Another reason to be especially careful regarding the grains you eat, grains are hard to digest at the best of time when they are processed, refined...much much worse when covered in pesticides like they are in NZ Chlorpyrifos: a persistent insecticide The organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos is a potent developmental neurotoxin at low levels of exposure, linked in several studies with reduced IQ and delayed cognitive and psychomotor development, as well as being an endocrine disruptor with anti-androgenic and estrogenic qualities, causing breast cancer cells to grow. Children exposed in the womb to this pesticide have been found to have cognitive impairment at least 11 years after birth, according to a study published in 2012.6 This insecticide is very persistent in the environment and has been found in Arctic ice, fog, air, seawater, fish and vegetation, as well as placental blood and breastmilk. Chlorpyrifos is used on a range of fruit and vegetables and grain in New Zealand and has been found especially in: bread - get organic bread purebread.co.nz/organic-bread-quality other wheat products processed foods such as muesli grapes, raisins, sultanas olive oil among others.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:50:57 +0000
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