It’s not a surprise that chronic disease are rising around the world; many of them have been linked to toxic chemicals, like lead, air pollution and pesticides. Most people think if we use pesticides to grow our food, they must be safe, that somebody’s watching out for us. But the science is telling us a different story.
An unfortunate pattern has emerged over the past century: once a pesticide is proven harmful, corporations introduce a new one to replace it. Too often, the new pesticides are found to be harmful. We keep making the same mistakes.
The good news is organic agriculture is safer, it was how farming was done for centuries. We now know that we don’t need pesticides to feed the world and if you shift to an organic diet, the levels of pesticides in your body drop immediately. Watch to learn more.