two comments in Wa: Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products - Mercer Island children tested in yearlong study

[Guest guest]

There seem to be some Monsanto or Cargill or similarly rewarded

advocates posting into the Seattle P-I article about toxic food (1). So,

yesterday and today I entered the fray. Here are my two comments and a

link to the original article.

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Posted by *aspergerian

<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/piuser/showuser.asp?username=aspergerian>*

at 1/31/08 7:58 a.m.

P-I readers can delve into PubMed and find peer-reviewed articles which

describe associations between pesticides and various pathologies,

including but not limited to Parkinson's, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and

autism. Furthermore, data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition

Examination Survey, 1999-2002, show that organochlorine toxicants are

associated with metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and diabetes -

even more importantly than the much touted obesity/diabetes

connection(eg, http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/3/622 The

article's Dr. Lu seems to have provided a " no proof of harm " summary

that is far from accurate. Profitably patented molecules such as

pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers are causing

pathologies in humans. Numerous peer-reviewed studies make this very clear.

Posted by *aspergerian

<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/piuser/showuser.asp?username=aspergerian>*

at 1/30/08 6:22 a.m.

Two peer-reviewed studies have found associations between autism and

pesticides (D'Amelio et al 2005, Windham et al 2007). Other pollutants

are also implicated (Palmer RF et al 2006; Windham et al 2006).

Inter-individual variation in the ability to detoxify intra-body

pesticides has been found to vary by more than 50 times, especially

among infants (Furlong CE et al 2006). A ramification is that some

individuals are likely to be injured by pesticides - even those at

so-called low-doses. However, a methodology likely to find " no harm "

exists in many studies, because looking at a single pollutant (eg, one

specific pesticide) precludes additive and synergistic effects of

numerous pesticides. Not surprisingly, the EPA's stance has become

dominated by the politics of protecting investors who profit from

pesticide patents, production, and use. In that context, collateral

damage to children is acceptable. Some might even refer to pesticide

findings as a " non-story " .

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1.

[foto] Chensheng Lu, holding an apple from Pike Place Market, studied

the pesticide levels in Mercer Island children. In the study, the

children ate a variety of conventional produce from area groceries and

then switched to organic. Andy / P-I

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*Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products*

*Mercer Island children tested in yearlong study*

By ANDREW SCHNEIDER

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/349263_pesticide30.html

pesticides in foods - chart on url