Sentences with phrase «harmful pesticides in your food»

One of the biggest draws to an organic diet is the lack of harmful pesticides in your food.

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It's a great way to start bringing forth new ways of eating without the harmful additives and pesticides availabe in most conventional food.

Furthermore, the majority of food acquired in the Auburn School District food program is organic, meaning it's devoid of excess levels of harmful pesticides that can be detrimental to those who consume them.

And there's conflicting evidence about whether pesticides and hormones in conventional foods are harmful.

Once in the food webs, these pesticides can cause mutations, as well as diseases, which can be harmful to humans as well as the entire food web.

With increasing amounts of pesticides, sugar, GMOs, and other harmful toxins in our food supply, it is more imperative than ever that we seriously look at how our diet and lifestyle affect our bodies and hormones.

Let's be honest, we live in an environment that is increasingly unhealthy, with pesticides in our food, polluted water, unsafe air and harmful exposure to electronic devices.

Every so often, farming processes included adding harmful toxins in herbicides and pesticides, not mentioning the feeding of animals in confined conditions which has drastically changed food production from the small local and sustainable farm model that the informed general population would want.

These harmful substances include: pesticides, medications, Bisphenol - A and other chemicals found in our environment, hormones from food, the birth control pill and air pollution.

Toxins are potentially harmful substances we come into contact with every day — from pesticides on your produce, pollutants in the air, unpronounceable ingredients in processed foods, cleaning products, and even heavy metals like mercury and arsenic in the soil, just to name a few.

«The amount of pesticide residues that an average person ingests throughout an entire year is even less than the amount of those «harmful» substances in one cup of coffee... Unfounded fears about the dangers of pesticide residues on fruit and vegetables may stop many consumers from buying these fresh, healthful foods.

That means saying goodbye to food that comes from factory farms (if you eat animal products), conventional produce that is laced with pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and other harmful chemicals like Glyphosate, and choosing food that is grown and raised in a healthy, happy, sustainable way.

Harmful chemicals are found in a wide range of products including plastic bottles, metal food cans, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

Food Justice Southern New Jersey has a large population of migrant farm workers, and for 20 years CATA has provided workers with information about pesticides, how to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in the workplace, and general safety training.

«When a pesticide used to grow food is deemed harmful enough to be banned in another country, how can Canada still approve it for use within our borders?»

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