Drop your pesticide levels by 90% in one week if you eat an organic diet. Researchers measured DAPs or urinary dialkyl phosphates in individuals who ate an organic diet for one week compared to those who ate a conventional diet.
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Most of our pesticide exposure is through our food and alternate routes of exposure are through the air and skin absorption. A recent study from Australia found that people who lived outside of the dense urban areas had higher exposures to pesticides even though they were not eating vast quantities of pesticide-rich food.
Pesticides affect our nervous systems even in low doses. Don't forget that pesticides were originally developed as nerve gas for chemical warfare. We don't know what dose is considered safe and that fact coupled with exposures in individuals with genetic differences who aren't able to eliminate chemicals or have poor detoxification pathways and you have serious trouble with long-term consequences. Several degenerative neurological disorders and blood cancers are linked to pesticide exposure.
How can we protect ourselves and our families?
- Buy local and organic. If not local then buy organic. This is the healthiest option in an imperfect world.
- Always rinse off your fruits and veggies with warm water. You can soak them in a pesticide remover soak. This will not address the pesticides that leached into the internal fiber pectin.
- Don't enable the manufacturers. Do not buy pesticides, weed killers or fertilizers that contain chemicals.
We offer blood and urine pesticide testing at Second Nature.
