A new study shows that US families consume cancer-linked glyphosate in their food. The good news: going organic rapidly reduces levelsNever before have we sprayed so much of a chemical on our food, on our yards, on our children's playgrounds. So it's no surprise that Roundup - the world's most widely used weedkiller - shows up in our bodies. What is perhaps surprising is how easy it is to get it out. A new peer-reviewed study, co-authored by one of us, studied pesticide levels in four American families for six days on a non-organic diet and six days on a completely organic diet. Switching to an organic diet decreased levels of Roundup's toxic main ingredient, glyphosate, by 70% in just six days."If my kids have this much of a change in their numbers, what would other families have?" asked Scott Hersrud of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a father of three who participated in the study. The answer to that question is increasingly clear: a big one. This study is part of a comprehensive scientific analysis showing that switching to an organic diet rapidly and dramatically reduces exposure to pesticides. Continue reading...
You have pesticides in your body. But an organic diet can reduce them by 70% | Kendra Klein and Anna Lappe
11. srpna 2020 17:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2020/aug/11/pesticide-danger-organic-food-roundup-study
Zdroj: The Guardian