NUTR SCI 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Asthma, Organic Food, Antibiotics
19 Apr 2018
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Concern that you could get someone adding an unreasonable amount of this. The amount of retinol that can cause birth defects is much lower than what causes toxicity. Things that end up in the food unintentionally that should not be there. Can contribute to development of estrogen sensitive cancers? (such as breast cancer) Should put things in glass rather than plastic if you have to store for a long time. Often things applied by the farmer to the crop. Conventional produce (as opposed to organic, which do not use pesticides) No harm has been shown from the level of pesticides that you find in supermarket produce. However, higher levels of exposure do cause problems. Higher rates of certain cancers, parkinson"s disease, asthma. Low exposure, low risk, high exposure, high risk with most things. Do show harm, not good to have residues of these things. Due to expense, it"s hard to meet the legal definition.
