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One More Reason to Go Organic
By Annie B. Bond, Care2 Green Living Executive Producer
Just in case you need any more reasons to eschew chemically treated produce in favor of the organically grown, we’ve got one more for you!
Potatoes, pecans, and sugar beet crops are commonly treated with
a fungicide that tests show not only renders immune system killer
cells helpless, but they never recovered and became weaker over
time. The research was conducted at Tennessee State University and
presented at the meeting of the American
Chemical Society.
When natural immune system killer cells were exposed to the fungicide Triphenyltin (TPT), laboratory tests show that within one hour the cells have a reduced ability to fight tumors by 50 to 60 percent, and after six days that power diminished to 84 percent. It is not known if these laboratory results are applicable to animals and humans, but more tests are recommended. The researchers also want to look into whether TPT can have a cumulative effect on the body.
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add your comment »your articles are very good but short, please elaborate. thanks.
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Yes, everyone has long made fun of the hippies and now it turns out they have been right all along. Peace!
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There is some much growing evidence accumulating over the benefits of organic farming! More vitamins and anti-oxidants, plants more resistant to pests and disease. Here's a link to one article from NRDC about research that shows organically grown plants are more resistant to pest that was done at the University of Ohio:
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06spr/frontlines.asp
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There is some much growing evidence accumulating over the benefits of organic farming! More vitamins and anti-oxidants, plants more resistant to pests and disease. Here's a link to one article from NRDC about research that shows organically grown plants are more resistant to pest that was done at the University of Ohio:
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06spr/frontlines.asp
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Yikes! Sounds like they should have presented this research at another ACS...the American Cancer Society! Thanks for sharing...
Lynn from organicmania.com
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