Tag: pesticides
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Using Pesticides to Grow Food Is Harming Farmworkers and Children — And These Risks Are Being Ignored
Pesticides on food are being monitored — but see why some risks are being missed.
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Is Organic Food Worth the Cost?
An excerpt from Ocean Robbins’ book “31-Day Food Revolution.”
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The 12 most pesticide-contaminated foods (Infographic)
Pesticides have been linked to cancer, developmental disabilities, endocrine disruption, and many other serious problems. This infographic from Juicing with G gives critical information about which are the most, and the least, pesticide contaminated fruits and vegetables. This chart does not address GMOs. So sweet corn shows up as being less contaminated with pesticides, mainly because…
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Herbicide and Insecticide Use on GMO Crops Skyrocketing While Pro-GMO Media Run Interference
Former EPA Senior Scientist’s New Article Sets Record Straight Michael Specter’s recent articles bashing Vandana Shiva and the labeling of genetically engineered foods (Seeds of Doubt and The Problem with G.M.O. Labels, 8/25/14) in the New Yorker are the latest high-profile pro-GMO articles that fail to engage with the fundamental critique of genetically engineered food…
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Follow the Honey: 7 Ways Pesticide Companies are Spinning the Bee Crisis to Protect Profits
Michele Simon was a speaker in the 2012 Food Revolution Summit. Recently she released a report, produced in tandem with Friends Of the Earth, to bring attention to the dire situation of declining bee populations caused by pesticides. You can find the report here, and read a summary below. If you like to eat, then you should care about what’s…
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Is Organic Really Better?
By Robyn O’Brien • Originally published in Prevention The American Academy of Pediatrics recently weighed in for the first time on organic food, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, suggesting that feeding kids organic fruits and veggies and organic meat just might reduce the risks of certain conditions and diseases and have some health benefits. The President’s…
