Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.
The health burden from phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides and Pfas “forever chemicals” amounts to up to $2.2tn a year – roughly as much as the profits of the world’s 100 largest publicly listed companies, according to the report published on Wednesday.
Asked whether the report could have looked beyond the groups of chemicals studied, Landridge said: “I would argue that they’re only the tip of the iceberg. They’re among the very small number of chemicals, maybe 20 or 30 chemicals where we really have solid toxicologic information.
“What scares the hell out of me is the thousands of chemicals to which we’re all exposed every day about which we know nothing. And until one of them causes something obvious, like children to be born with missing limbs, we’re going to go on mindlessly exposing ourselves.”
This situation is ridiculous.
Fortunately, good solid healthy and untouched food is cheaply available in every grocery store, which is in no way genetically modified to maximize shareholder profits at the expense of The Poors who are exposed to eating it…
It really killa me to have to put a /s here, damn - this would have been the perfect time for an actual For The Children slogan call to action, if anyone truly cared. Instead politicians will pretend to care, then line their pocketbooks, then laugh and carry on as usual if not worse than before.:-(
None of the things mentioned have to do with GMOs. Which, IMO, are going to be instrumental in agriculture going forward as the climate continues to decline.
If done properly, and with transparency offering choices. Sadly there is not so much trust in that these days that, similar to how Boeing handles airplanes and we know Monsanto and Roundup handles matters in their own respective areas. But then again… should there be?
That I do agree with. They need to be publicly funded and freely available to all of humanity so everyone can benefit from them.
It’s not a burden it’s by design to funnel all the wealth to the pedofile capitalist class
I was told the free market would regulate itself. What happened?
Don’t worry about the details, whole foods are the best foods. That is where you buy whole ingredients as they come directly from the farm (or as close as you can get). Shop the outside edge of your grocery store. Don’t buy anything from a box, or wrapped in plastic, or from a petrochemical plant (including oil). Look at the ingredients for everything you buy, and if it’s complex or you can’t pronounce it, don’t buy it.
Bonus points for organic and avoiding pesticides
This is probably overkill, but it avoids lots of the new advances in food and processing in the last 100 years which coincides with the rise of modern non communicable diseases.
or you can’t pronounce it, don’t buy it
Thus ended my love affair with Worcestershire sauce.
Fuckin’ açai berries poisoning us
Quote hard to find mean not wrapped in plastic. Here in Germany unpacked meat costs thrice the price of packed meat.
And you called rfk crazy when he said the same thing. Ohh the irony
That is definitely not why people call RFK crazy lol
rfk is certainly crazy from all that heroin, and this is not what we called him for that. even his known work is heavily criticized by eco-conservative groups too.
Did I?
