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Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.

The health burden from phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides and Pfas “forever chemicals” amounts to up to $2.2tn a year – roughly as much as the profits of the world’s 100 largest publicly listed companies, according to the report published on Wednesday.

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[–] 0 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

Don't worry about the details, whole foods are the best foods. That is where you buy whole ingredients as they come directly from the farm (or as close as you can get). Shop the outside edge of your grocery store. Don't buy anything from a box, or wrapped in plastic, or from a petrochemical plant (including oil). Look at the ingredients for everything you buy, and if it's complex or you can't pronounce it, don't buy it.

Bonus points for organic and avoiding pesticides

This is probably overkill, but it avoids lots of the new advances in food and processing in the last 100 years which coincides with the rise of modern non communicable diseases.

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