Keep Calm and Consume Pesticides (featuring @dr.andrealove)

3.I won't shy away from the fact that the title is provocative, but I assure you, this 25 minute video is meant to give you a wider perspective about how food production works and why pesticides are a critical part of that system. The problem with trying to navigate this complex world through 90 second scaremongering clips is that nuance is often lost. Let's be clear - there are lots of problems with our food system - in many parts of the world, it is highly industrialized and exploitative of cheap immigrant labour. In other parts of the world, it is backward and inefficient. There are no heroes and villains here - just a complex cast of players constrained and rewarded by structural incentives. Pesticides have been used by human beings for more than 5000 years. And modern day pesticides are less toxic and more effective than they have ever been. But news headlines about "Pesticides in spices", "Pesticides in vegetables" regularly arrive to scare the public without providing any context or details. This video aims to educate you about the full truth. Are there better ways to grow food with less pesticides? Of course, but utopian visions apart, feeding 8 billion people is no mean task, and what we need is a healthy discourse that allows people to look at all sides of the story - not just the scaremongering clips on social media 00:00 - Introduction 00:25 - The Story of Human Greed 03:24 - The Story of Human Innovation 04:43 - Science vs Storytelling 06:20 - The History of Pesticides 08:25 - How Harmful are Pesticides? 11:49 - Dr Andrea: Are Pesticides Harmful? 14:37 - Dr Andrea: Are Organic Pesticides Better? 17:17 - Dr Andrea: Do pesticide residues accumulate in our bodies? 18:38 - Dr Andrea: The Truth About Dirty Dozen & EWG 20:56 - Pesticides in Spices: Truth vs Exaggeration 23:49 - In Conclusion Citations 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 4. https://indianexpress.com/article/ind... 5. https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-con... 6. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringour... 7. https://www.mda.state.mn.us/mancozeb-... 8.    • Pesticides - DDT - Rachel Carson - Silent ...   You can follow Dr Andrea Love on Youtube: @dr.andrealove Instagram:   / dr.andrealove   Website: https://www.immunologic.org/ Her recent viral video on debunking pseudoscience for Wired:    • Biomedical Scientist Answers Pseudoscience...   YouTube (English):    / @krishashok   YouTube (Tamil):    / @masalalabtamil   Instagram:   / _masalalab   Twitter:   / krishashok   Masala Lab (Hardcover): https://www.amazon.in/Masala-Lab-Scie... Masala Lab (Paperback): https://www.amazon.in/Masala-Lab-Scie...