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disorders.50 American farmers started using chemical pesticides in the late 1800s and were initially thrilled with the results.
    However, it was eventually noticed that pesticides were killing those who were most exposed to them: farmers, field workers, and animals.
    In 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT.51 But the pesticides that followed were even worse. BHC is 19 times more carcinogenic than DDT, chlordane 4 times more, dieldrin 47 to 85 times more, HCB 23 times more, and heptachlor 15 to 30 times more.
    By the late 1980s, of the 450 endangered animal species, more than half were threatened with extinction. The government finally called for a ban on the production and use of other pesticides. But this didn’t stop these pesticides from reaching our food supply. Companies were allowed to use up their enormous stockpiles of these pesticides by selling them to countries outside of America. (Apparently, it was acceptable to poison people and animals as long as they weren’t American.) These countries used the pesticides on their crops, which were then imported into the United States.52 Brilliant, huh? And, banned or not, once they have entered the soil or water, pesticides can still poison for decades.53
    One widely used herbicide, glufosinate, whose residues have been found in U.S. waters and food supplies, causes hormonal and brain damage.54 In his book, Diet for a Poisoned Planet, David Steinman reports that of all the toxic chemicals found in food, 95 to 99 percent come from meat, fish, dairy, and eggs.55 He also reveals that many of the tests performed don’t even detect many chemicals and pesticides. The Food and Drug Administration’s own Total Diet Study found that bacon had 48 different pesticide residues, bologna and other luncheon meats had 102 different industrial pol-lutants and pesticides, fast food hamburgers had 113 residues, hot dogs had 123, and ground beef had 82 industrial chemical and pesticide residues, just to name a few.56 In comparison, meat contains 14 times more pesticides than plant foods, and dairy has 5 times more pesticides than plant foods. The United States alone uses one billion pounds of pesticides every year on our food. That, our pathetic contamination sampling process, and our use of growth hormones has caused the European Economic Community to reject our meat exportations on numerous occasions.57
    Many animals are even given arsenic-laced drugs.58 Arsenic!
    Chemical pesticides are often sprayed directly onto the skin of animals to ward off parasites, insects, rodents, and fungi. In addition, these animals are given food treated with pesticides. On factory farms, bigger is better. More meat, milk, and eggs mean more money for the farmers. So to grow them larger or have them produce more, animals are given steroids and growth hormones. But what is happening to the people who eat these fattened animals?
    Young girls are experiencing an early onset of puberty at epidemic proportions. Many scientists attribute this to all of the hormones in chicken, meat, and milk that are forced upon children. Basically, every time you consume factory-farmed chicken, beef, veal, pork, eggs, or dairy, you are eating antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and hormones. This is worth repeating: Every time you consume factory-farmed chicken, beef, veal, pork, eggs, or dairy, you are eating antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and hormones.
    Now you might be thinking, “Who cares about all this pesticide-cancer shit? I just want to get skinny!” Ever been on The Pill and gained weight? Ever gained weight from having fertility treat-ments? Well, eating animals that are given hormones has the same effect as if you were taking these directly. According to Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, author of The Body Restoration Plan, antibiotics alone can account for weight gain in animals.59 She also states that the toxic chemicals used in food production are fattening. Whether it’s the pesticides used for