Alimentazione, Franco Berrino: “Siamo accerchiati da veleni”. I consigli per ‘mangiare pulito’

In Italy, pesticides (insecticides, fungicides, acaricides, vermicides) and herbicides currently in use are made up of approximately 400 different substances. There are also cereal growth modulators (to reduce the height of the grain and facilitate the work of the combine harvester), pesticides for fruit thinning and to stimulate growth (supermarkets and the European Community want fruit that are all the same size), sprout inhibitors for potatoes, coating agents (waxes for apples and pears, which are natural but still contain toxic additives), and preservatives (biphenyl for bananas and oranges). The chemical industry has always downplayed the risk to humans of these substances, but now studies show a significantly lower cancer risk in those who eat organic food compared to those who eat conventional food. In short, we are immersed in a mix of artificial chemicals, invisible poisons from which we must necessarily learn to defend ourselves. The warning comes from Franco Berrino, epidemiologist and co-founder of La Grande Via, on the sidelines of the national conference of the Italian Association against Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma (AIL) entitled "Treating is caring. Environmental impact and health risk, well-being, and lifestyles." #environment #pollution #tumors #hematology #leukemia #health #nutrition #pesticides #plastic #pesticides #PFAS