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Ray and all, I have relatives in Illinois in the *corn* belt, one a nurse in a hospital. She told me the incidence of cancer was disproportinate to the amount of people living in the farm areas who had other illnesses. It was being studied at that time by a state environmental team testing the water and soil for pesticides. Last I read, they had found extremely high levels of many compounds that had been shown to cause cancers and other conditions. It seemed to me that all of it had to then be part of the food chain. I wonder now how many may have developed Parkinsons Disease or other Parkinsonian illnesses as well as those who did develop cancers? Isn't it amazing that humans can resist the effects of toxins as long as they do, but at some point there is an end even to this? Why does it take so long to acknowledge the influence that toxins must have on living organisms? How many years will it take for the land and water to be free or safe again if ever? How many other food producing areas are affected the same? * seattle* Audrey friend of pwp Aussie John 49/42/38? btw John worked on ranches with horses in Australia when younger, but the worst that he has been exposed to is in his job in nuclear medicine. As he told me when we discussed it ; " I know this, but it is too late now isn't it?"