Sentences with phrase «exposure to chemical pesticides»

A new report says that children, specifically those who live in agricultural communities, run a higher risk of developing cancer and neurological disorders from exposure to chemical pesticides.

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Organic agriculture protects the health of people and the planet by reducing overall exposure to toxic chemicals from synthetic pesticides that can end up in the ground, air, water and food supply, and that are associated with health consequences, from asthma to cancer.

Note: Because you are committed to organic living, OrganicAuthority.com recommends using certified organic foods, when available, in all recipes to maximize flavor and nutrition, while minimizing your risk of exposure to pesticides, chemicals and preservatives.

Note: Because you're dedicated to organic living, OrganicAuthority.com recommends using certified organic ingredients, when available, in all recipes to maximize flavor, while minimizing your risk of exposure to pesticides, chemicals and preservatives.

Note: Because you love organic food and follow an eco friendly lifestyle, OrganicAuthority.com recommends using certified organic ingredients, in all of your food recipes when available, to maximize flavors and nutrition while minimizing your risk of exposure to pesticides, chemicals and preservatives.

Note: Because you follow an organic lifestyle, OrganicAuthority.com recommends using certified organic ingredients, when available, in all recipes to maximize flavors and minimize your risk of exposure to pesticides, chemicals and preservatives.

Note: Because you follow an organic lifestyle, OrganicAuthority.com recommends using certified organic ingredients, when available, in all recipes to maximize flavors and nutrition while minimizing your risk of exposure to pesticides, chemicals and preservatives.

Choosing to feed your baby organic foods can limit exposure to toxic pesticides and chemicals by up to 97 percent.

Making choices such as eating organic, choosing plant - based cleaners, limiting exposure to pesticides and being product savvy when buying makeup and skincare products will help keep you and your future baby safe from harmful chemicals.

Years of exposure to environmental toxins such as pesticides, paint strippers and other chemicals could be having more subtle effects on the way in which genes within the sperm are tagged and used later on.

However, before you go running for cover every time you pass by a lawn that has been treated with pesticides, keep in mind that the real risk arises from intense or prolonged exposure to the chemicals.

Babies typically have exposures both in - utero and after birth to multitude chemicals including plasticizers, pesticides, mercury, fluoride, fire retardants, dry cleaning fluids; the list goes on.

This means the exposure to pesticides and other chemicals is greatly limited.

Environmental chemical exposure can be the result of diverse conditions including: workplace conditions (where you are exposed to a high level of chemicals on a daily basis), living near farmland (where pesticides are sprayed), exposure to high traffic areas, or even the cumulative effects of everyday common chemicals in the household.

Davis can't say why the shift is occurring, but she suspects the cause is exposure to estrogen - mimicking chemicals in the environment: so - called metalloestrogens like arsenic and mercury, as well as pesticides, solvents, plastics, including phthalates (see story # 42, page 46), and PCBs.

Research links soaring incidence of the mysterious neurological disorder to fetal and infant exposure to pesticides, viruses, household chemicals

Insecticides and other pesticides kill honey bees, either acutely by direct exposure to the chemicals or as part of a group of stressors that kills honeybees,» he said.

«Although such retrospective studies can not identify specific chemicals used or quantify the exposure, our findings add another reason to advise mothers to limit their exposure to pesticides around the time of pregnancy,» said Nicolas Vidart d'Egurbide Bagazgoïtia, lead author of the study.

The people who have the greatest risk of exposure are employees who work in chemical plants where ortho - toluidine is used to make rubber chemicals, dyes and pesticides.

Previous studies have linked exposure to products containing hormone - disrupting chemicals, such as pesticides and phthalates, to infertility and poorer reproductive success.

Houlihan is the director and co-author of «Pollution in Newborns,» a study of industrial chemicals in umbilical cord blood, and many related studies revealing the health implications of people's everyday exposures to pollutants and pesticides.

Hayes is interested in the impact of chemical contaminants on environmental health and public health, with a specific interest in the role of pesticides in global amphibian declines and environmental justice concerns associated with targeted exposure of racial and ethnic minorities to endocrine disruptors and the role that exposure plays in health care disparities.

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«Many scientists have studied similar effects from exposure to pharmaceuticals and pesticides, but now we're seeing it from chemicals found in common road salt and leaf litter,» said Max Lambert, lead author of the paper and a doctoral student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Exposure to certain viruses and bacteria as well as some chemicals used in farming like herbicides and pesticides has also been linked to a higher risk of developing NHL, according to the LLS.

