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Endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure in US: disease burden and cost analysis

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Post by putlake »

fhackenberger wrote: post #44
pkaye wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So just take the farmers' word for it? How do you know the farmer is actually selling produce with pesticides as organic since they are more profitable?

Ask yourself: whom would you trust more? A physical person in front of you, who's whole life depends on her business or a company which is legally set-up to maximize profit?

Would you trust a random individual who may or may not even be a farmer or a business that has obtained USDA organic accreditation?

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Post by simplecomplex »

crawshaw wrote: post #27

How do I buy food in the US that I know hasn't been exposed to such pesticides?

You can’t. Best thing you can do is buy certified organic, which would preclude a lot of nasty agricultural practices. There’s no industry certification for pesticide-free. Certified organic allows natural pesticides, some of which are harmful.

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Post by felix_nagaand »

smt88 wrote: post #9
eebynight wrote: post #6

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This is a perfect example of naive intervention. there is no evidence that pseudoestrogens may reduce violence and I have no idea how you came to such a ludicrous conclusion. Is it because you believe the myth that high testosterone causes violence? That "roid rage" people normally picture when thinking of people who do steroids is actually people who neglect or don't put enough effort into post cycle therapy or arom…

The positive correlation between testosterone and violence is not a myth in animals. It has also been observed in humans, though the correlation is weak[1]. 1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135917890...

A weak correlation cannot intelligently be used to justify anything except further research...

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Post by simplecomplex »

Analemma_ wrote: post #29
crawshaw wrote: post #27

How do I buy food in the US that I know hasn't been exposed to such pesticides?

Buy from a farmers' market, and ask. Most of the sellers will know off the top of their heads exactly how their crops have been grown and what was/wasn't used, and if they don't, that's a seller to avoid. As an added bonus, farmers' markets tend to be cheaper than supermarkets even as the food is better. It mystifies me that they aren't more commonly used and have a reputation as being for rich hipsters (i.e., like W…

They’re for rich hipsters because they’re very expensive, rarely open, and very small. In SF, vegetables at farmers markets and Whole Foods are 2-5x the cost compared to any Chinese grocery like New Mei Wah

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Post by mirimir »

Nokinside wrote: post #57
qiqing wrote: post #25

Does anyone have the PDF to the full article? I'm curious to read more than the summary.

just add the DOI of the article after: http://sci-hub.tw/ For example http://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30275-3

https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(16)302... works
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