Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 In Germany, the DAB first issued pesticide limits for drug products in 1996 (previously they were considered "unusual impurities" and no limits were stated). These regulations served as a basis for the Ph. Eur. paragraph 2.8.13 Pesticide-Residues which lists 34 pesticides and their limits; exempt are "plants that require a particular method of cultivation or have a metabolic or structural pattern that causes a higher than normal pesticide level". |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 Betarbet (2000) reported in Nature Neuroscience that chronic systemic pesticide exposure reproduced the features of Parkinson's disease.
Persons who use pesticides in their homes are twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease as people who are not exposed to pesticides (Stephenson 2000). A combination of different pesticides is even more likely to create greater toxicity issues than an individual chemical. This disturbing but not unexpected finding was reported by Thimcbelvam et al. (2000) in Neurc-science. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Foods that are especially vulnerable to pesticide residue include strawberries, nectarines, peaches, apples, pears and cherries, Lu says. Bananas and oranges are not as vulnerable because you do not eat the part of the fruit that has been exposed to pesticides, he adds.
Beware of Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables contaminated with bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli now cause more illness than raw chicken or eggs. The contamination comes from the use of manure as a fertilizer or from cross-contamination in home and restaurant kitchens. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Some foods that kids favor, such as peanut butter, raisins, and peaches, have among the highest levels of pesticide residue, and these pesticides can cause neurological damage in children.
¦ Organic foods taste better, thanks to the better-balanced soils in which they're grown.
Organic farming is better for the environment because it protects water resources and the soil. |
Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George
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 There has been a linkage between early pesticide exposure and a later loss of dopamine-producing cells in the substantia nigra, a pathology associated with Parkinson's disease.45
Ironically, the neurotoxicity of some pesticides is caused by their cholinesterase-inhibiting effects. Recall that current drugs prescribed for Alzheimer's disease inhibit cholinesterase in order to promote increased levels of acetylcholine in the brain. |
Stacy Malkan
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 Until 2000, the company was also a leading manufacturer of agricultural chemicals, including the carcinogenic pesticide acetochlor. When Zeneca created National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 1985, it was owned by Imperial Chemical Industries, a multi-billion-dollar producer of pesticides, paper and plastics. The company was named in a 1990 lawsuit by the federal government for allegedly dumping DDT and PCBs into the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors. |
Jack Challem
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 In some animal species exposed to pesticide runoff in rivers and lakes, male sexual organs do not fully develop, indicating a fundamental alteration of gene behavior. No scientific studies have shown that this happens in people, but it has been shown that children eating conventionally grown produce do consume large amounts of pesticides along with it.
Similarly, chicken and meat from organically raised or free-range animals will likely be free of pesticides and added hormones. The same is true for dairy products. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 The same is true for pesticide residues associated with the fruits and vegetables we buy at the market. These pesticides are present in infinitesimal quantities and no study has ever shown that they might cause cancer in such small doses. On the contrary, as we will see throughout this book, the consumption of fruits and vegetables has been associated over and over again with a decreased risk of developing cancer; so much so, in fact, that the benefits of including these foods in one's diet far outweigh the small risk linked to the presence of tiny quantities of pesticides. |
Gregg Braden
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 Although I'd done no research on the pesticide or the company and had no reason to doubt the man standing in front of me, who sincerely believed what his employer had told him, I knew in the core of my being that what I was being told was incorrect. The first words out of my mouth were to the effect that "if the chemical is really so 'safe,' then why all the precautions?"
After doing some quick investigating on the Internet, my suspicions were confirmed. The pesticide that was proposed was the same stuff that has been linked to a variety of health conditions, none of which were good. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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 But let's say you're hungry and you eat a handful of pesticide anyway. That pesticide in your body will "rev up" the enzyme systems in all of your cells that are responsible for eliminating nasty things. If you then go inside and eat a handful of peanuts dripping with aflatoxin, your body's enzyme systems will be primed to deal with the aflatoxin, and you'll end up with fewer aflatoxin-induced tumors. So, the pesticide, which will ultimately do all sorts of nasty things in your body, is an anticarcinogen! |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Pears are among the twelve foods on which pesticide residues have been most frequently found, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2003 report, "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce." You might want to be sure to wash them in a strong vegetable wash, or buy organic.
