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- From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
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- Subject: [Livingontheland] PESTICIDES IN KIDS' DIETS
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:34:16 -0600
PESTICIDES IN KIDS' DIETS
The Centers for Disease Control have released a new _study_
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2005/8418/8418.pdf) revealing that
switching to organic
foods provides children with "dramatic and immediate" protection from
toxic
pesticides. The scientists tested the urine of elementary school children
for 15
days. Children ate conventional foods for ten of the days and ate organic
foods for five days. During those five days, researchers saw the toxins
malathion and chlorpyrifos in the children's urine completely disappear.
These
chemicals are two of the most commonly found pesticides on non-organic
foods,
and are associated with nerve damage in children. Pesticide levels
increased
five-fold in the children's urine as soon as conventional foods were
reintroduced to their diet. The study concludes, "An organic diet
provides a dramatic
and immediate protective effect against exposure to organophosphorus
pesticides that are commonly used in agricultural production."
_http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/organicstudy090405.cfm_
- [Livingontheland] PESTICIDES IN KIDS' DIETS, Tradingpost, 09/11/2005
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