Pesticide expert explains consumer role in avoiding pesticide damage

University of Wisconsin researcher Warren Porter, Ph.D. in physiological endocrinology, describes his methodical work in documenting the profound human health risks of commonly used agriculture in a recent Food Sleuth radio interview. Asking the questions is “investigative nutritionist” Melinda Hemmelgarn.

Porter outlines the immune-suppressant functions of growth-regulating pesticides at even ultra-low levels, and describes how his family eats organic food and filters water to avoid these materials for their own health and to vote in the marketplace for non-chemical food.

He notes that atrazine and Roundup are commonly used pesticides which research shows have biological effects at very low doses.

Full story:  2/18/2010 KOPN radio archives

Rodale Institute stories on Dr. Porter’s work:

• No such thing as “safe” levels of contamination
• Tiny pesticide exposure during pregnancy can have long-term impact on female offspring