time…. I will get there.

The reason that this chemical became the do all and end all of a clean pool is not a surprise……

The Post-WWII Backyard Boom & Mass Production

Chlorine production scaled up massively during World War I and II for industrial and chemical warfare purposes. When the war ended, chemical manufacturers had vast amounts of infrastructure to repurpose. [1]

A lot of things we EAT have a similar history!!!

I will make a quick post on that, but as you know, my concern for the general unwashed masses is not…. that great. It will be a just facts one.

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