Shocking rise in toxic pesticides

[Mrwong]

In order to keep up with food demand , "population increases", farmers need to use more and more chemicals.
Eventually, harming consumers, now one of the links to the massive increase in under 40s deaths, which includes high processing foods, just to maintain demand.

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Shocking rise in toxic pesticides on European fruit​

Shocking rise in toxic pesticides on European fruit, says study

Is the fruit and veg you’re buying laced with cancer causing chemicals?

www.euronews.com

Shocking’ pesticide linked to rising cancer rates increasing in UK farming​

‘Shocking’ pesticide linked to rising cancer rates increasing in use in UK

Official UK government data has shown glyphosate has been sprayed on an area of land 3.5 times the size of Greater Manchester between 2016 and 2020

www.nationalworld.com

 

[Efour]

starve to death>>>>> rare chance of getting cancer.

Which do you prefer?

 

[Haze]

OP probably hangs around with the stop oil protesters

 

[Sankari]

Analysis carried out by Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe

Stopped reading there. This is activism, not science.

 

[Mrwong]

Stopped reading there. This is activism, not science.

Pesticide residues in food

www.who.int

Toxicity of Pesticides

People who use pesticides or regularly come in contact with them must understand the relative toxicity and potential health effects of the products they use.

extension.psu.edu

 

[sigma]

OP been smoking pesticides

 

[NickK]

I thought glyphosate killed bees = no pollination = starvation.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Pesticides are overused, for sure, can't let those bugs munch on profits now can we. But I'm not all that concerned on the effects on humans.

 

[Faser Active]

So what I have read and heard about pesticides and herbicides is less "safe". really don't know how reliable the official GMO answers are ...
Furthermore: Silencing the Scientist: Tyrone Hayes on Being Targeted by Herbicide Firm Syngenta
Well, you can always argue about what is fact and what is not, but ddt was also properly advertised first and has done considerable damage .... After all, it was the manufacturers of Agent Orange, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[GGizmo]

One thing that as been proven is food out of the ground on farms hardly have any vitamins and minerals in comparison to decades ago.

If it's not modern farming pesticides causing this decrease then why are farmed foods losing their stats, and more importantly how do we reverse the situation?

Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?

Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today

www.scientificamerican.com

How modern food can regain its nutrients

There are concerns that in our rush to grow food on ever bigger scales, we have inadvertently caused its nutritional content to wane. What can be done to reverse that?

www.bbc.com

 

[Nitefly]

Yup the problem with ‘organic’ pesticides has been known for some time.

It’s maddening that people choose organic foods because of the good will assumption that it’s more environmentally friendly, but the reality is that they can be even more harmful.

Admittedly, I’m not sure of the extent of use of harmful organic compounds today.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

I thought glyphosate killed bees = no pollination = starvation.

Bees?!

 

[Tony Edwards]

Beads

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Beads?!

 

[Diddums]

Beads!

 

[adolf hamster]

If it's not modern farming pesticides causing this decrease then why are farmed foods losing their stats, and more importantly how do we reverse the situation?

You know what humanity did to the pug over the last century because apparently its supposed to look cuter?

Same thing but motivated by money

 

[200sols]

I thought glyphosate killed bees = no pollination = starvation.

People don't care.. they'd rather kill everything than pick a few weeds.

 

[Haze]

People don't care.. they'd rather kill everything than pick a few weeds.

Some weeds are not that easy to kill, especially if they spread via their root system