Friday, May 3, 2013

Pesticide Residue


Pesticide Residue





Pesticides used in agriculture remain on the produce and are consumed by people everyday. These chemicals are being put into people’s bodies, and there are consequences. One chemical that 99% of Americans tested positive for was DDT degradants. This is coming from the pesticides used to grow crops. From the article, Pesticides on Food, Women who were exposed to DDT as girls are 5 times more likely to develop breast cancer.” Not enough is being done to protect people from the harmful chemicals. http://www.panna.org/issues/food-agriculture/pesticides-on-food







Eating organic foods is one way that you can avoid ingesting these pesticides. Organically grown food doesn’t use pesticides, or unnatural fertilizers. When people eat organically they also aren’t supporting the companies that use these harmful chemicals. Not using these chemicals can help the environment in many ways. Organically grown food isn’t allowing harsh chemicals to enter the water and disrupt the food chain.
If more and more people eat organically grown food there will be pressure put on the large companies to stop Intensive Farming. Eating organically is a simple change that will benefit both your health and the environment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh8c9OUti4c

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