"The Chronic health effects may result from exposure to low doses of pesticides over time. Even extremely low doses of pesticides, particularly during fetal development and childhood infacia are related to cancer, birth defects, developmental delays, asthma and Parkinson's disease. "
" effects are synergistic when one + one = much more than two, because the effect of the second chemical amplifies the effect of the first chemical (chemical cocktail effect). "
" 8 different residues were detected in a sample of strawberry. 680 of 726 tested positive for residue. "
" How much pesticide is TOO MUCH?
depends on many factors: the type of pesticide, exposure time, the person ... On the U.S.
What's on my food? can see a list of products (right vertical bar) and see what types of pesticides found in each food. For example, one would stop buying oranges into the mainstream to acknowledge the high probability of finding residue on them.
Keep in mind that the data belongs to the American market, where pesticides are less regulated than in Europe , partly because of pressure from companies like Monsanto .
That our children consume organic food drastically reduces the amount of pesticide residues in your body, and above all, difficult to fatal chemical cocktail quoted at the beginning of the story.
About:
* "Foods with dangerous chemicals" Original News vidasana
* "Exposure to Pesticides Is Lowered When Young Children Go Organic" The New York Times
* A bad mix: Exposure May be "safe" with only one chemical at a time. " Environmental Health News
* " Synergistic Disruption of external male sex organ development by a mixture of four anti-androgens " in Environmental Health Perspectives
other articles in Parenting Today:
* "partial steps to make our family diet greenest"
* Movie "Our children will accuse us"
* article "Transgenic threat to babies'
Michel Odent has
