Friday, June 29, 2012 As part of a trivia series on polio,
Aufderheide cites several studies showing that the widespread
use of chemical pesticides such as
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, and heptachlor
following World War II, actual exacerbated viral disease
outbreaks across the United States. On a visual graph, it is
clearly seen that the production and use of pesticides
throughout the mid-20th century is directly correlated to polio
outbreaks, including the worst polio epidemic in known history,
which occurred in 1952. You can view the graph here:
http://vactruth.com/2012/06/03/7-trivia-facts-about-polio/
According to a report compiled by the Secretary of the Interior
that was presented before the 85th Congress back in 1958, polio
really only became a problem after the 1940s, when chemical
companies began to produce large amounts of DDT, heptachlor,
dieldrin, tetraethyl pyrophosphate (TEPP), malathion, benzene
hexachloride (BHC) and other pesticide chemicals for use on
agricultural crops. Prior to