Research shows that exposure to pollutants, pesticides, and industrial chemicals can decrease a couple's ability to conceive by up to 29 percent.

This time, I'm choosing organic baby clothes to reduce chemical and pesticide exposure.

Those ancestors didn't have livestock or crops to call their own, so Cordain advises to go with grass - fed and organic varieties whenever possible to limit exposure to pesticides, antibiotics, and other chemicals that didn't exist back then.

The pesticides act on a set of brain chemicals closely related to those involved in ADHD, Bouchard explains, «so it seems plausible that exposure to organophosphates could be associated with ADHD - like symptoms.»

These stresses include lack of contact with nature and with the natural circadian rhythm of sunlight, along with consumption of a processed, nutrient - depleted diet, and exposure to industrial chemicals such as pesticides and plastics.12 Communication of the stress response is mediated through chemical messengers called cytokines.

The increase may also have to do with excessive exposure to xenoestrogens, chemicals such as pesticides which have estrogenic effects on the body.

So not only is it crucial to avoid exposures to pesticides and other chemicals during this time, but it's also very important that your nutritional requirements are fully met from the moment conception takes place.

Go organic where you can to lower your exposure to pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilisers, antibiotics and a host of other chemicals that find their way into our food supply.

This can help to make it more affordable to eat a diet where pesticide and chemical exposure is significantly reduced.

All Surf Sweets candy, for instance, is made with organic cane sugar to eliminate the possibility of exposure to harmful chemicals, like pesticides and fertilizers.

Food sensitivities are caused by leaky gut syndrome, imbalances in gut microbiota, chronic stress, and exposure to pesticides, chemicals, additives, and preservatives in food.

Exposure to pollution, pesticides, chemicals, additives and preservatives in our foods can also cause food sensitivities by straining the immune system (1).

There isn't anyone who doesn't have daily exposure to harmful toxins whether they are heavy metals or chemicals, pesticides.

Exposure to high levels of infectious microbes, environmental chemicals such as plasticizers, pesticides, herbicides, personal care products, heavy metals and biotoxins such as mold wear down the bodies glutathione levels, alter the gut microflora and increase inflammatory activity in the body.

I'm not a hypochondriac but I do try to limit my exposure to and ingestion of man - made chemicals like sweeteners, flavoring, food dyes, pesticides, and so forth.

Environmental Toxins: Exposure to high levels of infectious microbes, environmental chemicals such as plasticizers, pesticides, herbicides, personal care products, heavy metals and biotoxins such as mold wear down the bodies glutathione levels, alter the gut microflora and increase inflammatory activity in the body (26, 27, 28).

Exposure to pesticides is harmful to humans, and such harmful chemicals are not permitted in organic farming.

Toxins accumulate in the fat of animals (including humans) so we want to reduce our exposure of animal fats from unknown sources that could be contaminated with herbicides, pesticides and other man - made chemicals.

The product ingredients are also free from exposure to chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.

A detox is a more targeted to remove an unwanted (and specific) waste product or substance from the body such as exposure to chemicals such as pesticides, overindulgence in alcohol, use of certain medications, etc..

Vitamin A is depleted by stress, infection, fever, heavy exercise, exposure to pesticides and industrial chemicals, and excess protein consumption (hence our warnings against the consumption of excess protein in the form of lean meat, lowfat milk and protein powders.)

While it is impossible to avoid phthalates completely, we can drastically decrease our exposure by avoiding plastics to the best of our ability, especially in the kitchen (replace plastic storage containers with glass ones), avoiding synthetic fragrances (assume that any product that lists «fragrance,» «perfume» or «parfum» as an ingredient contains the chemical), purchase phthalate - free makeup, eat organic whenever possible (to avoid phthalates in pesticides), and finally, by avoiding the use of scented candles and air fresheners with synthetic scents (pure essential oils are a healthier alternative).

This decline has been attributed to over-exposure to chemicals in the womb, adult exposure to pesticides when they are working on their farms or fumigating their homes off insects.

Most chemical exposure to chemicals (e.g. carcinogens, pesticides, heavy metals, endocrine disruptors) occur through the consumption of animal products.

Exposure or toxicity to food additives, solvents, pesticides, herbicides and other toxic chemicals can cause a number of psychological and neurological symptoms.