Sentences with phrase «exposure to pesticides in»

Shoppers can opt for items on EWG's Clean 15 list, like avocados, cabbage and asparagus, and buy the organic versions of the produce on EWG's Dirty Dozen list to reduce their exposure to pesticides in their diet.

But a growing body of research suggests that sublethal exposure to the pesticides in nectar and pollen may be harming bees too — by disrupting their ability to gather pollen, return to their hives and reproduce (see «The buzz over bee health»).

Not exact matches

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.

He says, «Results like RMIT University's study that showed you can reduce pesticide exposure by 90 % by switching to an organic diet and a recent study by UK's Newcastle University showing that organic crops can be up to 70 per cent higher in certain antioxidants are building scientific evidence that many organic consumers already take for granted.»

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.

In addition to the direct environmental benefits Organic Agriculture provides, it reduces farm costs in the long - term by increasing soil fertility, ensures animal welfare, protects farmers against dangerous pesticide exposure and contributes to rural development by generating additional farm employment and fair incomeIn addition to the direct environmental benefits Organic Agriculture provides, it reduces farm costs in the long - term by increasing soil fertility, ensures animal welfare, protects farmers against dangerous pesticide exposure and contributes to rural development by generating additional farm employment and fair incomein the long - term by increasing soil fertility, ensures animal welfare, protects farmers against dangerous pesticide exposure and contributes to rural development by generating additional farm employment and fair incomes.

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.

«In the age of pricey organic produce, it's great to have an app that provides education on pesticide exposure while also providing practical ways we can limit our exposure.»

Thus the lactic acid bacteria in sourdough bread can protect you to some degree against pesticide exposure.

With this guide, you can receive the health benefits of a diet high in fruits and veggies while limiting your exposure to pesticides.

EWG recommends purchasing the Dirty Dozen produce in organic form to reduce the exposure to pesticide residues.

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.

Whatever you decide, don't skimp on fruits and veggies in an effort to reduce your baby's exposure to pesticides.

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.

However, do try to avoid skimping on fruits and vegetables in an effort to reduce your baby's exposure to pesticides.

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.

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.

These results don't yet prove that Parkinson's disease in humans can result from long - term exposure to low levels of rotenone or similar pesticides.

They had multiple toxic exposures, including pesticides in their tents, smoke from oil fires, anti-nerve-gas pills and diesel fuel poured on the ground to keep the sand down.»

Intermittent lower - dose exposures can be as toxic as a single higher - dose exposure; Miller cites monkey research showing that either 10 nontoxic weekly doses or one toxic dose of an organophosphate pesticide led to the same increase in brain wave activity as measured by electroencephalogram, or EEG.

In the mid-1990s, she and her colleague Howard Mitzel surveyed 37 individuals who had become permanently ill after an exposure to organophosphate pesticides, and another 75 individuals who got ill after extensive remodeling in the home or officIn the mid-1990s, she and her colleague Howard Mitzel surveyed 37 individuals who had become permanently ill after an exposure to organophosphate pesticides, and another 75 individuals who got ill after extensive remodeling in the home or officin the home or office.

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.

In this work, bees didn't die from weeks of exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide.

But in India, as in Sri Lanka and Central America, researchers are pursuing a wide range of ideas, including contaminants in drinking water, excessive use of over-the-counter painkillers, and exposure to pesticides.

The total levels of pesticides in those foods, the study concluded, don't come close to the exposure limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Gaining more weight during pregnancy can substantially reduce a baby's exposure to pesticides that accumulate in a mother's body, according to new research

The scientists noted that cells can generate excessive nitric oxide in response to pesticide exposure, other toxins, and possibly even air pollution.

An analysis of 100 million US medical records reveals that autism and intellectual disability (ID) rates are correlated at the county level with incidence of genital malformations in newborn males, an indicator of possible congenital exposure to harmful environmental factors such as pesticides.

Previous studies have found that exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides can cause changes in the brain, more specifically in the areas associated with learning and memory in honeybees.

The study is the first to link exposure to thiamethoxam — one of the most commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides — to fewer fully developed eggs in queens from four wild bumblebee species that forage in farmland.

The fact that queen feeding behavior was impacted by exposure to thiamethoxam in only two of the four bee species highlights the reality that sensitivity to pesticides differs among bee species, added Raine.

Because most cases of Parkinson's disease appear to be at least partially caused by environmental factors such as pesticide exposure, these findings support the approach that targeting α - synuclein could slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's in most people with the disease, said study lead author Jeff Bronstein, a professor of neurology and director of movement disorders at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

This phenomenon also occurs in Parkinson's disease that is not due to pesticide exposures, making it a target for researchers searching for a broad treatment.

«Yet mothers exposed to extreme levels of pesticides, defined here as the top 5 percent of the pesticide exposure distribution, experienced between 5 and 9 percent increases in the probability of adverse outcomes with an approximately 13 - gram decrease in birth weight.»

Gaining more weight during pregnancy can substantially reduce a baby's exposure to pesticides that have accumulated in a mother's body, according to new research.

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.

«We observed the queens to see whether low level pesticide exposure might lead to changes in these important nesting behaviours,» said Raine.

Pesticide exposure was associated with increased risk of ALS in survey data and by blood measurements, according to the results.

Previous epidemiological studies have suggested that exposure to pesticides during pregnancy may have a possible role in the development of childhood brain tumors.

«There's mounting evidence now from epidemiological studies that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides, and chlorpyrifos in particular, may be associated with detriments with IQ in children,» said Kim Harley, an environmental epidemiologist with the University of California, Berkeley who has studied effects of pesticide exposure on children in California farm towns.

For individual pesticides, increased risk was identified in association with exposure to chlordane, oxylchlordane, trans - nonachlor, DDT, DDE dieldrin, heptachlor and HCB.

The article published in PLOS ONE constitutes part of a larger study addressing vegetarian foods and analysing the exposure of vegans to pesticides and nitrate.

They found that chronic exposure to the pesticide, at similar levels to those found in agricultural fields, interfered with the vibrations of the bees as they collected pollen which, in turn, reduced the amount of pollen collected.

Since the use of organophosphate pesticides is widespread around the world, and growing evidence indicates a link between these pesticides and disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Baas said that a deeper investigation of low - level OP exposure is critical for preventing and treating neurological conditions arising from such exposures, in addition to Gulf War Illness.

The earlier report documented a number of studies that found evidence linking the illness to exposure to pesticides and pyridostigmine bromide (found in anti-nerve gas pills given to troops), as well as other toxic sources.

In an accompanying editorial, Dr Hagai Levine, Visiting Scientist, from Hebrew University - Hadassah, Israel, and Professor Shanna Swan, Professor of Preventive Medicine, who are both at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA), write: «Despite the relatively small sample size and exposure assessment limitations, the paper makes a convincing case that dietary exposure to pesticides can adversely impact semen quality.

They continue: «These findings suggest that exposure to pesticides used in agricultural production through diet may be sufficient to affect spermatogenesis in humans.»