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Pesticides Health

Parkinson's and Pesticides

Alex Formuzis | Posted 03.12.2013 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Ewg, Ucla, Environmental Working Group, Parkinson's Disease, Benomyl, Pesticides Health, Healthy Living Health News, Parkinson's, Green News
Alex Formuzis

A team of neurologists at UCLA have demonstrated an unsettling link between Parkinson's disease and exposure to a fungicide called benomyl, which was used for decades on wide variety of fruits, vegetables and nuts before being discontinued in 2001.

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Pesticide Hacks Attack Popular Shopper's Guide

Alex Formuzis | Posted 12.24.2011 | Green
Read More: Epa Agribusiness, Pesticides Cancer, Pesticides Epa, Pesticides Agriculture, Pesticides Health, Pesticides Agribusiness, Pesticides Toxic, Pesticides Farming, Produce Industry Pesticides, Green News
Alex Formuzis

The two groups who defend pesticide residues on fruits and veggies are the pesticide and produce industries. When we find ourselves the subject of attacks by the these guys, we've know we've done something right.

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Are Organic Foods Worth the Price? And Do They Live up to the Hype?

Dr. Walter Crinnion | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Organic Food, Health, Health Advice, Food Politics, Pesticides Health, Food Supply, Organic Foods, Natural Foods, Pesticides Food, Healthy Living News
Dr. Walter Crinnion

Are we getting better quality food? Fewer pesticides? The possibility of improved health? Or, as an editorial in The Lancet suggests, maybe we are just making ourselves think we are doing better.

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