Persimmons
Here's an interesting little factoid about persimmons that you might not know (assuming you knew anything about them in the first place, which not a lot of people do!). The original "energy bar," used by explorers and Native Americans, was something called pemmican. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 You don't get pesticide in pure form, you get it in the trade forms, whether it's kerosene or some other vehicle, and the vehicle itself may be more noxious and particularly more sensitizing than the pesticide."
Among other everyday sources of environmental toxins are paint, perfume, furniture, and carpets. Most of the fragrances on the market today do not come from natural flower scents or any natural scents; they're mostly chemicals. Some people can't go into department stores because they get violent headaches. Formaldehyde is used in inexpensive press board furniture as part of the glue. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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| The pesticide bag says, "Do not swallow! In case of ingestion, contact your local poison control health authorities," or some such warning. But let's say you're hungry and you eat a handful of pesticide anyway. That pesticide in your body will "rev up" the enzyme systems in all of your cells that are responsible for eliminating nasty things. If you then go inside and eat a handful of peanuts dripping with aflatoxin, your body's enzyme systems will be primed to deal with the aflatoxin, and you'll end up with fewer aflatoxin-induced tumors. |
Ron Garner
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 Sherry Rogers, in her article "The Ultimate Solution to Disease," recommends the infrared sauna as the best way of removing heavy metals and pesticide residues from the body.19
All saunas provide health benefits and the regular use of one makes sense in our modern world where it is becoming difficult to avoid ingesting toxins that are now present in much of our food and air. |
Alex Steffen
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 In Arusha, Tanzania, A to Z Textiles has created a new local industry by manufacturing the Olyset, a durable net that contains the pesticide permethrin and slowly releases it over a span of five years.
While pesticide-drenched nets aren't new, the Olyset is different from its predecessors: it's woven from durable plastic that actually contains the insecticide instead of just being coated in it. Other nets must be re-treated every four to six months, a process that is expensive, time-consuming, hazardous, and not readily available to people in very remote areas. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Experiments in the use of cytisin as a pesticide (lice) have shown that in the necessary concentration the danger of poisoning is too high.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
There are no indications for this drug. The drug is severely toxic. See Overdosage section.
OVERDOSAGE
Symptoms of poisoning include nausea, dizziness, salivation, pains in the mouth, in the throat and in the stomach area, outbreaks of sweat, headache as well as extended, severe, and sometimes bloody vomiting. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 The pesticide problem is a particular concern in areas where agriculture is (or was) a major part of the economy. These chemicals are persistent. Residues from pesticides used decades ago may still be present in water coming out of the tap today, and may pose a risk to health.
Long considered a problem limited to poor, developing countries, the presence of bacteria and parasites in drinking water—especially a parasite called Cryptosporidium—is becoming a serious problem in the United States. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Soil depletion, food processing, chemical additives, pesticide residues, toxic emissions, stress, emotional trauma and the overuse of drugs all increase our need for additional micro-nutrients to ensure a healthy life.
This need for added nutrients is much greater today than it was in past generations. Today's crops tend to be grown on mineral-depleted soils using artificial fertilisers, then manufactured with an eye towards appearance and processed to have a long shelf-life.
During manufacture, many foods are refined to such a degree that most of their nutritional value is lost. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 On top of these three chemical additives, processed meats also contain saturated animal fat that is often contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, pesticide residues and other dangerous substances.
You can learn more about dangerous chemicals in the food supply in my book, Grocery Warning, available from Truth Publishing.
