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growing children. oxytocin affects the reproductive ability of women and girl children as well. What are some of the features of hormone imbalance? Breasts that sprout early, periods that come early or erratically hair in strange places on the face, weakened sight and hearing. All these occur from milk that contains oxytocin.26 So Lord Mahavira restricted to indulge in such trade where animals are misbehaved with cruelty.
8. Lakkha Vānijya :- Trade in lac and similar substances sealing wax etc. for making a show pieces, bangles etc. lac is used. ãThe collection of red lack involves the destruction of endless numbers of tiny insects. More over this Lakkha Vānijya?' causes injury to air and fire bodied beings and affects the health of the fellow who indulges in this profession. Today's research states lac is obtained from the trees, so over consumption or utilization of lac made materials, which bring about exploitation of forests.
9. Viņa Vānijya :- Trade in raw- metals arsenic etc poisonous items as well as destructive articles like arms and armaments. This implies a ban on trade in poisons such as aconite, weapons such as swords, mechanical devices such as norias, iron, implements such as spades and ploughs, all of which are potentially dangerous to life.28 Lord Mahavira prohibited the trade of supplying lethal weapons because Jainism asserts that the killer and the instrument given for killing, both are equally guilty. In this modern age, for maximum agriculture production, chemical fertilizers are used relentlessly which worked like a brown sugar and slow poisoning for our life supporting systems food, air, water etc. The nuclear weapons production and its wastages also cause heavy violence. As per research there is about 10,000 deaths every year in the developing countries due to pesticide poisoining.29 even ground water has also been polluted by nitrates in many places and will work like a time bomb with passage of time. So no jain indulges in this Visha Vanijya at any cost.30 A lot of hue and cry due to pollution caused by pesticides has been pervading among the residents living in the industrial areas. Scientific surveys and evidences throughout the globe have established the fact that the particles of pesticides, insecticides etc. sprayed or used over agricultural area, leave undissolved and harmful elements which are transferred to human and other living bodies through grains, vegetables, fruits, grasses etc. for variety of diseases ailments and harmful effects on health. “The pesticide chemicals including toxic substances which cause allergies, damage vital organs of human body, like the eye, brain, liver, kidney, and reproductive organs, produce malformation in unborn
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