A few years ago, I read a book by Seattle Times reporter, Duff Wilson called Fateful Harvest. The book revealed how hazardous waste from America's industrial plants are made into fertilizer. This fertilizer is then applied onto the food we eat. Crazy right? How can this be? Well the book was published in 2002 and it is still happening!
A study published this week in the Environmental Health Perspectives revealed that "harmful pesticides are found in everyday foods." As reported by the Seattle Post Intelligencer, children eating conventional foods from the grocery store, urine and saliva tested positive for pesticides. However, when they ate organic foods (fruit, veggies and juices), no signs of pesticides were found. The study also discovered that "within 8-36 hours of the children switching to organic foods, the pesticides were no longer detected."
I have to admit that I have fallen victim to sticker shock in the grocery story when organic blueberries are $5.99 for a small container. Well, no longer. I am convinced that organic is the way to go.
1 comment:
This is incredibly scary. Hard to believe that the agra-industrial complex is so bad for you.
I look forward to reading more and more.
Keep it up.
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