Or you can download my free Honest Food Guide from www.HonestFoodGuide.org which reveals the true health dangers of numerous chemicals added to processed foods. The Honest Food Guide has now been downloaded by over one million people. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Reducing your exposure to toxins is an important way to protect the body, but many times toxins are simply unavoidable; they are in air pollution, tobacco smoke, pesticide residue, and some artificial flavors and colorings. The liver can be hit especially hard by toxins, since the job of the liver is to clear the blood of poisonous substances before they have a chance to reach other parts of the body. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You can even make a natural garden pesticide out of soap berries, and use it to protect your plants from pests without poisoning your food or soil. It's truly an astounding solution for earth-friendly cleanliness, and it's provided by Mother Nature. Using soap berries in your laundry, kitchen, shower and home helps support this industry that, until recently, had virtually disappeared thanks to the popularity of chemical-based cleaning products that now dominate Western society (which is increasingly poisoned and dying from cancer and Alzheimer's disease -- no coincidence). |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 The Nerve Driver field appears to be bioenergetically sensitive to specific pollutants, chemicals, and other substances, such as butanol, a hydrocarbon solvent; chlorpyrifos, a common organophosphate pesticide; and heptane, a neurotoxic solvent. It has a correlation bioenergetically to vaccinations for diphtheria, rabies, and tetanus. |
Ron Garner
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| Some examples are: as a cleaning agent; removing bacteria, fungi, and pesticide residues from fruit and vegetables; restoring acid balance to the skin after a bath or shower; as an insect repellent; as a natural antibiotic and antiseptic; and as an aid to digestion, acv does not need to be refrigerated. It can be added to raw salads and soups. One can add one or two teaspoons of acv to a glass of water along with a little unpasteurized honey as a drink first thing in the morning to cleanse the alimentary tract and to aid in the replenishment of nutrients. |
| No sulfured, pesticide, or chemically sprayed produce. Commercial coleslaw, because of preservatives. Soups: Canned, creamed, dehydrated with chemical additives, instant, or powdered.
Fruit: Canned, frozen, sprayed, sugared, preserved. Sliced and left exposed to the air. Picked and shipped green or unripe. Sulfured or artificially colored, or treated with preservatives. Juices (fruit and vegetable): Canned or frozen concentrates. Sugared or artificially sweetened. No synthetic, instant, powdered juices. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For the record, I do not support pesticide use in agriculture and I believe that consumers should buy organic products whenever possible.
4. Some of the healthiest products taste the most bitter. The best-tasting products likely use filler juices such as apple juice and grape juice (which tastes sugary!). Pure pomegranate juice is somewhat bitter and not at all super sweet. So don't judge the quality of these products by how good they taste. The best taste may mean the worst nutrition.
5. Juice concentrates are never as good as fresh juices. |
Ron Garner
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| Third, most present-day commercially-harvested fruit is loaded with toxic chemicals such as preservatives, artificial colorings, pesticide sprays, and wax. Some of these are bound to be consumed because the whole fruit, skin and all, is squeezed by powerful presses in the extraction process.
All Juicers Are Not Equal
Juicing machines that remove most or all of the fiber from fruit and vegetables also remove food value along with the pulp. The more moisture there is in the pulp, the more nutrients there are in the discarded fiber. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Parkinson's disease. One study showed that women with breast cancer are five to nine times more likely to have traces of pesticides in their blood than women who don't have the cancer. If you are concerned about breast cancer, you may definitely need to weigh the risks of cancer against budgetary stress.
Furthermore, organic foods are free of food additives such as MSG, hydrogenated fats, and artificial sweeteners and coloring agents, which have been associated with a risk of asthma, headaches, growth retardation, and hyperactivity in children. As the U.K. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| But even non-organic superfruits are very good for your health, and in my opinion, the health benefits of the natural fruit juices far outweighs the cancer risk of pesticide residues.
#4: Why do you call apple juice and grape juice "junk juices?"
Many superfruit juice products that claim "pomegranate" or "blueberry" on the front label are actually made mostly with cheaper juices such as grape and apple. These are fillers juices that have very little nutritional value compared to pomegranate, blueberry, acai and others.
#5: Are juices made from concentrate as good as juices made fresh?
No! |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 Human semen quality in relation to dietary pesticide exposure and organic diet. Arch Environ Cntam Toxic 1999;37:415-23.
3. Chowdhury AR, Gautam AK, Venkatakrishna-Bhatt H. DDT (2,2 Bis9 p-Chlorphenyl)l,l,l-trichlorethane-induced structural changes in adrenal glands of rats. Bull Environ Contam Toxic 1990;45:193-96.
4. Compston JE, Vedi S, Stepen AB, et al. Reduced bone formation after exposure to organophosphates. The Lancet 1999;354:1791-92.
5. Crinnion ND. Environmental medicine, Part 4: Pesticides — biologically persistent and ubiquitous toxins. Alternative Medicine Review 2000 Oct;5(5). |
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