Pesticides our Future

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With the growing dependence of foreign food suppliers, and the continued use of pesticides in America, we are tampering with our health. Studies have found in the urine and saliva of children on the conventional diet, biological markers of organophosphates. This is from a family of pesticides that are potent nerve agents. There are about 900 pesticides that can legally be used in the United States. A small number of about 37 are known as organophosphates. These chemicals disrupt the brains and nervous systems of insects. That means it can do the same to animals, and humans. There are organophosphates that are used in agriculture.

It seems that imported foods have higher levels. Foreign countries use these items more frequently than U.S. growers. These chemicals are widely available and are relatively inexpensive. They work on a wide variety of insects. There are noted risks to the workers using these substances. Children are the most susceptible to the toxic effects. There are a few animal studies that show cognitive impairment with chronic exposure though their diet.

The foods with the highest amount are peaches, apples, bell peppers, and nectarines, strawberries, and cherries. Neurological impairments at repeated low levels of exposures are difficult to measure.  “There’s a large underpinning of animal research for organophosphate pesticides, and particularly chlorpynifos, that points to bad outcomes in terms of effects of brain development and behavior.” Dr. Theodore Slotkin, a professor of pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke University in North Carolina, stated in the April 2006 Environmental Health Perspectives. Chlorpyrifos inhibits an enzyme that transmits a signal to the brain so the body can properly function.

The Environmental Protection agency pesticide limits are still thought of as too high. The agency has no control over the pesticides used in other nations. The market share of imported foods is steadily increasing. Our children are suffering, and we know that learning and behavior problems are on the rise. Parents are between a rock and hard place, with health at stake fresh produce would seem to be a wise choice.

Let’s see the choice is between juvenile diabetes, obesity or slowly building up toxic levels of hormone disrupting pesticides. Organic grown food is more expensive, and not everyone can afford it. Organic grown contains far less pesticide residues, but sometimes non-organic farms are near enough for some spray particles to reach it. The best answer is to buy as much organic as you can, and then buy from local farmers.

Chlorpyrifos, made by Dow Chemical Co., is one of the most widely used organophosphate insecticides in the United States and the world for agricultural use. Are pesticides our future, or are they our children’s. The cumulative risks are unknown, and the growing dependence on them will surely make pesticides our future endowment to our children

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