Wednesday, February 13, 2019

New research shows an organic diet shrinks pesticide exposure

The bad news isn’t news to many: Eating a conventional diet leads to pesticide buildup. But a new study published in Environmental Research reveals surprising good news. Switching to an all-organic diet quickly and significantly reduced synthetic pesticide levels in study participants. After six days of an all-organic diet, their pesticide and pesticide metabolite levels dropped by an average of 60.5 percent. Four American families from different races participated in the study, titled Organic...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/new-research-shows-an-organic-diet-shrinks-pesticide-exposure
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