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 www.caps.20m.comCanadians Against Pesticides |
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Study says meat/fish highest source of dietary toxins 80-90% of dietary pesticides from animal sources Reported by Vancouver Province Sunday April 22, 2001 The Vancouver Province has reported on a study confirming that meat and fish are the single largest sources of dietary exposure to pesticides and other toxins. The Province noted that a U.S. study revealed that Americans can be exposed to more than 20 times the EPA reccommended exposure to dioxin, nursing infants receive 35 to 65 times the acceptable limit. |
"Animal products" it further notes "easily account for our largest intake of pesticides and herbicides -- more than 80 to 90 per cent of the total by some estimates." Pesticides (such as malathion and chlorpyrifos-methyl which the FDA has detected in animal feed) and toxins like dioxin, build up in an animal's fatty tissue once consumed. Both fresh catch amd farmed fish also contain alarming levels of similar chemicals. The Province article notes that Fish farms "also rely heavily upon antibiotics and pesticides, just like their land-animal farming counterparts." The final word? "Let's face it. Eating animal products is the surest way to add deadly chemicals to your diet." |
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