{"id":109595,"date":"2009-12-02T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenerideal.com\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2009-12-02T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T16:00:41","slug":"more-evidence-in-favour-of-organics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/109595","title":{"rendered":"More Evidence In Favour Of Organics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OrganicA new study in the United States suggests feeding children organically grown food can substantially lower the levels of pesticide residues to which their kids are exposed.
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\nWhile other studies have documented the presence of pesticide metabolites, or breakdown products of the synthetic chemicals, in children\u2019s bodies, this is the first study to document the difference in exposures to pesticides by an organic versus a conventional diet, says Richard Wiles of the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit research organization based in Washington, D.C.
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\nThe researchers measured six metabolites that derive from some 39 organophosphorus (cct) pesticides, the most commonly used in the United States and also some of the most toxic. They compared a group of 18 organic-eating children with 21 conventional food-eating children, all roughly the same age (2-5 years old, on average), gender, and of similar family income. The children with primarily organic diets had far lower levels of the metabolites in their bodies.
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\nThe study, which appeared in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences journal, \u201cEnvironmental Health Perspectives\u201d and will be forthcoming in print this spring.
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a big step ahead\u201d says Wiles. \u201cIt proves what we\u2019ve said all along, that eating food with more pesticide residues can make a difference in what gets into the body\u201d he added.
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\nNow Wiles and his group are hoping to convince the USDA to inform consumers of the findings, which may be a challenge. \u201cThe USDA has always insisted that organic is no safer, but it is safer with respect to pesticide exposure, as this study shows\u201d says Wiles in a statement on the group\u2019s Web Site.
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\nRepresentatives of the agricultural chemical industry downplayed the significance of the study.
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\n\u201cWe can speculate all day about the possibilities of what those pesticide exposures might mean for children, but these researchers haven\u2019t proven that these children are having their health harmed in any way\u201d said Ray McAllister of Crop Life America, a trade association representing manufactures and distributors of agricultural chemicals. \u201cIn fact, those metabolites are not toxic to the children\u201d he added.
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\nBut some scientists familiar with the study disagree.
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\n\u201cThe sheer presence of a metabolite shows exposure to these toxic pesticides\u201d said Dr. Philip Landrigan, director of the Children\u2019s Centre for Health and the Environment at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
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\nJust how toxic those exposures were to the children is difficult to say, said Richard Fenske, one of the researchers involved in the study. The metabolites in question could derive from any of a number of organophosphorus compounds in use on fruits and vegetables, some of which are more toxic than others.<\/p>\n

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