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(previous shenanigans aside for the moment)
A new but familiar-sounding assessment, this time by the EPA, of 50 wastewater treatment facilities has found a bit more drugs in the water than anyone previously measured.
More than half of the drugs they tested for were found still present in the wastewater even after processing.
And several of them are high enough in max concentration to be mandated for additional study…
While you’re busy avoiding imported Asian seafood until the government-inspection backlog clears,
Make sure to check out the FAQ-style podcast called, “Please Explain” over at the Leonard Lopate show on the subject of Food Poisoning and the recent Foster Farms Salmonella Outbreak.
And while your mind’s in that space, have a look back at Reader Zach’s update to our Clay-Eating Cheeky Monkeys Stomach Flu Remedy Post, along with…
To borrow a quote from DKG: If you look at the soil under a microscope, every single day is Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
And the point this film is trying to make is that modern agriculture takes an awful lot for-granted and engages in several practices that hurt the foundations that all of our food is built upon.
–From the pesticides some GMO seeds need to survive, to abandoned crop-rotation methods…
Though the end to the government-shutdown is barely past a week old, count on the backlog of food inspections to last abit longer than the original 2+ week duration.
And to that end, you might want to reacquaint yourselves with BuzzFeed’s breakdown+list down at the links for some good reminders on how to stay safe abit longer.
PS: It might also be good to check back in with EWG’s Dirty Dozen, too…
-Saving at least a little face in the bottom of the 9th.
A recent study on obesity in children showed that the fattest group of was 2x as likely to have BPA in them, but only provided they were white.
The jury is still out, with the more likely candidate being Soda Consumption, as BPA is part of the plastic bottles it comes in…
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UPDATE!: NYT Finds Counter-Study!
And on a similar note to the EWG List,
What the EFF was Stanford trying to prove with that meta-analysis-study on Organics?
The whole thing was presented to make you feel like Organic is just as bad as regular food and not worth the outlay.
The first thing I’ve always thought about Organic is this: Lower Chemical Load in the Body.
-You get less of less-toxic pesticides, antibiotics, growth-hormones, etc.
-Therefore, there is less of a chance those will STAY in your body and cause problems over time…
Here’s a good small list of fruits and vegetables, published by the Environmental Working Group, that gives you a good look into which have the most & worst persistent Pesticide Residue.
If any of you out there have blanched at the prices on some organic foods, then this list is also for you,
-Especially because the EWC has been nice enough to include another list of the Cleanest foods in the same pesticide-load terms as the dirty ones.
That should help the budget abit…
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Is this just another instance of The Peoples’ Republic of California and any organization, person, or thing involved with them being hopelessly extremist and thus out-of-touch with Reality?
OR: Is this just another instance of a Malicious, Soulless, Big Industry lobbying group trying to ensure cheap inputs of manufacture and infinite frictionless profits through opposing any and all regulation?…
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